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iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Core S&P 500 UCITS ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 12.6%, MDD -20.8%).

Data 2010-05-19 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 4,133 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.2%, drawdown -38.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 12.6%, MDD -20.8%, Sharpe 0.91, 93% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.4%p (CAGR 12.6%, MDD -20.8%, exposure 93%).

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=143, threshold=-0.09
12.6%-20.8%0.910.617.0x1593%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=60, exitN=132
11.0%-19.1%0.890.585.6x1387%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=200
10.0%-20.6%0.820.484.7x1983%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=56, slow=157
9.2%-25.5%0.760.364.2x1979%
Supertrend
period=34, mult=4.8
4.2%-47.1%0.370.092.0x8771%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=30, mult=3.2
2.4%-26.8%0.300.091.5x7759%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.5
1.6%-19.9%0.220.081.3x10156%
MACD
fast=15, slow=69, signal=20
1.0%-28.9%0.150.041.2x19350%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=28
0.1%-2.6%0.120.051.0x41%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.06
0.0%-50.5%0.080.001.0x14563%
Buy and hold12.2%-38.1%0.740.326.6x1100%
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% -10% -19% -29% -38% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -20.8% (2025-01-22 → 2025-04-09), recovered after 240 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 120 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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