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BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged To CAD Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged To CAD Index ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2010-01-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,146 (16.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.7%, drawdown -36.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 12.3%, MDD -31.3%, Sharpe 0.78, 82% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 13.6%, MDD -40.9%, exposure 93%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=167
12.3%-31.3%0.780.396.8x1982%
ROC 모멘텀
n=137, threshold=-0.11
13.6%-40.9%0.770.338.2x3593%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=156
11.9%-29.2%0.770.416.4x2578%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=60
11.7%-33.8%0.740.356.2x4088%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.6
8.8%-26.8%0.710.334.0x7267%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
6.0%-29.0%0.510.212.6x16465%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=41, atrPeriod=13, mult=2.5
4.5%-23.7%0.480.192.1x9647%
MACD
fast=40, slow=72, signal=19
4.7%-30.5%0.440.152.1x12254%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=1
4.3%-27.2%0.410.162.0x11860%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=38
0.3%-3.2%0.240.091.0x21%
Buy and hold16.7%-36.8%0.850.4612.9x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -10% -20% -31% -41% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -31.3% (2020-02-19 → 2020-04-28), recovered after 302 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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