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State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 4.4%, MDD -45.5%).

Data 1998-12-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,943 (27.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.9%, drawdown -60.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -61.4%, Sharpe 0.35, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by -0.7%p (CAGR 4.4%, MDD -45.5%, exposure 88%).

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 100%
n=2, threshold=-0.14
5.7%-61.4%0.350.094.6x3100%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=73
4.4%-45.5%0.320.103.3x6988%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=24, mult=3
0.5%-4.3%0.280.121.2x61%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=179
2.3%-38.9%0.220.061.8x4364%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=51, slow=56
1.4%-42.0%0.170.031.5x8566%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=2.8
-0.7%-48.4%0.03-0.010.8x23859%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=13, k=2.9
-0.1%-10.6%-0.07-0.011.0x141%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=25
-0.2%-12.6%-0.10-0.020.9x41%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-2.7%-67.3%-0.10-0.040.5x26258%
MACD
fast=19, slow=23, signal=19
-4.5%-79.4%-0.23-0.060.3x37750%
Buy and hold5.9%-60.7%0.360.104.8x1100%
1x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -31% -46% -61% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -61.4% (2008-05-20 → 2009-03-02), recovered after 2,109 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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