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FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2018-03-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,098 (8.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.9%, drawdown -35.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 1.6%, MDD -33.6%, Sharpe 0.19, 82% exposure.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=9, exitN=48
1.6%-33.6%0.190.051.1x3582%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=2.5
0.3%-8.5%0.100.041.0x1112%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=3.1
0.3%-20.8%0.080.011.0x5959%
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=0.1
0.1%-13.4%0.040.001.0x2613%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=55
-0.3%-27.5%0.02-0.011.0x4358%
MACD
fast=15, slow=34, signal=14
-0.8%-28.7%-0.03-0.030.9x11152%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=190
-1.9%-37.7%-0.15-0.050.9x1954%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
-2.8%-23.3%-0.21-0.120.8x7759%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=37
-0.7%-10.3%-0.27-0.070.9x126%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=18, mult=1.9
-2.9%-23.3%-0.41-0.130.8x5928%
Buy and hold2.9%-35.1%0.250.081.3x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -9% -18% -26% -35% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -33.6% (2021-08-16 → 2026-05-15), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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