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iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 3.6%, MDD -21.7%).

Data 2006-05-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,091 (20.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 3.2%, drawdown -87.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.0%, MDD -46.3%, Sharpe 0.50, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 5.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.9%p (CAGR 3.6%, MDD -21.7%, exposure 26%).

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=28, mult=4.9
9.0%-46.3%0.500.195.7x5356%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=155
5.4%-42.7%0.360.132.9x3860%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=26, exitN=71
6.1%-65.3%0.360.093.3x4576%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=57
5.1%-43.2%0.340.122.8x9357%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=51, k=2.6
3.6%-21.7%0.330.172.1x4426%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=41
0.5%-3.6%0.290.131.1x21%
ROC 모멘텀
n=135, threshold=-0.11
1.7%-65.6%0.190.031.4x13276%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.2
0.9%-58.8%0.140.021.2x18246%
MACD
fast=25, slow=53, signal=27
-1.7%-81.9%0.05-0.020.7x16852%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-3.2%-69.8%-0.03-0.050.5x19654%
Buy and hold3.2%-87.1%0.260.041.9x1100%
1x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -65% -87% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -46.3% (2008-04-03 → 2009-07-08), recovered after 1,440 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 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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