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United States Oil Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of United States Oil Fund. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 2.0%, MDD -16.5%).

Data 2006-04-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,109 (20.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -6.9%, drawdown -98.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 4.3%, MDD -50.3%, Sharpe 0.32, 26% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.0%, MDD -67.0%, exposure 75%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 11.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 47.9%p (CAGR 2.0%, MDD -16.5%, exposure 2%).

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=126, threshold=0.14
4.3%-50.3%0.320.092.4x13726%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=64
5.0%-67.0%0.310.072.7x6575%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=3.4
2.0%-16.5%0.280.121.5x42%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=92
3.8%-67.3%0.280.062.1x4748%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=190
3.4%-64.5%0.260.052.0x4148%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=7, mult=3.9
2.0%-59.8%0.200.031.5x5422%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=18
1.5%-37.2%0.180.041.4x5010%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=3.5
1.1%-64.3%0.160.021.2x12852%
MACD
fast=24, slow=57, signal=16
0.7%-67.6%0.150.011.2x18753%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
-2.9%-69.2%-0.01-0.040.5x17951%
Buy and hold-6.9%-98.2%-0.00-0.070.2x1100%
0.1 1x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파ROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -50.3% (2008-07-14 → 2016-08-10), recovered after 4,729 days.

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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