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iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 5.7%, MDD -31.2%).

Data 2000-06-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,569 (26.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.7%, drawdown -44.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -31.2%, Sharpe 0.48, 93% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.9%p (CAGR 5.7%, MDD -31.2%, exposure 93%).

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
n=129, threshold=-0.1
5.7%-31.2%0.480.184.3x3793%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=132, slow=269
5.2%-33.4%0.470.163.8x1380%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=5, exitN=89
4.6%-44.2%0.400.103.2x7394%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=199
2.7%-33.9%0.290.082.0x3769%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=44, threshold=25
0.3%-4.7%0.180.061.1x42%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=28, k=3.4
0.1%-2.5%0.170.051.0x21%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=3.9
0.6%-30.2%0.110.021.2x15565%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.7
-0.5%-34.7%-0.06-0.020.9x7627%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-2.5%-59.0%-0.20-0.040.5x25561%
MACD
fast=18, slow=56, signal=16
-3.4%-66.8%-0.31-0.050.4x31352%
Buy and hold6.7%-44.1%0.490.155.4x1100%
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% -11% -22% -33% -44% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -31.2% (2002-05-02 → 2003-03-31), recovered after 1,569 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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