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Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2009-11-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,210 (16.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.6%, drawdown -43.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -39.2%, Sharpe 0.61, 86% exposure.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=22, exitN=74
9.3%-39.2%0.610.244.5x3186%
ROC 모멘텀
n=46, threshold=-0.07
7.8%-42.9%0.530.183.5x9588%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=77
6.6%-32.2%0.510.212.9x3573%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=213
6.0%-31.0%0.490.192.7x3770%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.6
3.6%-28.3%0.320.131.8x6965%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=21
0.7%-6.2%0.290.121.1x61%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
2.0%-37.0%0.210.051.4x16262%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=72, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.7
0.1%-38.3%0.070.001.0x11257%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.7
0.1%-38.1%0.060.001.0x8445%
MACD
fast=15, slow=41, signal=16
-0.9%-43.0%-0.01-0.020.9x21850%
Buy and hold10.6%-43.0%0.580.255.4x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -11% -22% -32% -43% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -39.2% (2021-06-08 → 2022-09-26), recovered after 1,830 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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