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T. Rowe Price U.S. Equity Research ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of T. Rowe Price U.S. Equity Research ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 12.6%, MDD -10.5%).

Data 2021-06-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,289 (5.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.9%, drawdown -24.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 12.6%, MDD -10.5%, Sharpe 1.18, 65% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.2%p (CAGR 12.6%, MDD -10.5%, exposure 65%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=227
12.6%-10.5%1.181.201.8x365%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=218
11.1%-19.0%0.970.591.7x363%
ROC 모멘텀
n=116, threshold=-0.07
11.6%-17.8%0.880.651.8x982%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=85, exitN=60
8.5%-13.0%0.860.661.5x962%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=22
4.0%-6.1%0.730.661.2x2224%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=3.1
6.2%-23.7%0.590.261.4x4866%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
6.0%-18.6%0.580.321.3x4565%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.4
3.4%-18.0%0.450.191.2x2243%
MACD
fast=17, slow=47, signal=18
2.9%-18.3%0.340.161.2x5048%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=2.6
0.6%-3.3%0.320.191.0x24%
Buy and hold12.9%-24.7%0.800.521.9x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -6% -12% -19% -25% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -10.5% (2025-02-19 → 2025-03-13), recovered after 155 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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