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VanEck AEX UCITS ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of VanEck AEX UCITS ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2009-12-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,260 (16.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue EURONEXTMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.8%, drawdown -35.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 8.1%, MDD -30.5%, Sharpe 0.54, 100% 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 100%
n=4, threshold=-0.09
8.1%-30.5%0.540.273.6x13100%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=2.8
2.0%-9.7%0.470.201.4x1413%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=59, exitN=99
3.9%-27.2%0.370.141.9x2376%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=199
3.5%-23.7%0.350.151.8x3771%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=24
0.5%-6.0%0.270.081.1x64%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=190
2.3%-36.0%0.250.061.5x3174%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=16, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.5
0.3%-3.7%0.150.071.0x62%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=3.1
-0.5%-35.0%0.01-0.010.9x14961%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-1.4%-46.7%-0.07-0.030.8x16760%
MACD
fast=15, slow=59, signal=16
-3.3%-52.1%-0.27-0.060.6x20850%
Buy and hold7.8%-35.8%0.520.223.5x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -9% -18% -27% -36% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -30.5% (2011-02-18 → 2011-09-22), recovered after 944 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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