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ProShares Short S&P500 backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ProShares Short S&P500. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.0%, MDD -6.3%).

Data 2006-06-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,059 (20.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -13.1%, drawdown -96.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.2%, MDD -16.2%, Sharpe 0.07, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 13.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 79.8%p (CAGR 0.0%, MDD -6.3%, exposure 0%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=19, atrPeriod=7, mult=3.9
0.2%-16.2%0.070.011.0x20%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=37
0.0%-6.3%0.020.001.0x20%
ROC 모멘텀
n=119, threshold=0.27
-0.6%-26.6%-0.04-0.020.9x61%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=173
-2.5%-64.7%-0.12-0.040.6x1819%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=125, exitN=18
-2.2%-51.8%-0.13-0.040.6x226%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=3.1
-2.0%-44.7%-0.13-0.040.7x306%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=141
-2.9%-64.2%-0.15-0.050.6x2015%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.1
-7.1%-85.1%-0.40-0.080.2x9528%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-10.9%-92.7%-0.69-0.120.1x20932%
MACD
fast=13, slow=53, signal=18
-13.1%-95.0%-0.80-0.140.1x28149%
Buy and hold-13.1%-96.1%-0.62-0.140.1x1100%
0.1 1x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -16.2% (2020-03-23 → 2020-03-27), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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