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BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF CAD Units Trust Unit backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF CAD Units Trust Unit. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 7.1%, MDD -16.2%).

Data 2010-04-20 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,105 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.3%, drawdown -40.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.0%, MDD -12.9%, Sharpe 1.05, 35% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 7.7%, MDD -21.7%, exposure 64%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.7%p (CAGR 7.1%, MDD -16.2%, exposure 45%).

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=119, exitN=14
6.0%-12.9%1.050.472.6x5035%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.1
7.1%-16.2%1.020.443.1x8445%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=95
7.7%-21.7%0.890.363.4x3764%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=144
7.5%-25.2%0.870.303.3x5166%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=1.8
6.0%-16.8%0.850.362.6x6444%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=33
2.5%-7.7%0.810.321.5x2011%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4
6.0%-23.9%0.740.252.6x8456%
ROC 모멘텀
n=101, threshold=0.01
5.6%-30.9%0.690.182.4x8961%
MACD
fast=18, slow=38, signal=17
2.2%-31.1%0.280.071.4x18250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
0.8%-43.6%0.130.021.1x28460%
Buy and hold9.3%-40.7%0.640.234.3x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -10% -20% -31% -41% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -12.9% (2018-01-22 → 2020-11-12), recovered after 1,141 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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