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Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe UCITS ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe UCITS ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2017-10-26 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,243 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.5%, drawdown -35.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.3%, MDD -25.7%, Sharpe 0.57, 98% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=10, threshold=-0.09
7.3%-25.7%0.570.291.9x998%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=216
2.8%-19.0%0.320.151.3x1764%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=212
2.7%-17.2%0.300.161.3x1365%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=109, exitN=52
2.0%-12.7%0.280.151.2x1544%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=2.2
0.9%-10.7%0.170.081.1x1926%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=24
0.3%-3.9%0.170.081.0x23%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.4
1.2%-25.7%0.170.051.1x5162%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-1.3%-24.1%-0.08-0.050.9x8558%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.7
-2.6%-28.5%-0.26-0.090.8x6952%
MACD
fast=17, slow=49, signal=28
-3.5%-31.0%-0.34-0.110.7x10051%
Buy and hold5.5%-35.6%0.420.161.6x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -9% -18% -27% -36% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -25.7% (2022-01-05 → 2022-09-29), recovered after 853 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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