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BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BetaShares S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2014-12-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,940 (11.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.2%, drawdown -29.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 6.9%, MDD -16.8%, Sharpe 0.53, 98% 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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=19, threshold=-0.09
6.9%-16.8%0.530.412.2x1398%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=8, exitN=51
3.5%-16.6%0.330.211.5x4986%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=3.1
0.8%-7.8%0.250.101.1x109%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=20
0.9%-9.2%0.230.101.1x1416%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=67, slow=113
1.0%-29.7%0.140.031.1x1973%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=210
0.6%-29.5%0.110.021.1x1969%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.8
-0.0%-20.3%0.05-0.001.0x7157%
MACD
fast=26, slow=43, signal=18
-0.6%-32.9%-0.02-0.020.9x11650%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
-1.8%-28.9%-0.21-0.060.8x4934%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.32
-2.9%-33.2%-0.24-0.090.7x18557%
Buy and hold7.2%-29.5%0.530.242.2x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -7% -15% -22% -30% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -16.8% (2020-02-20 → 2021-01-31), recovered after 487 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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