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iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 98% market exposure makes it hold-like.

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 7.4%, drawdown -62.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 6.5%, MDD -57.5%, Sharpe 0.40, 98% 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 98%
n=10, threshold=-0.09
6.5%-57.5%0.400.115.2x7598%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=8, exitN=89
5.8%-60.7%0.380.094.3x7191%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=158
4.3%-34.4%0.360.133.0x4167%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=75
4.1%-42.5%0.340.102.8x9964%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=4.8
2.6%-34.4%0.250.082.0x9361%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=28, k=3.2
0.8%-12.4%0.220.061.2x103%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
0.9%-46.6%0.140.021.3x24161%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=20
0.3%-20.5%0.080.011.1x346%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.7
0.1%-5.4%0.040.011.0x61%
MACD
fast=18, slow=25, signal=12
-2.1%-64.4%-0.06-0.030.6x37850%
Buy and hold7.4%-62.9%0.420.126.4x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -31% -47% -63% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -57.5% (2007-06-04 → 2009-03-16), recovered after 2,391 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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