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Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2011-06-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,803 (15.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.0%, drawdown -42.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 12.6%, MDD -36.4%, Sharpe 0.74, 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=3, threshold=-0.08
12.6%-36.4%0.740.356.0x2199%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=27, exitN=59
8.5%-30.0%0.670.283.4x3582%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=121
8.4%-27.0%0.660.313.4x1982%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=146
7.0%-33.3%0.560.212.8x2978%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=74, k=2.7
2.8%-12.1%0.550.231.5x1418%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=5
4.6%-19.9%0.450.232.0x6767%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=38
0.2%-1.8%0.250.131.0x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=74, atrPeriod=8, mult=1.5
1.6%-35.1%0.200.041.3x11166%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
1.2%-32.8%0.160.041.2x14964%
MACD
fast=16, slow=30, signal=14
-2.4%-41.8%-0.16-0.060.7x23751%
Buy and hold13.0%-42.4%0.730.316.3x1100%
1x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -11% -21% -32% -42% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -36.4% (2020-02-13 → 2020-03-23), recovered after 113 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.
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