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iShares Digitalisation UCITS ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Digitalisation UCITS ETF. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 6.1%, MDD -31.2%).

Data 2016-09-08 ~ 2026-08-28daily bars 2,518 (10.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.1%, drawdown -41.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.7%, MDD -31.4%, Sharpe 0.56, 76% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 9.6%p (CAGR 6.1%, MDD -31.2%, exposure 67%).

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=41, exitN=78
9.7%-31.4%0.560.312.5x1576%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=84
6.1%-31.2%0.400.201.8x1967%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=61
5.8%-33.2%0.390.171.8x3365%
ROC 모멘텀
n=90, threshold=-0.01
4.7%-33.4%0.330.141.6x5968%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=5
3.4%-32.5%0.270.101.4x5356%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=7, mult=0.6
2.1%-36.8%0.200.061.2x11160%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=34
0.3%-5.2%0.140.051.0x123%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.2
-1.7%-35.6%-0.05-0.050.8x6952%
MACD
fast=41, slow=43, signal=23
-3.1%-44.7%-0.14-0.070.7x8751%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
-3.9%-45.4%-0.20-0.090.7x9355%
Buy and hold6.1%-41.1%0.360.151.8x1100%
1x 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% -10% -21% -31% -41% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -31.4% (2025-10-24 → 2026-04-30), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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