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Franklin FTSE India ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Franklin FTSE India ETF. 2 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 6.3%, MDD -20.0%).

Data 2018-02-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,130 (8.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.8%, drawdown -42.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.3%, MDD -20.0%, Sharpe 0.57, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.0%p (CAGR 6.3%, MDD -20.0%, exposure 57%).

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=51, exitN=56
6.3%-20.0%0.570.321.7x1857%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=96
5.5%-23.7%0.520.231.6x2757%
ROC 모멘텀
n=105, threshold=0.04
4.3%-16.9%0.460.251.4x3443%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=55
4.0%-29.0%0.390.141.4x2857%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=3.1
0.7%-2.5%0.380.261.1x22%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=21, mult=2.6
3.2%-16.9%0.360.191.3x3446%
MACD
fast=18, slow=92, signal=19
3.1%-27.0%0.310.121.3x7549%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=19
0.8%-7.1%0.180.111.1x1011%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.4
1.5%-25.1%0.180.061.1x5661%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.26
-6.1%-42.7%-0.40-0.140.6x19756%
Buy and hold4.8%-42.9%0.330.111.5x1100%
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 -20.0% (2018-08-27 → 2020-06-11), recovered after 730 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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