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State Street SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2006-06-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,058 (20.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.6%, drawdown -52.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.5%, MDD -46.6%, Sharpe 0.41, 74% exposure.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=37
5.5%-46.6%0.410.122.9x8774%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=162
4.1%-59.6%0.340.072.3x3957%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
n=7, threshold=-0.06
4.7%-60.3%0.330.082.5x14396%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=138
3.0%-57.6%0.260.051.8x4356%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=2.6
1.4%-32.7%0.220.041.3x3919%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=16
1.2%-22.2%0.200.051.3x4714%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.7
1.1%-43.1%0.160.031.2x9137%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4
0.9%-59.7%0.130.011.2x11361%
MACD
fast=16, slow=20, signal=15
-2.1%-50.9%-0.08-0.040.7x32451%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
-4.3%-66.8%-0.23-0.060.4x38356%
Buy and hold7.6%-52.7%0.440.144.3x1100%
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% -13% -26% -40% -53% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -46.6% (2021-02-17 → 2023-07-07), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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