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Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index 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 7.1%, MDD -18.5%).

Data 2013-10-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,210 (12.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.1%, drawdown -47.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.1%, MDD -18.5%, Sharpe 0.59, 68% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.5%, MDD -31.5%, exposure 70%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.9%p (CAGR 7.1%, MDD -18.5%, exposure 68%).

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=53, exitN=78
7.1%-18.5%0.590.392.4x2068%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=234
7.5%-31.5%0.540.242.5x970%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=4.5
5.5%-22.3%0.510.252.0x5656%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=85
5.8%-23.7%0.490.242.1x3867%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=-0.08
6.5%-31.7%0.470.202.2x4384%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=38, k=2.9
0.1%-9.7%0.050.011.0x105%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=30, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.7
-0.0%-30.6%0.04-0.001.0x7033%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=28
-0.3%-8.5%-0.09-0.031.0x62%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
-5.0%-55.1%-0.33-0.090.5x19656%
MACD
fast=19, slow=38, signal=17
-5.4%-55.6%-0.40-0.100.5x17849%
Buy and hold8.1%-47.4%0.490.172.7x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -12% -24% -36% -47% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -18.5% (2016-07-15 → 2019-02-11), recovered after 1,313 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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