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PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund Exchange-Traded Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund Exchange-Traded Fund. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.0%, MDD -0.5%).

Data 2012-03-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,625 (14.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.7%, drawdown -24.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.2%, MDD -2.5%, Sharpe 0.27, 5% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.1%p (CAGR 0.0%, MDD -0.5%, exposure 0%).

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=34, threshold=32
0.2%-2.5%0.270.081.0x65%
ROC 모멘텀
n=5, threshold=0.04
0.0%-0.5%0.160.071.0x20%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=24, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.9
-0.1%-5.9%-0.03-0.011.0x1610%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=3.2
-0.0%-2.8%-0.07-0.011.0x43%
Supertrend
period=39, mult=5
-0.3%-13.3%-0.07-0.021.0x4254%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=45, exitN=46
-0.7%-14.6%-0.20-0.050.9x3650%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=198
-0.7%-13.5%-0.20-0.050.9x2048%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=97
-1.3%-22.4%-0.38-0.060.8x3052%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-3.5%-43.8%-1.05-0.080.6x12454%
MACD
fast=24, slow=56, signal=19
-4.5%-48.6%-1.25-0.090.5x12648%
Buy and hold-0.7%-24.6%-0.13-0.030.9x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -6% -12% -18% -25% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -2.5% (2012-08-31 → 2019-03-18), recovered after 2,483 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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