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iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%).

Data 2018-10-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,952 (7.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.0%, drawdown -22.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.7%, MDD -2.2%, Sharpe 0.70, 8% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.8%p (CAGR 0.1%, MDD -0.5%, exposure 0%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=44, threshold=31
0.7%-2.2%0.700.321.1x28%
ROC 모멘텀
n=4, threshold=0.03
0.1%-0.5%0.210.121.0x20%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=3.3
0.0%-4.2%0.040.011.0x48%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=43, exitN=56
-0.3%-13.2%-0.07-0.021.0x1450%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=38, atrPeriod=26, mult=3.9
-0.3%-6.7%-0.15-0.041.0x1215%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=186
-0.6%-11.7%-0.17-0.051.0x1245%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.6
-1.0%-13.6%-0.27-0.080.9x3045%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=142
-1.1%-17.3%-0.31-0.070.9x1847%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
-4.2%-31.6%-1.08-0.130.7x6451%
MACD
fast=15, slow=55, signal=18
-5.7%-37.5%-1.43-0.150.6x8446%
Buy and hold-1.0%-22.9%-0.15-0.040.9x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -6% -11% -17% -23% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -2.2% (2019-08-28 → 2019-09-13), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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