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iShares Core Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Core Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETF. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -0.9%).

Data 2000-11-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,451 (25.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.1%, drawdown -15.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR -0.5%, MDD -20.0%, Sharpe -0.17, 45% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR -0.0%, MDD -0.9%, exposure 0%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by -4.6%p (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -0.9%, exposure 0%).

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=66, slow=419
-0.5%-20.0%-0.17-0.030.9x1745%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=10, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.6
-0.1%-4.2%-0.20-0.021.0x61%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=32, k=3.3
-0.2%-4.6%-0.25-0.041.0x61%
ROC 모멘텀
n=125, threshold=0.06
-0.0%-0.9%-0.26-0.041.0x20%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=38
-0.1%-3.5%-0.28-0.041.0x20%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=107
-1.0%-28.2%-0.33-0.040.8x5944%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=108, exitN=64
-1.2%-28.9%-0.48-0.040.7x4239%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.8
-1.9%-40.0%-0.71-0.050.6x8843%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.02
-3.4%-59.4%-1.22-0.060.4x14045%
MACD
fast=23, slow=57, signal=35
-4.7%-71.3%-1.54-0.070.3x20850%
Buy and hold-0.1%-15.4%-0.02-0.011.0x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 ROC 모멘텀EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -5% -10% -15% -20% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -20.0% (2003-06-13 → 2020-03-18), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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