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State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF. 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 4.0%, MDD -16.9%).

Data 2005-11-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,208 (20.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.2%, drawdown -58.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.0%, MDD -16.9%, Sharpe 0.44, 68% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.4%, MDD -34.3%, exposure 68%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 41.7%p (CAGR 4.0%, MDD -16.9%, exposure 68%).

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=100, exitN=139
4.0%-16.9%0.440.242.3x1568%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=201
4.4%-34.3%0.430.132.5x2168%
ROC 모멘텀
n=188, threshold=-0.07
2.5%-31.7%0.260.081.7x6783%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=172
2.1%-37.3%0.250.061.6x2973%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.2
1.4%-27.0%0.180.051.3x9562%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=3.2
-0.0%-4.8%0.01-0.001.0x21%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=41, threshold=21
-0.0%-8.9%-0.01-0.001.0x63%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=7, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.1
-0.1%-3.3%-0.11-0.031.0x40%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-2.4%-47.4%-0.13-0.050.6x20960%
MACD
fast=12, slow=62, signal=22
-3.4%-58.8%-0.23-0.060.5x25351%
Buy and hold5.2%-58.6%0.360.092.9x1100%
1x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -15% -29% -44% -59% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -16.9% (2024-11-29 → 2025-11-20), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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