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First Trust Cloud Computing ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of First Trust Cloud Computing ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 10.7%, MDD -24.9%).

Data 2011-07-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,790 (15.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.8%, drawdown -53.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.3%, MDD -34.4%, Sharpe 0.71, 73% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.1%p (CAGR 10.7%, MDD -24.9%, exposure 74%).

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=42, exitN=44
11.3%-34.4%0.710.335.0x3573%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=5, slow=152
10.7%-24.9%0.700.434.7x4374%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=179
10.6%-25.3%0.670.424.6x3174%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=-0.09
11.2%-38.3%0.640.294.9x5986%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.7
6.4%-47.9%0.470.132.5x6265%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.5
5.2%-26.1%0.430.202.2x11557%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.3
3.9%-26.8%0.350.151.8x10453%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.06
2.5%-52.6%0.230.051.4x23362%
MACD
fast=6, slow=39, signal=18
0.9%-44.3%0.130.021.1x27151%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=11
-1.0%-38.6%-0.02-0.030.9x15438%
Buy and hold13.8%-53.6%0.640.267.0x1100%
1x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -13% -27% -40% -54% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -34.4% (2021-11-16 → 2023-03-10), recovered after 1,087 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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