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iShares S&P 500 Fundo de Investimento em Cotas de Fundo de Indice - Investimento no Exterior backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares S&P 500 Fundo de Investimento em Cotas de Fundo de Indice - Investimento no Exterior. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 16.6%, MDD -16.8%).

Data 2014-04-29 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,071 (12.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue BMFBOVESPAMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 21.1%, drawdown -30.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.6%, MDD -16.8%, Sharpe 1.12, 75% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 20.2%, MDD -31.7%, exposure 98%. It is hold-like at 95%+ exposure and is not used as the featured strategy.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 4.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.0%p (CAGR 16.6%, MDD -16.8%, exposure 75%).

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
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.4
16.6%-16.8%1.120.996.6x3575%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=13, threshold=-0.09
20.2%-31.7%1.090.649.6x1998%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=115
17.8%-27.8%1.060.647.6x1777%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=45, exitN=55
16.7%-22.5%1.060.746.7x1977%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=78
15.4%-26.2%0.980.595.8x3772%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=15
10.6%-21.1%0.840.503.5x7353%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.2
8.8%-21.1%0.740.422.8x6554%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=1.2
7.3%-30.0%0.610.242.4x9558%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
7.4%-33.9%0.590.222.4x10961%
MACD
fast=12, slow=52, signal=18
6.2%-32.4%0.530.192.1x14850%
Buy and hold21.1%-30.7%1.090.6910.7x1100%
1x 10x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -8% -16% -24% -32% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -16.8% (2021-12-29 → 2022-12-23), recovered after 761 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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