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Xtrackers NASDAQ 100 UCITS ETF Accum-1C- USD backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Xtrackers NASDAQ 100 UCITS ETF Accum-1C- USD. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is MACD (CAGR 17.1%, MDD -16.6%).

Data 2021-01-27 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,424 (5.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.5%, drawdown -31.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 17.1%, MDD -16.6%, Sharpe 1.35, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: MACD — CAGR is 0.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.7%p (CAGR 17.1%, MDD -16.6%, exposure 46%).

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
MACD
fast=27, slow=41, signal=33
17.1%-16.6%1.351.032.4x3046%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=3.7
15.5%-14.5%1.161.072.2x3161%
ROC 모멘텀
n=29, threshold=-0.08
16.1%-35.4%0.940.462.3x3189%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=23
12.8%-18.2%0.940.712.0x2965%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.1
10.1%-12.4%0.920.821.7x3646%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=45
12.2%-12.9%0.890.951.9x2969%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=0.7
10.9%-18.4%0.870.591.8x3860%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=73
11.0%-27.3%0.770.401.8x1468%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=5
9.3%-16.6%0.750.561.6x5559%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
2.7%-33.7%0.260.081.2x10462%
Buy and hold16.5%-31.3%0.860.532.4x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -8% -16% -23% -31% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -16.6% (2022-08-16 → 2023-01-19), recovered after 283 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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