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Beta ETF WIG20TRlev Portfelowy backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Beta ETF WIG20TRlev Portfelowy. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 30.3%, MDD -26.7%).

Data 2020-02-25 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 1,653 (6.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue GPWMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.2%, drawdown -72.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 32.3%, MDD -31.1%, Sharpe 0.98, 64% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 15.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 41.8%p (CAGR 30.3%, MDD -26.7%, exposure 67%).

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
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.6
32.3%-31.1%0.981.046.3x2164%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=40, exitN=46
30.3%-26.7%0.971.135.7x1367%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=192
29.6%-28.5%0.961.045.5x566%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=132
27.3%-33.6%0.920.814.9x1164%
ROC 모멘텀
n=138, threshold=-0.03
28.3%-43.5%0.900.655.2x1971%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=22
15.6%-25.2%0.740.622.6x4329%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.34
17.5%-29.3%0.680.602.9x8954%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=15, atrPeriod=36, mult=1.4
13.1%-26.4%0.670.502.3x6935%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=1.1
15.9%-31.1%0.660.512.6x4550%
MACD
fast=14, slow=44, signal=7
15.5%-40.9%0.650.382.6x11650%
Buy and hold17.2%-72.9%0.580.242.8x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -36% -55% -73% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -31.1% (2021-09-06 → 2022-11-03), recovered after 490 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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