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Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2016-02-23 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 2,667 (10.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.6%, drawdown -41.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 6.3%, MDD -23.4%, Sharpe 0.52, 97% 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 97%
n=27, threshold=-0.09
6.3%-23.4%0.520.271.9x1597%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=57, mult=3.4
1.2%-4.7%0.450.251.1x83%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=3.5
0.9%-5.6%0.400.171.1x24%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=32, exitN=70
3.7%-18.6%0.370.201.5x2177%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=209
1.8%-27.3%0.230.071.2x2169%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=189
0.9%-32.9%0.140.031.1x1762%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=4.7
0.9%-31.7%0.130.031.1x4253%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=12
0.7%-23.6%0.130.031.1x5242%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-0.5%-35.8%0.02-0.010.9x9457%
MACD
fast=17, slow=38, signal=17
-1.3%-25.3%-0.09-0.050.9x13249%
Buy and hold5.6%-41.4%0.390.141.8x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -21% -31% -41% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -23.4% (2022-06-07 → 2022-10-12), recovered after 710 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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