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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; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 7.3%, MDD -16.2%).

Data 2010-04-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,085 (16.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.5%, drawdown -40.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.3%, MDD -16.2%, Sharpe 1.05, 45% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.0%, MDD -21.7%, exposure 64%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.5%p (CAGR 7.3%, 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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=35, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.1
7.3%-16.2%1.050.453.2x8345%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=119, exitN=14
6.0%-12.9%1.040.472.6x5035%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=95
8.0%-21.7%0.920.373.5x3764%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=144
7.8%-25.2%0.910.313.4x5166%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=1.8
6.2%-16.8%0.880.372.7x6344%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=33
2.5%-7.7%0.810.331.5x2011%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4
6.4%-23.9%0.780.272.7x8356%
ROC 모멘텀
n=101, threshold=0.01
5.8%-30.9%0.720.192.5x8960%
MACD
fast=18, slow=38, signal=17
2.2%-31.1%0.280.071.4x18250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
0.9%-43.6%0.150.021.2x28460%
Buy and hold9.5%-40.7%0.660.234.4x1100%
1x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 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 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -16.2% (2022-02-08 → 2023-12-04), recovered after 1,032 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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