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BetaShares Geared Australian Equity Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BetaShares Geared Australian Equity Fund. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2014-04-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,105 (12.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ASXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.1%, drawdown -66.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 2.5%, MDD -40.8%, Sharpe 0.23, 83% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=19, exitN=73
2.5%-40.8%0.230.061.4x3183%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=2.9
1.2%-14.1%0.180.081.2x1212%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=77
0.1%-39.7%0.110.001.0x5559%
ROC 모멘텀
n=62, threshold=-0.04
-1.7%-48.3%0.04-0.030.8x13972%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=22
0.0%-5.8%0.020.001.0x41%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.6
-1.8%-46.6%0.02-0.040.8x6560%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=68
-1.8%-45.7%0.01-0.040.8x4561%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.42
-6.3%-59.2%-0.20-0.110.5x11958%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=20, mult=4
-2.9%-36.4%-0.23-0.080.7x3421%
MACD
fast=6, slow=15, signal=19
-9.6%-78.8%-0.36-0.120.3x30949%
Buy and hold5.1%-66.5%0.320.081.8x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -33% -50% -66% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -40.8% (2015-04-27 → 2019-01-22), recovered after 2,032 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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