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ProShares UltraShort Silver backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ProShares UltraShort Silver. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 2.7%, MDD -21.8%).

Data 2008-12-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,441 (17.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -41.7%, drawdown -100.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 2.7%, MDD -21.8%, Sharpe 0.27, 2% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 44.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 78.2%p (CAGR 2.7%, MDD -21.8%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=139, exitN=1
2.7%-21.8%0.270.121.6x382%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3.5
0.8%-52.2%0.140.021.2x145%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=22
-0.0%-34.2%0.06-0.001.0x124%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=116, slow=257
-1.7%-50.5%0.05-0.030.7x624%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.9
-2.3%-66.6%-0.02-0.030.7x3010%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=61
-11.2%-89.2%-0.16-0.130.1x7941%
ROC 모멘텀
n=144, threshold=0.02
-8.9%-87.6%-0.17-0.100.2x14028%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=3.3
-12.2%-93.6%-0.20-0.130.1x12739%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
-16.5%-96.9%-0.21-0.170.0x29145%
MACD
fast=14, slow=44, signal=19
-20.0%-98.9%-0.22-0.200.0x20254%
Buy and hold-41.7%-100.0%-0.51-0.420.0x1100%
0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -21.8% (2014-11-05 → 2018-08-14), recovered after 1,958 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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