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iShares U.S. Health Care Providers ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares U.S. Health Care Providers ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2006-05-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,091 (20.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.0%, drawdown -58.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.8%, MDD -49.0%, Sharpe 0.59, 97% 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 97%
n=16, threshold=-0.1
9.8%-49.0%0.590.206.6x4597%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=120, exitN=67
6.4%-20.4%0.580.313.5x2555%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=209
5.7%-43.1%0.430.133.0x2965%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=127
5.1%-48.6%0.400.112.7x2967%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.7
3.6%-47.3%0.320.082.1x8365%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
1.5%-53.6%0.180.031.4x19161%
MACD
fast=25, slow=66, signal=30
1.4%-45.1%0.170.031.3x15953%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.2
1.1%-34.0%0.160.031.2x8135%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=2.9
0.2%-14.1%0.080.021.0x185%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=29
0.0%-23.5%0.030.001.0x5711%
Buy and hold9.0%-58.8%0.510.155.7x1100%
1x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -29% -44% -59% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -49.0% (2007-12-26 → 2008-12-04), recovered after 1,112 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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