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Franklin U.S. Equity Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Franklin U.S. Equity Index 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 2016-06-03 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 2,596 (10.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.7%, drawdown -31.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.8%, MDD -25.8%, Sharpe 0.71, 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=5, threshold=-0.09
9.8%-25.8%0.710.382.6x999%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=228
6.9%-14.1%0.710.492.0x1572%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=65
7.7%-25.9%0.690.302.1x2782%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=171
7.0%-17.9%0.670.392.0x1176%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=4.9
3.0%-25.0%0.350.121.4x7766%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
2.5%-16.9%0.300.151.3x8663%
MACD
fast=51, slow=76, signal=24
2.2%-29.3%0.290.081.3x6251%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=3.3
0.3%-3.3%0.220.091.0x22%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.3
1.3%-22.5%0.210.061.1x5851%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=37
0.2%-2.8%0.170.071.0x22%
Buy and hold9.7%-31.2%0.660.312.6x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -8% -16% -23% -31% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -25.8% (2021-12-29 → 2022-10-14), recovered after 751 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 120 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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