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First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF backtest
10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 15.1%, MDD -24.3%).
Results by strategy
1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.7%, drawdown -34.3%).
Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 15.1%, MDD -24.3%, Sharpe 0.86, 80% exposure.
Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 0.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 9.9%p (CAGR 15.1%, MDD -24.3%, exposure 80%).
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 · parameters | CAGR | MDD | Sharpe | Calmar | Total | Trades | Exposure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROC 모멘텀 n=168, threshold=-0.04 |
15.1% | -24.3% | 0.86 | 0.62 | 4.7x | 45 | 80% |
| SMA 크로스오버 fast=10, slow=199 |
11.9% | -30.3% | 0.75 | 0.39 | 3.5x | 23 | 73% |
| EMA 크로스오버 fast=11, slow=146 |
11.5% | -30.4% | 0.73 | 0.38 | 3.3x | 25 | 73% |
| Donchian 채널 돌파 entryN=19, exitN=79 |
11.8% | -45.7% | 0.68 | 0.26 | 3.4x | 21 | 85% |
| Supertrend period=36, mult=5 |
7.0% | -38.9% | 0.50 | 0.18 | 2.1x | 41 | 67% |
| Keltner 채널 돌파 emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=32, mult=1.3 |
5.5% | -23.9% | 0.45 | 0.23 | 1.8x | 93 | 54% |
| 볼린저 밴드 돌파 n=56, k=3.2 |
1.6% | -11.7% | 0.35 | 0.14 | 1.2x | 3 | 3% |
| Parabolic SAR step=0.01, maxStep=0.26 |
2.9% | -38.7% | 0.26 | 0.07 | 1.4x | 156 | 58% |
| ADX / DI 방향성 period=32, threshold=20 |
0.7% | -15.4% | 0.15 | 0.05 | 1.1x | 15 | 6% |
| MACD fast=8, slow=55, signal=10 |
0.0% | -37.2% | 0.08 | 0.00 | 1.0x | 206 | 51% |
| Buy and hold | 14.7% | -34.3% | 0.70 | 0.43 | 4.6x | 1 | 100% |
Rules of the top strategy
Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.
- Buy — Buy when the last 168-day return is greater than -4%
- Sell — Sell when the 168-day return drops to -4% or below