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Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF. 1 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 9.3%, MDD -42.8%).

Data 2006-08-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,013 (19.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.2%, drawdown -60.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.3%, MDD -42.8%, Sharpe 0.64, 81% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.5%p (CAGR 9.3%, MDD -42.8%, exposure 81%).

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=36, exitN=77
9.3%-42.8%0.640.225.9x2981%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=73
7.0%-21.7%0.550.323.8x3173%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=150
6.3%-27.9%0.520.233.4x7172%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=-0.03
6.8%-25.3%0.520.273.7x9978%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=4.3
4.8%-26.3%0.440.182.6x9360%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=25, mult=1.8
2.4%-31.1%0.270.081.6x13652%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.7
0.8%-24.6%0.130.031.2x10844%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
-0.4%-42.3%0.04-0.010.9x19863%
MACD
fast=14, slow=41, signal=9
-2.1%-44.3%-0.09-0.050.7x31451%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=16
-2.0%-38.9%-0.33-0.050.7x6811%
Buy and hold9.2%-60.3%0.510.155.8x1100%
1x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -45% -60% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -42.8% (2007-07-19 → 2009-03-09), recovered after 888 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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