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ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2013-10-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,220 (12.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.3%, drawdown -35.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.1%, MDD -24.6%, Sharpe 0.56, 99% 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 99%
n=14, threshold=-0.09
7.1%-24.6%0.560.292.4x2399%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=90, exitN=58
3.4%-21.2%0.410.161.5x1962%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=78, slow=121
3.1%-25.4%0.310.121.5x1580%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=3.3
2.4%-20.2%0.270.121.4x8363%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=119
2.2%-24.5%0.260.091.3x2768%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=2.6
0.5%-9.9%0.130.051.1x2117%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-0.7%-24.9%-0.03-0.030.9x13160%
MACD
fast=17, slow=23, signal=16
-0.7%-25.5%-0.03-0.030.9x18350%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=40, atrPeriod=29, mult=2.7
-1.2%-23.9%-0.15-0.050.9x5934%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=27
-0.3%-9.6%-0.15-0.041.0x103%
Buy and hold8.3%-35.4%0.590.242.8x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -9% -18% -27% -35% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -24.6% (2022-01-04 → 2022-10-12), recovered after 1,014 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 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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