Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

etf · US

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2003-05-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,850 (23.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.6%, drawdown -60.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.6%, MDD -53.4%, Sharpe 0.60, 99% 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 99%
n=14, threshold=-0.15
9.6%-53.4%0.600.188.4x1599%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=99
6.6%-26.9%0.600.254.4x4774%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=144
5.8%-26.2%0.530.223.7x4971%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=104, exitN=77
5.3%-22.0%0.510.243.4x3368%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=62, k=3.1
1.3%-7.1%0.440.181.3x45%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.6
4.2%-23.1%0.440.182.6x9360%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=69, atrPeriod=22, mult=1.3
2.1%-30.6%0.250.071.6x17163%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=29
0.0%-2.9%0.060.021.0x21%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
-1.4%-54.5%-0.05-0.030.7x23363%
MACD
fast=13, slow=29, signal=18
-3.5%-58.4%-0.23-0.060.4x37051%
Buy and hold9.6%-60.9%0.560.168.4x1100%
1x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -46% -61% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -53.4% (2007-06-04 → 2009-03-02), recovered after 1,309 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.
Re-run the same setupAll asset reports

Read next