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Vanguard All-Equity ETF Portfolio backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard All-Equity ETF Portfolio. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 9.4%, MDD -12.2%).

Data 2019-02-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,880 (7.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.2%, drawdown -30.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 12.6%, MDD -19.4%, Sharpe 1.00, 98% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.0%p (CAGR 9.4%, MDD -12.2%, exposure 74%).

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=21, threshold=-0.09
12.6%-19.4%1.000.652.4x598%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=24, exitN=53
10.4%-17.9%0.980.582.1x1586%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=144
9.4%-12.2%0.980.772.0x1574%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=137
9.2%-13.7%0.940.671.9x1575%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.8
4.9%-20.6%0.570.241.4x3768%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
2.1%-24.6%0.280.091.2x7863%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=25, mult=1.6
1.6%-15.5%0.240.101.1x7258%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.1
1.4%-13.2%0.210.101.1x7858%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=35
0.3%-2.7%0.210.121.0x43%
MACD
fast=17, slow=46, signal=11
0.5%-19.5%0.100.021.0x10450%
Buy and hold12.2%-30.5%0.810.402.4x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -8% -15% -23% -30% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -19.4% (2021-12-29 → 2022-06-16), recovered after 765 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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