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iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 2.2%, MDD -34.1%).

Data 1996-03-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,642 (30.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.9%, drawdown -69.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 3.0%, MDD -38.2%, Sharpe 0.26, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 1.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.1%p (CAGR 2.2%, MDD -34.1%, exposure 38%).

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
Supertrend
period=24, mult=4.4
3.0%-38.2%0.260.082.4x14356%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=60, k=1.5
2.2%-34.1%0.230.061.9x12838%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=144
2.4%-41.8%0.230.062.0x7455%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=70
2.0%-43.0%0.210.051.8x7256%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.9
1.5%-35.3%0.190.041.6x11532%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=59, exitN=18
1.1%-36.8%0.150.031.4x11635%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=-0.05
0.7%-58.4%0.130.011.2x20167%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.22
-1.6%-79.2%-0.00-0.020.6x38154%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=16
-0.9%-51.9%-0.02-0.020.8x24927%
MACD
fast=18, slow=32, signal=18
-2.9%-76.0%-0.08-0.040.4x37150%
Buy and hold1.9%-69.3%0.200.031.8x1100%
1x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -38.2% (1999-12-10 → 2003-05-29), recovered after 2,595 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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