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Smart Total World (NZD Hedged) ETF Units backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Smart Total World (NZD Hedged) ETF Units. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 8.8%, MDD -11.2%).

Data 2020-07-13 ~ 2026-07-30daily bars 1,512 (6.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NZXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.2%, drawdown -22.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.8%, MDD -11.2%, Sharpe 0.76, 73% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.2%, MDD -22.5%, exposure 96%. It is hold-like at 95%+ exposure and is not used as the featured strategy.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.0%p (CAGR 8.8%, MDD -11.2%, exposure 73%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=80
8.8%-11.2%0.760.791.7x973%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
n=29, threshold=-0.08
9.2%-22.5%0.650.411.7x1596%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=95
7.3%-15.8%0.640.461.5x1173%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=29, exitN=78
6.5%-20.3%0.520.321.5x1185%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.6
5.5%-20.5%0.510.271.4x2371%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.4
0.3%-20.1%0.080.021.0x3249%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=18
0.1%-3.9%0.050.021.0x22%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=1.5
-0.7%-24.1%-0.02-0.031.0x3452%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.3
-2.5%-24.8%-0.17-0.100.9x10262%
MACD
fast=13, slow=40, signal=10
-6.7%-36.9%-0.64-0.180.7x11249%
Buy and hold11.2%-22.2%0.730.511.9x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -6% -11% -17% -22% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -11.2% (2021-11-16 → 2023-03-19), recovered after 615 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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