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Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap 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 7.3%, MDD -25.8%).

Data 2004-01-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,661 (22.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.7%, drawdown -60.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.3%, MDD -25.8%, Sharpe 0.60, 76% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.5%p (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -25.8%, exposure 76%).

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=58, exitN=77
7.3%-25.8%0.600.284.9x3376%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=155
6.8%-27.7%0.600.254.4x5973%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=108
6.8%-28.6%0.590.244.4x4574%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.8
4.7%-24.4%0.450.192.8x8965%
ROC 모멘텀
n=146, threshold=-0.05
5.0%-41.8%0.420.123.0x9983%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=92, k=1.1
3.4%-25.3%0.380.132.1x9758%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.9
3.3%-18.2%0.360.182.1x11760%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-1.0%-47.0%-0.01-0.020.8x23564%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=36
-0.0%-1.7%-0.02-0.011.0x20%
MACD
fast=16, slow=23, signal=9
-3.7%-63.0%-0.23-0.060.4x40651%
Buy and hold8.7%-60.3%0.510.146.5x1100%
1x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -45% -60% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -25.8% (2021-11-16 → 2022-10-14), recovered after 1,086 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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