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BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR -0.0%, MDD -0.5%).

Data 2010-04-20 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,105 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.5%, drawdown -18.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR -0.0%, MDD -0.5%, Sharpe -0.05, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.0%p (CAGR -0.0%, 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=49, threshold=0.07
-0.0%-0.5%-0.05-0.021.0x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=3
-0.3%-7.0%-0.25-0.041.0x128%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.7
-0.6%-13.2%-0.26-0.040.9x3645%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
-0.1%-1.4%-0.29-0.061.0x20%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=219
-0.7%-16.0%-0.30-0.040.9x2035%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=80, exitN=73
-0.6%-16.2%-0.31-0.040.9x2240%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=27
-0.2%-3.5%-0.32-0.061.0x103%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=166
-0.8%-18.9%-0.35-0.040.9x2641%
MACD
fast=28, slow=81, signal=58
-3.5%-43.9%-1.40-0.080.6x9644%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-3.6%-45.1%-1.52-0.080.5x11448%
Buy and hold-0.5%-18.5%-0.11-0.030.9x1100%
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% -5% -9% -14% -18% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.5% (2020-06-09 → 2020-06-10), 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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