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iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.7%).

Data 2013-10-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,215 (12.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.4%, drawdown -26.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.7%, Sharpe 0.19, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.6%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.7%, 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=39, threshold=0.08
0.1%-0.7%0.190.101.0x40%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=38, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.7
-0.0%-1.4%-0.01-0.011.0x21%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=23
-0.2%-2.8%-0.30-0.061.0x40%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=46, k=3.1
-0.1%-1.6%-0.34-0.081.0x20%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=207
-0.9%-16.5%-0.35-0.050.9x2041%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=123
-1.1%-14.5%-0.35-0.070.9x2844%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=55
-1.0%-14.0%-0.36-0.070.9x2238%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.5
-3.1%-33.2%-0.73-0.090.7x5753%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-5.3%-50.5%-1.34-0.110.5x10654%
MACD
fast=17, slow=37, signal=16
-8.0%-65.7%-2.01-0.120.3x18247%
Buy and hold-1.4%-26.3%-0.19-0.050.8x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -7% -13% -20% -26% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.7% (2020-05-20 → 2020-06-03), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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