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iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value 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 6.7%, MDD -43.8%).

Data 2000-07-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,540 (26.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.4%, drawdown -61.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.7%, MDD -43.8%, Sharpe 0.43, 87% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.7%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.5%p (CAGR 6.7%, MDD -43.8%, exposure 87%).

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=9, exitN=55
6.7%-43.8%0.430.155.4x9587%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=127
5.1%-40.2%0.410.133.6x3968%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=382
4.7%-40.5%0.380.123.3x2366%
Supertrend
period=28, mult=5
4.0%-37.3%0.330.112.8x9164%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=-0.09
4.3%-38.4%0.320.113.0x10785%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
0.8%-50.4%0.130.021.2x24462%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=17
0.4%-24.3%0.090.021.1x5211%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=2.7
0.3%-28.0%0.090.011.1x346%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=11, mult=2
-0.5%-55.3%0.02-0.010.9x15750%
MACD
fast=18, slow=34, signal=12
-1.0%-59.4%0.01-0.020.8x36650%
Buy and hold8.4%-61.3%0.460.148.1x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -31% -46% -61% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -43.8% (2021-06-08 → 2023-05-31), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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