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iShares MSCI Turkey ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares MSCI Turkey ETF. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 1.8%, MDD -14.7%).

Data 2008-03-28 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 4,657 (18.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -1.9%, drawdown -78.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -39.2%, Sharpe 0.52, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 10.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 39.1%p (CAGR 1.8%, MDD -14.7%, exposure 5%).

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=11, mult=3.8
9.1%-39.2%0.520.235.0x11049%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=1.1
8.1%-36.7%0.510.224.2x12441%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=27, mult=1.6
7.0%-48.0%0.470.153.5x12839%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=26, exitN=16
6.8%-38.5%0.430.183.4x10442%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.04
6.4%-42.6%0.390.153.2x15253%
MACD
fast=21, slow=30, signal=16
5.1%-56.7%0.320.092.5x20052%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=32
1.8%-14.7%0.290.131.4x285%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=41
2.1%-48.8%0.210.041.5x11249%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=46
1.6%-58.9%0.180.031.3x9849%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=0
-1.3%-74.5%0.05-0.020.8x14049%
Buy and hold-1.9%-78.3%0.14-0.020.7x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -39% -59% -78% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -39.2% (2014-06-10 → 2017-01-19), recovered after 2,394 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 120 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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