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iShares S&P 500 Energy Sector UCITS ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares S&P 500 Energy Sector UCITS ETF. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 6.1%, MDD -15.4%).

Data 2015-11-20 ~ 2026-08-28daily bars 2,719 (10.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.5%, drawdown -63.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.7%, MDD -29.8%, Sharpe 0.64, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 4.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.1%p (CAGR 6.1%, MDD -15.4%, exposure 18%).

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=67, exitN=53
10.7%-29.8%0.640.363.0x1952%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=4.8
10.4%-38.1%0.590.272.9x5357%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=3
6.1%-15.4%0.560.401.9x1618%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=130
8.1%-37.5%0.510.222.3x2355%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=95
7.7%-43.1%0.480.182.2x2356%
ROC 모멘텀
n=106, threshold=0.02
6.8%-46.5%0.440.152.0x8055%
MACD
fast=19, slow=49, signal=12
6.0%-37.3%0.400.161.9x12752%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=77, atrPeriod=17, mult=2.1
5.3%-34.8%0.390.151.8x5545%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=10, threshold=36
2.1%-19.9%0.290.111.3x4410%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-0.7%-51.0%0.09-0.010.9x9953%
Buy and hold6.5%-63.9%0.370.102.0x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -32% -48% -64% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -29.8% (2022-11-03 → 2025-09-08), recovered after 1,233 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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