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Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.3%, MDD -4.4%).

Data 2001-10-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,246 (24.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.9%, drawdown -53.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.2%, MDD -4.5%, Sharpe 0.21, 1% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.3%, MDD -4.4%, exposure 0%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 49.2%p (CAGR 0.3%, MDD -4.4%, 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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=23, mult=3.6
0.2%-4.5%0.210.051.1x41%
ROC 모멘텀
n=7, threshold=0.13
0.3%-4.4%0.180.071.1x120%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=2.2
0.3%-19.2%0.080.011.1x6626%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=36, exitN=76
0.2%-29.5%0.060.011.0x5266%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=146
-0.4%-34.0%-0.01-0.010.9x6057%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=31
-0.0%-5.6%-0.02-0.001.0x81%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=89
-0.4%-34.0%-0.02-0.010.9x5858%
MACD
fast=31, slow=71, signal=23
-0.9%-33.7%-0.08-0.030.8x16252%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=3.6
-1.5%-42.6%-0.13-0.030.7x13661%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-3.2%-59.8%-0.34-0.050.4x20259%
Buy and hold-0.9%-53.7%0.01-0.020.8x1100%
1x 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 ROC 모멘텀Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -13% -27% -40% -54% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -4.5% (2023-12-15 → 2025-09-19), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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