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Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF. 0 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 10.3%, MDD -27.0%).

Data 2010-09-22 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,988 (15.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.6%, drawdown -34.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.3%, MDD -27.0%, Sharpe 0.84, 87% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 11.4%, MDD -30.9%, exposure 99%. It is hold-like at 95%+ exposure and is not used as the featured strategy.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 7.7%p (CAGR 10.3%, MDD -27.0%, exposure 87%).

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=20, exitN=61
10.3%-27.0%0.840.384.8x3587%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 99%
n=17, threshold=-0.12
11.4%-30.9%0.770.375.6x1599%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=230
8.3%-23.0%0.740.363.5x2378%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=5
6.6%-19.6%0.660.342.7x6569%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=126
7.3%-23.1%0.650.323.0x2380%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=3
0.1%-1.7%0.210.071.0x21%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
1.4%-30.3%0.190.051.2x16164%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=72, atrPeriod=28, mult=3.9
0.6%-28.2%0.120.021.1x6047%
MACD
fast=19, slow=47, signal=19
-0.8%-34.5%-0.04-0.020.9x18653%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=25
-0.4%-14.0%-0.18-0.030.9x103%
Buy and hold12.6%-34.7%0.770.366.5x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -9% -17% -26% -35% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -27.0% (2021-12-27 → 2022-11-03), recovered after 870 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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