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ProShares UltraPro QQQ backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ProShares UltraPro QQQ. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2010-02-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,142 (16.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 41.3%, drawdown -81.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 27.8%, MDD -62.9%, Sharpe 0.87, 62% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.2
27.8%-62.9%0.870.4456.6x7262%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=-0.01
26.5%-68.4%0.750.3948.3x8976%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=135
26.0%-69.9%0.730.3745.0x1976%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=38, slow=146
25.6%-69.9%0.730.3742.7x2773%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=85, exitN=78
24.0%-53.3%0.730.4534.5x2370%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.9
16.8%-58.5%0.650.2912.9x10854%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
16.5%-63.8%0.600.2612.3x17260%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=1.8
12.7%-51.0%0.550.257.1x7846%
MACD
fast=6, slow=32, signal=13
12.3%-64.6%0.500.196.7x36253%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=13
6.8%-71.9%0.370.093.0x38651%
Buy and hold41.3%-81.8%0.880.51297.3x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -62.9% (2021-02-12 → 2023-03-10), recovered after 1,091 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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