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Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc.. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -3.9%).

Data 1987-06-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,855 (39.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.2%, drawdown -35.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -3.9%, Sharpe 0.07, 1% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -24.9%, exposure 75%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.5%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -3.9%, exposure 1%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.8
0.1%-3.9%0.070.021.0x41%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=63, exitN=180
0.1%-24.9%0.050.001.0x3775%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=55, threshold=28
-0.0%-7.2%-0.01-0.001.0x61%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=194
-0.7%-40.7%-0.04-0.020.7x6758%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=5
-1.1%-48.2%-0.08-0.020.7x7555%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=177
-1.1%-47.5%-0.09-0.020.7x6358%
ROC 모멘텀
n=28, threshold=0.09
-0.1%-6.1%-0.10-0.020.9x140%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=3.5
-0.5%-19.1%-0.20-0.030.8x163%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
-4.0%-81.2%-0.45-0.050.2x27654%
MACD
fast=37, slow=83, signal=27
-4.7%-85.1%-0.55-0.060.1x27451%
Buy and hold-0.2%-35.4%0.04-0.010.9x1100%
1x 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -9% -18% -27% -35% 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -3.9% (2014-02-10 → 2023-11-09), recovered after 3,593 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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