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KIM ACE US NASDAQ100 ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of KIM ACE US NASDAQ100 ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is MACD (CAGR 21.7%, MDD -15.0%).

Data 2020-10-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,388 (5.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue KRXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 21.9%, drawdown -31.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 21.7%, MDD -15.0%, Sharpe 1.84, 47% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: MACD — CAGR is 0.2%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.3%p (CAGR 21.7%, MDD -15.0%, exposure 47%).

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
MACD
fast=19, slow=65, signal=28
21.7%-15.0%1.841.453.1x2447%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=29, atrPeriod=13, mult=2.4
18.2%-11.2%1.601.632.6x2851%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.4
20.1%-15.5%1.561.292.9x2660%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=1.1
16.1%-15.7%1.321.032.4x4057%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=10
17.0%-18.8%1.300.902.5x8063%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=26, exitN=39
19.4%-21.1%1.290.922.8x1674%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=95
18.8%-20.6%1.260.912.7x774%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=149
17.5%-22.2%1.220.792.5x769%
ROC 모멘텀
n=34, threshold=-0.01
17.4%-19.8%1.200.882.5x5672%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
8.6%-20.6%0.680.421.6x9464%
Buy and hold21.9%-31.2%1.090.703.1x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -8% -16% -23% -31% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -15.0% (2022-03-30 → 2022-07-01), recovered after 134 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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