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State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust. 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 8.2%, MDD -43.1%).

Data 1995-05-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,862 (31.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.7%, drawdown -56.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.2%, MDD -43.1%, Sharpe 0.55, 88% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.2%p (CAGR 8.2%, MDD -43.1%, exposure 88%).

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=22, exitN=97
8.2%-43.1%0.550.1911.7x5388%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=193
6.6%-31.3%0.500.217.4x3376%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=220
5.9%-27.2%0.480.226.0x6774%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=5
3.8%-24.4%0.350.153.2x11164%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=-0.04
4.2%-45.0%0.340.093.6x18182%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3.2
0.4%-8.6%0.210.051.1x82%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=73, atrPeriod=8, mult=2.5
0.8%-38.3%0.130.021.3x15752%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=18
0.0%-28.3%0.030.001.0x588%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.16
-0.9%-49.8%0.00-0.020.8x31062%
MACD
fast=18, slow=29, signal=14
-3.5%-74.3%-0.20-0.050.3x47450%
Buy and hold9.7%-56.3%0.540.1718.2x1100%
1x 10x 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -42% -56% 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -43.1% (2007-06-04 → 2009-03-09), recovered after 863 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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