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iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2009-01-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,439 (17.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.8%, drawdown -33.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 6.7%, MDD -33.9%, Sharpe 0.42, 99% 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 99%
n=7, threshold=-0.11
6.7%-33.9%0.420.203.1x1599%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=40, slow=112
2.0%-36.7%0.200.051.4x3370%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=26, exitN=52
1.9%-32.5%0.190.061.4x5374%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=130
1.6%-46.0%0.180.031.3x4165%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.9
-0.6%-49.6%0.04-0.010.9x9756%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.4
-1.1%-40.6%-0.01-0.030.8x16743%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=10, mult=2.6
-2.3%-53.4%-0.09-0.040.7x10143%
MACD
fast=15, slow=22, signal=11
-2.6%-50.8%-0.12-0.050.6x29750%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=14
-2.5%-48.7%-0.22-0.050.6x5612%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
-5.2%-75.0%-0.25-0.070.4x30756%
Buy and hold5.8%-33.7%0.380.172.7x1100%
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% -8% -17% -25% -34% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -33.9% (2014-09-19 → 2016-02-11), recovered after 1,774 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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