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State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1998-01-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,177 (28.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.8%, drawdown -53.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 6.7%, MDD -53.8%, Sharpe 0.44, 100% 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 100%
n=1, threshold=-0.11
6.7%-53.8%0.440.126.3x3100%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=3.3
0.3%-3.2%0.410.101.1x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=210
4.0%-37.8%0.400.103.0x5571%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=17, exitN=61
3.9%-46.5%0.350.083.0x8584%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=194
2.7%-44.5%0.280.062.1x4974%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=20
0.7%-14.4%0.220.051.2x4010%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=14, mult=4
0.2%-5.6%0.160.031.0x82%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
1.1%-35.2%0.150.031.4x11163%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-2.6%-68.2%-0.18-0.040.5x29461%
MACD
fast=12, slow=31, signal=16
-3.1%-63.0%-0.23-0.050.4x44051%
Buy and hold6.8%-53.8%0.450.136.6x1100%
1x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -13% -27% -40% -54% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -53.8% (2007-10-09 → 2009-03-09), recovered after 1,974 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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