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Xtrackers NASDAQ 100 UCITS ETF Accum-1C- USD backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Xtrackers NASDAQ 100 UCITS ETF Accum-1C- USD. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 16.3%, MDD -14.5%).

Data 2021-01-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,403 (5.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.1%, drawdown -31.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 17.3%, MDD -16.6%, Sharpe 1.36, 47% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.7%p (CAGR 16.3%, MDD -14.5%, exposure 61%).

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
MACD
fast=27, slow=41, signal=33
17.3%-16.6%1.361.052.4x3047%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=3.7
16.3%-14.5%1.211.122.3x3061%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=23
13.8%-18.2%1.000.762.0x2866%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=45
13.5%-12.3%0.971.102.0x2669%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.1
10.3%-12.4%0.930.831.7x3647%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=0.7
11.8%-18.4%0.930.641.8x3660%
ROC 모멘텀
n=29, threshold=-0.08
15.8%-35.4%0.920.452.2x3089%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=5
10.3%-16.6%0.820.621.7x5259%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=73
10.7%-27.3%0.750.391.8x1368%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
3.4%-33.7%0.310.101.2x10262%
Buy and hold16.1%-31.3%0.840.512.3x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -8% -16% -23% -31% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -16.6% (2022-08-16 → 2023-01-19), recovered after 283 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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