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iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio Trust Units backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio Trust Units. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.9%, MDD -11.9%).

Data 2019-08-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,749 (7.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.2%, drawdown -29.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -11.4%, Sharpe 1.06, 74% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.9%, MDD -11.9%, exposure 83%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.8%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.4%p (CAGR 10.9%, MDD -11.9%, exposure 83%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=139
10.4%-11.4%1.060.912.0x1174%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=29, exitN=64
10.9%-11.9%1.010.922.1x1183%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=180
10.2%-15.3%1.010.672.0x773%
ROC 모멘텀
n=87, threshold=-0.02
10.0%-13.4%0.960.751.9x2179%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.5
6.0%-15.8%0.670.381.5x3968%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=27, mult=1.5
3.5%-16.8%0.440.211.3x5666%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=1.2
2.2%-16.7%0.300.131.2x5861%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=32
0.4%-2.3%0.250.161.0x23%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.14
0.9%-19.5%0.140.051.1x10666%
MACD
fast=18, slow=24, signal=13
-0.6%-22.6%-0.02-0.031.0x10850%
Buy and hold12.2%-29.7%0.820.412.2x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -7% -15% -22% -30% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -11.4% (2021-12-29 → 2022-12-30), recovered after 756 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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