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Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq-100 UCITS ETF GBP Hdg Acc backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco EQQQ Nasdaq-100 UCITS ETF GBP Hdg Acc. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Parabolic SAR ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 14.6%, MDD -21.0%).

Data 2017-10-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,220 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.8%, drawdown -36.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Parabolic SAR — CAGR 14.2%, MDD -20.2%, Sharpe 0.98, 68% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 14.6%, MDD -21.0%, exposure 73%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.5%p (CAGR 14.6%, MDD -21.0%, exposure 73%).

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
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.04
14.2%-20.2%0.980.703.2x8068%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=159
14.6%-21.0%0.950.693.3x2173%
MACD
fast=19, slow=73, signal=39
11.4%-21.3%0.900.532.6x5052%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=36, atrPeriod=22, mult=1.8
10.7%-16.7%0.890.642.4x5654%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=119
14.2%-29.4%0.890.483.2x1176%
ROC 모멘텀
n=92, threshold=-0.03
14.3%-25.5%0.880.563.2x3578%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=0.5
10.4%-22.0%0.780.472.4x6865%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.1
9.5%-24.0%0.720.402.2x6262%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=79
10.1%-24.3%0.680.422.3x1176%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=18
0.7%-23.6%0.120.031.1x4621%
Buy and hold17.8%-36.8%0.880.494.2x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SMA 크로스오버Parabolic SARBuy and hold
Parabolic SAR (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -9% -18% -28% -37% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Parabolic SAR
Parabolic SAR maximum drawdown -20.2% (2022-08-16 → 2022-12-28), recovered after 331 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades around the Parabolic SAR dots that accelerate toward price.

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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