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John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 5.4%, MDD -18.9%).

Data 2018-09-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,969 (7.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.4%, drawdown -35.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.3%, MDD -22.4%, Sharpe 0.51, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.6%p (CAGR 5.4%, MDD -18.9%, exposure 56%).

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=50, exitN=77
6.3%-22.4%0.510.281.6x1361%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=157
5.4%-18.9%0.470.291.5x1356%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=64
4.1%-21.6%0.360.191.4x1761%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=2.5
2.2%-11.5%0.340.191.2x1815%
ROC 모멘텀
n=145, threshold=0.11
2.6%-21.3%0.300.121.2x4127%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=22, mult=2.6
1.0%-28.2%0.150.041.1x4442%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=27
0.2%-5.8%0.070.031.0x21%
MACD
fast=16, slow=57, signal=18
-3.9%-50.8%-0.26-0.080.7x10049%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.2
-4.2%-51.1%-0.26-0.080.7x6457%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.12
-4.6%-46.0%-0.28-0.100.7x16256%
Buy and hold5.4%-35.0%0.360.151.5x1100%
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% -9% -17% -26% -35% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -22.4% (2021-02-16 → 2024-01-17), recovered after 1,714 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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