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BMO S&P 500 Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BMO S&P 500 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 13.3%, MDD -19.9%).

Data 2012-11-27 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,452 (13.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 15.8%, drawdown -26.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.3%, MDD -19.9%, Sharpe 1.11, 88% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 7.0%p (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -19.9%, exposure 88%).

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=19, exitN=60
13.3%-19.9%1.110.675.6x2788%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=57
11.5%-17.6%1.040.654.5x2980%
ROC 모멘텀
n=72, threshold=-0.09
11.7%-33.9%0.900.344.6x2995%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=131
9.9%-18.2%0.890.553.7x2778%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.8
8.0%-14.1%0.830.572.9x5371%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
5.5%-16.8%0.600.322.1x12965%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=1.2
4.1%-19.0%0.500.211.7x10659%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.8
3.3%-15.6%0.470.211.6x5446%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=6
3.2%-25.8%0.380.121.5x17168%
MACD
fast=21, slow=73, signal=17
2.1%-14.7%0.280.141.3x14252%
Buy and hold15.8%-26.9%1.030.597.6x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -7% -13% -20% -27% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -19.9% (2021-12-29 → 2022-10-12), recovered after 754 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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