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Japan Physical Gold ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Japan Physical Gold ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2010-07-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,951 (16.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.4%, drawdown -27.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -24.6%, Sharpe 0.70, 94% exposure.

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
n=78, threshold=-0.09
10.4%-24.6%0.700.424.9x4294%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=73
9.4%-29.0%0.680.334.3x2672%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=44, exitN=103
9.9%-26.5%0.680.374.5x1486%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=135
8.5%-26.7%0.630.323.7x2667%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=24, k=2.9
3.6%-18.0%0.490.201.8x3613%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=3.9
3.9%-45.6%0.380.091.9x10455%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
3.8%-36.8%0.370.101.8x10851%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=25
2.6%-22.0%0.320.121.5x2811%
MACD
fast=22, slow=58, signal=20
3.3%-29.0%0.320.111.7x13348%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.5
2.7%-46.1%0.270.061.5x11855%
Buy and hold11.4%-27.2%0.730.425.7x1100%
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% -7% -14% -20% -27% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -24.6% (2026-01-29 → 2026-07-27), 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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