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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index 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 6.8%, MDD -29.4%).

Data 2001-03-29 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,384 (25.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.1%, drawdown -58.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.8%, MDD -29.4%, Sharpe 0.66, 75% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.5%p (CAGR 6.8%, MDD -29.4%, exposure 75%).

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=26, exitN=51
6.8%-29.4%0.660.235.3x6775%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=163
6.1%-27.9%0.650.224.5x4771%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=148
5.8%-30.3%0.630.194.2x6767%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=74, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.9
4.6%-21.1%0.580.223.1x8650%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=70, k=1.4
4.7%-24.6%0.580.193.2x10054%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=5
5.1%-36.6%0.540.143.6x9061%
ROC 모멘텀
n=182, threshold=0.06
3.7%-24.6%0.490.152.5x14352%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=26
1.2%-9.5%0.380.121.3x3012%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
0.2%-58.1%0.070.001.0x23861%
MACD
fast=29, slow=56, signal=15
-0.5%-50.5%0.00-0.010.9x25451%
Buy and hold8.1%-58.9%0.530.147.2x1100%
1x 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -29% -44% -59% 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -29.4% (2022-02-10 → 2023-11-28), recovered after 1,233 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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