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iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -10.7%).

Data 2007-01-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,919 (19.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.8%, drawdown -16.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.2%, MDD -1.3%, Sharpe 0.27, 2% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.7%, MDD -18.0%, exposure 98%. It is hold-like at 95%+ exposure and is not used as the featured strategy.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.5%p (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -10.7%, exposure 69%).

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=28, threshold=39
0.2%-1.3%0.270.141.0x22%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=85, exitN=115
0.6%-10.7%0.200.061.1x2069%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=98, threshold=-0.08
0.7%-18.0%0.190.041.2x398%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=209
0.0%-11.7%0.030.001.0x2458%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=3.5
-0.0%-3.6%-0.06-0.011.0x43%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=214
-0.3%-15.0%-0.07-0.020.9x3656%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=15, atrPeriod=7, mult=4
-0.0%-1.4%-0.08-0.021.0x21%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.6
-1.2%-31.6%-0.35-0.040.8x8253%
MACD
fast=31, slow=88, signal=26
-2.1%-40.2%-0.64-0.050.7x12448%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-3.7%-54.8%-1.16-0.070.5x15046%
Buy and hold0.8%-16.8%0.200.051.2x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -4% -9% -13% -18% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -1.3% (2010-08-31 → 2010-09-10), recovered after 21 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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