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BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%).

Data 2010-01-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,146 (16.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.7%, drawdown -25.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%, Sharpe 0.16, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.9%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%, 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
ROC 모멘텀
n=4, threshold=0.06
0.1%-0.5%0.160.131.0x20%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=73, slow=289
-0.2%-17.7%-0.01-0.011.0x1444%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=79, slow=276
-0.2%-17.1%-0.03-0.011.0x1246%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=38
-0.0%-1.2%-0.07-0.031.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=3.5
-0.1%-1.8%-0.17-0.061.0x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.6
-0.1%-1.6%-0.36-0.061.0x20%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=146, exitN=86
-1.2%-19.3%-0.42-0.060.8x1829%
MACD
fast=31, slow=73, signal=39
-2.7%-39.2%-0.70-0.070.6x9048%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.7
-3.5%-44.1%-0.91-0.080.6x8749%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-4.8%-55.6%-1.22-0.090.4x13650%
Buy and hold-0.7%-25.4%-0.08-0.030.9x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -6% -13% -19% -25% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.5% (2020-03-25 → 2020-03-26), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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