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Vanguard FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF. 1 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 9.1%, MDD -21.5%).

Data 2013-08-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,255 (13.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.3%, drawdown -37.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -21.5%, Sharpe 0.89, 85% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.8%p (CAGR 9.1%, MDD -21.5%, exposure 85%).

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=79
9.1%-21.5%0.890.423.1x2185%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=81
5.3%-22.8%0.620.232.0x3371%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=122
4.8%-21.2%0.590.231.8x4169%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=-0.01
4.7%-21.1%0.560.221.8x8571%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=3.6
2.2%-35.0%0.280.061.3x9970%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=27, mult=1.8
1.4%-29.9%0.230.051.2x8955%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=32
0.2%-2.3%0.180.091.0x21%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=3
0.1%-1.4%0.130.061.0x21%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
-0.7%-27.6%-0.04-0.030.9x13163%
MACD
fast=14, slow=47, signal=15
-3.2%-39.5%-0.36-0.080.7x18049%
Buy and hold8.3%-37.3%0.620.222.8x1100%
1x 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% -9% -19% -28% -37% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -21.5% (2014-09-03 → 2016-02-11), recovered after 826 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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