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iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2010-12-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,955 (15.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.7%, drawdown -35.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 3.6%, MDD -30.6%, Sharpe 0.32, 97% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
Hold-like · Exposure 97%
entryN=2, exitN=119
3.6%-30.6%0.320.121.7x4797%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=23
0.6%-8.2%0.290.071.1x43%
ROC 모멘텀
n=110, threshold=-0.04
0.6%-26.8%0.110.021.1x8380%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=214
0.3%-35.6%0.080.011.0x1867%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=62, k=3
0.0%-8.4%0.020.001.0x106%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=215
-0.3%-26.7%0.02-0.011.0x3369%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=3.8
-1.5%-29.2%-0.10-0.050.8x10167%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=61, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.1
-1.9%-30.9%-0.24-0.060.7x6237%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
-6.5%-67.5%-0.61-0.100.3x22557%
MACD
fast=19, slow=28, signal=14
-8.3%-74.5%-0.87-0.110.3x24350%
Buy and hold3.7%-35.7%0.320.101.8x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -9% -18% -27% -36% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.6% (2015-03-24 → 2019-01-01), recovered after 2,031 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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