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BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BMO Covered Call Utilities 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 0.5%, MDD -0.5%).

Data 2012-01-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,645 (14.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.9%, drawdown -43.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 0.5%, MDD -0.5%, Sharpe 0.34, 0% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 42.5%p (CAGR 0.5%, 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=9, threshold=0.11
0.5%-0.5%0.340.961.1x20%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=25
0.0%-1.6%0.010.001.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=39, k=3.1
-0.0%-4.6%0.00-0.001.0x63%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=266
-0.7%-37.7%-0.02-0.020.9x1549%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=90, exitN=24
-0.3%-14.5%-0.06-0.021.0x3225%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=19, mult=3.1
-0.6%-18.5%-0.18-0.030.9x3619%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=62, slow=211
-2.0%-37.4%-0.19-0.050.7x1748%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=5
-2.0%-27.3%-0.35-0.070.8x4843%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-5.6%-58.2%-0.78-0.100.4x13157%
MACD
fast=15, slow=31, signal=9
-6.6%-63.5%-0.89-0.100.4x23552%
Buy and hold-1.9%-43.0%-0.08-0.040.8x1100%
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% -11% -21% -32% -43% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -0.5% (2020-04-08 → 2020-04-09), 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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