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Franklin LibertyShares ICAV - Franklin FTSE Korea UCITS ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Franklin LibertyShares ICAV - Franklin FTSE Korea UCITS ETF. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 15.6%, MDD -22.7%).

Data 2019-06-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,819 (7.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.5%, drawdown -39.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 16.7%, MDD -26.7%, Sharpe 0.94, 28% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 17.1%, MDD -32.8%, exposure 49%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 0.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 12.7%p (CAGR 15.6%, MDD -22.7%, exposure 22%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=15
16.7%-26.7%0.940.623.0x1628%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=76, k=2.6
15.6%-22.7%0.900.692.8x622%
ROC 모멘텀
n=144, threshold=0.2
15.2%-32.8%0.860.462.7x1924%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=197
17.1%-32.8%0.860.523.1x749%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=83
16.9%-33.9%0.810.503.1x1957%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.7
13.0%-34.1%0.740.382.4x3443%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=85, exitN=66
14.4%-32.8%0.740.442.6x1152%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.7
13.7%-48.1%0.730.292.5x4649%
MACD
fast=18, slow=60, signal=9
11.0%-46.5%0.640.242.1x9053%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.24
6.2%-46.9%0.410.131.5x14453%
Buy and hold16.5%-39.4%0.670.423.0x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 EMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -10% -20% -30% -39% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -26.7% (2020-01-20 → 2020-10-30), recovered after 353 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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