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Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index 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 4.5%, MDD -19.7%).

Data 2017-11-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,199 (8.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.9%, drawdown -28.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.5%, MDD -19.7%, Sharpe 0.51, 85% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 8.6%p (CAGR 4.5%, MDD -19.7%, exposure 85%).

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=17, exitN=75
4.5%-19.7%0.510.231.5x1785%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=133
3.6%-10.7%0.480.331.4x1971%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=91
3.4%-17.6%0.440.201.3x1373%
ROC 모멘텀
n=95, threshold=-0.02
2.5%-17.1%0.330.151.2x3176%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=29, mult=3.7
0.4%-2.9%0.270.131.0x44%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.8
1.5%-17.0%0.220.091.1x3967%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=38
-0.1%-8.3%-0.04-0.021.0x107%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=2.9
-0.6%-4.9%-0.44-0.121.0x22%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.2
-5.6%-40.7%-0.69-0.140.6x17560%
MACD
fast=18, slow=46, signal=13
-6.5%-45.0%-0.91-0.150.6x13651%
Buy and hold4.9%-28.3%0.460.171.5x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 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% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -19.7% (2022-01-03 → 2022-11-02), recovered after 1,039 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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