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Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard U.S. Multifactor ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -28.5%).

Data 2018-02-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,125 (8.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.6%, drawdown -42.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.2%, MDD -28.5%, Sharpe 0.63, 89% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.3%p (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -28.5%, exposure 89%).

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=14, exitN=79
9.2%-28.5%0.630.322.1x2189%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=87
7.6%-26.5%0.620.291.9x2366%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=19
2.7%-9.1%0.520.291.2x912%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=5
5.9%-17.7%0.510.331.6x3564%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=55
5.7%-31.0%0.490.181.6x2171%
ROC 모멘텀
n=59, threshold=-0.05
5.7%-37.3%0.440.151.6x5984%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
3.7%-25.8%0.350.141.4x7561%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=2.2
2.2%-17.4%0.310.131.2x2226%
MACD
fast=26, slow=66, signal=28
2.4%-31.0%0.260.081.2x5751%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=10, mult=2.9
1.0%-17.5%0.160.061.1x4337%
Buy and hold10.6%-42.8%0.590.252.4x1100%
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% -11% -21% -32% -43% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -28.5% (2021-11-16 → 2023-05-04), recovered after 1,375 days.

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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