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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; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2010-01-25 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,166 (16.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.1%, drawdown -36.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 14.0%, MDD -40.9%, Sharpe 0.79, 93% exposure.

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=137, threshold=-0.11
14.0%-40.9%0.790.348.8x3593%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=167
12.5%-31.3%0.790.407.0x1982%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=156
12.2%-29.2%0.780.426.7x2578%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=60
11.5%-33.8%0.730.346.1x4189%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.6
8.8%-26.8%0.710.334.0x7267%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=41, atrPeriod=13, mult=2.5
4.4%-23.7%0.480.192.1x9647%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
5.5%-29.0%0.470.192.4x16765%
MACD
fast=40, slow=72, signal=19
4.6%-30.5%0.430.152.1x12254%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=1
4.1%-27.2%0.390.151.9x12060%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=38
0.3%-3.2%0.240.091.0x21%
Buy and hold17.1%-36.8%0.870.4713.8x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -20% -31% -41% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -40.9% (2021-11-19 → 2022-12-19), recovered after 936 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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