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iShares Core MSCI China ETF Units backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Core MSCI China ETF Units. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -19.1%).

Data 2008-01-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,577 (18.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue HKEXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.8%, drawdown -67.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 3.7%, MDD -43.4%, Sharpe 0.29, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 4.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.1%p (CAGR 0.2%, MDD -19.1%, exposure 7%).

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
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.9
3.7%-43.4%0.290.082.0x6052%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=78
3.3%-34.9%0.280.091.8x4049%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=2.5
2.4%-35.0%0.270.071.5x4618%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=114
3.0%-45.4%0.260.071.7x4048%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=43, atrPeriod=11, mult=3.4
2.1%-27.1%0.240.081.5x4822%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=69, exitN=19
2.1%-23.6%0.230.091.5x5028%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=-0.04
0.3%-54.7%0.110.001.0x11661%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=25, threshold=29
0.2%-19.1%0.060.011.0x187%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
-1.5%-58.6%0.00-0.030.7x14951%
MACD
fast=19, slow=49, signal=14
-3.4%-70.7%-0.10-0.050.5x22550%
Buy and hold-0.8%-67.6%0.12-0.010.9x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -51% -68% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -43.4% (2017-11-22 → 2019-10-04), recovered after 1,183 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above 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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