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BMO Equal Weight Global Gold Index ETF CAD Units Trust Units backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BMO Equal Weight Global Gold Index ETF CAD Units Trust Units. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -33.6%).

Data 2012-11-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,433 (13.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.9%, drawdown -60.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 13.9%, MDD -36.0%, Sharpe 0.65, 41% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 5.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.9%p (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -33.6%, exposure 27%).

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=128, threshold=0.09
13.9%-36.0%0.650.395.9x7641%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=137, exitN=33
9.9%-33.6%0.560.293.6x2027%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=200
8.5%-41.5%0.430.213.1x1847%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=79, slow=161
8.1%-45.7%0.420.182.9x1949%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.3
7.6%-41.2%0.410.182.7x10250%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.4
3.1%-15.8%0.350.201.5x46%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=33
2.0%-15.1%0.320.141.3x83%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=37, atrPeriod=17, mult=1.8
3.1%-43.3%0.250.071.5x12440%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.34
0.3%-60.6%0.150.001.0x28750%
MACD
fast=9, slow=45, signal=12
-4.6%-66.3%-0.04-0.070.5x23750%
Buy and hold8.9%-60.9%0.410.153.2x1100%
1x 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% -15% -30% -46% -61% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -36.0% (2016-08-04 → 2019-05-24), recovered after 1,359 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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