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Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 10.8%, MDD -22.6%).

Data 2020-10-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,444 (5.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.4%, drawdown -39.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 10.8%, MDD -22.6%, Sharpe 0.77, 58% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.1%p (CAGR 10.8%, MDD -22.6%, exposure 58%).

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
Supertrend
period=23, mult=2.1
10.8%-22.6%0.770.481.8x6658%
ROC 모멘텀
n=119, threshold=-0.03
9.6%-32.2%0.640.301.7x2769%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=1.7
6.6%-25.4%0.570.261.4x5043%
MACD
fast=11, slow=41, signal=10
7.3%-27.6%0.560.261.5x9048%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=207
7.5%-25.0%0.520.301.5x757%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=110
7.4%-26.1%0.520.281.5x763%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=37, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.4
5.4%-17.7%0.450.301.4x4650%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=111, exitN=78
3.4%-21.6%0.310.161.2x739%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.34
1.8%-28.5%0.190.061.1x8457%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=8, threshold=19
-0.3%-30.6%0.05-0.011.0x14050%
Buy and hold11.4%-39.6%0.600.291.9x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -20% -30% -40% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -22.6% (2021-11-29 → 2022-11-02), recovered after 955 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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