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iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF. 2 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 5.2%, MDD -30.1%).

Data 2008-08-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,517 (18.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 4.5%, drawdown -49.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.2%, MDD -30.1%, Sharpe 0.42, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.5%p (CAGR 5.2%, MDD -30.1%, exposure 55%).

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=61, exitN=73
5.2%-30.1%0.420.172.5x3155%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=101
4.5%-38.6%0.370.122.2x4756%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.7
3.3%-35.7%0.310.091.8x10645%
ROC 모멘텀
n=141, threshold=-0.1
3.8%-41.2%0.300.091.9x7782%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.4
3.0%-29.2%0.290.101.7x9243%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=5
3.1%-37.9%0.280.081.7x7458%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=78
2.9%-36.7%0.270.081.7x4759%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
0.0%-44.2%0.080.001.0x15655%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=12
-0.8%-45.1%-0.03-0.020.9x12027%
MACD
fast=14, slow=59, signal=17
-2.2%-63.4%-0.08-0.040.7x22050%
Buy and hold4.5%-49.6%0.300.092.2x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -25% -37% -50% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.1% (2010-01-11 → 2016-05-19), recovered after 2,871 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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