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iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF USD (Dist) backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares MSCI Japan UCITS ETF USD (Dist). 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 96% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2009-01-02 ~ 2026-08-28daily bars 4,460 (17.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.0%, drawdown -25.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.4%, MDD -26.9%, Sharpe 0.37, 96% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
n=138, threshold=-0.15
5.4%-26.9%0.370.202.5x1596%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=60, slow=110
3.8%-27.9%0.310.141.9x4562%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=209
2.6%-26.9%0.230.101.6x2368%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=116, exitN=39
2.0%-26.6%0.210.071.4x3541%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=27
0.4%-11.3%0.150.041.1x41%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=4.9
0.9%-27.9%0.130.031.2x7257%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=2.8
0.8%-28.6%0.130.031.2x2815%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.1
-1.3%-48.9%-0.04-0.030.8x8032%
MACD
fast=19, slow=24, signal=11
-4.0%-63.4%-0.20-0.060.5x28452%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-5.7%-69.5%-0.32-0.080.4x15854%
Buy and hold6.0%-25.7%0.390.232.8x1100%
1x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -7% -13% -20% -27% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -26.9% (2019-11-07 → 2020-04-02), recovered after 1,596 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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