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CI Invesco NASDAQ 100 Index ETF Trust Units backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CI Invesco NASDAQ 100 Index ETF Trust Units. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 14.7%, MDD -8.6%).

Data 2021-05-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,300 (5.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.0%, drawdown -31.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.7%, MDD -8.6%, Sharpe 1.24, 49% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 16.4%, MDD -14.0%, exposure 63%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.3%p (CAGR 14.7%, MDD -8.6%, exposure 49%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.4
14.7%-8.6%1.241.712.0x2249%
MACD
fast=37, slow=65, signal=19
15.5%-15.8%1.190.982.1x2849%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=192
16.4%-14.0%1.171.172.2x563%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.04
15.4%-18.5%1.100.832.1x4866%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=166
15.0%-14.7%1.081.022.1x564%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1
13.6%-15.4%1.050.881.9x2256%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4
13.0%-19.3%1.030.671.9x2658%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=20
14.1%-19.4%1.000.732.0x2664%
ROC 모멘텀
n=89, threshold=0.03
11.3%-13.9%0.840.811.7x3161%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=12
10.0%-12.5%0.820.801.6x4455%
Buy and hold18.0%-31.9%0.890.562.4x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -8% -16% -24% -32% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -8.6% (2022-08-15 → 2023-01-30), recovered after 218 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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