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VanEck MSCI International Small Companies Quality ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of VanEck MSCI International Small Companies Quality ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 7.9%, MDD -15.5%).

Data 2021-03-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,366 (5.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.0%, drawdown -27.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.9%, MDD -15.5%, Sharpe 0.64, 80% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.3%p (CAGR 7.9%, MDD -15.5%, exposure 80%).

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
entryN=18, exitN=59
7.9%-15.5%0.640.511.5x1380%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.5
6.0%-14.1%0.570.421.4x3058%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.38
5.7%-15.3%0.550.381.4x6256%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=250
5.9%-13.5%0.550.441.4x561%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=2.1
4.3%-10.5%0.540.411.3x2632%
ROC 모멘텀
n=60, threshold=-0.03
5.5%-17.5%0.480.321.3x2576%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=138
5.0%-14.5%0.460.351.3x767%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=8, mult=3.3
1.4%-7.2%0.310.191.1x1615%
MACD
fast=11, slow=42, signal=18
1.2%-22.5%0.170.061.1x6451%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=23
-0.3%-11.6%-0.07-0.031.0x610%
Buy and hold9.0%-27.8%0.600.321.6x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -7% -14% -21% -28% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -15.5% (2024-03-27 → 2024-08-08), recovered after 515 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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