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Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 7.5%, MDD -40.4%).

Data 2012-11-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,437 (13.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.2%, drawdown -79.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 7.5%, MDD -40.4%, Sharpe 0.47, 15% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 8.0%, MDD -64.6%, exposure 31%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 6.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.2%p (CAGR 7.5%, MDD -40.4%, exposure 15%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=22
7.5%-40.4%0.470.192.7x5615%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=14, mult=2.9
7.1%-51.8%0.450.142.6x4616%
ROC 모멘텀
n=124, threshold=0.09
8.0%-64.6%0.420.122.9x11831%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=3
5.5%-50.1%0.390.112.1x1613%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=156
6.1%-61.4%0.350.102.2x3644%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.3
5.8%-62.4%0.340.092.1x6446%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=114
4.9%-63.2%0.310.081.9x3444%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=100, exitN=64
3.6%-60.6%0.270.061.6x1836%
MACD
fast=17, slow=70, signal=20
0.7%-69.6%0.180.011.1x13648%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-0.4%-80.0%0.15-0.000.9x11847%
Buy and hold1.2%-79.5%0.260.021.2x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -40.4% (2019-08-08 → 2024-03-26), recovered after 2,261 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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