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Fubon Taiwan Technology ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Fubon Taiwan Technology ETF. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 2.0%, MDD -12.6%).

Data 2008-01-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,549 (18.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TWSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.1%, drawdown -86.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 8.8%, MDD -40.9%, Sharpe 0.58, 54% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 6.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.7%p (CAGR 2.0%, MDD -12.6%, 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
MACD
fast=35, slow=42, signal=20
8.8%-40.9%0.580.224.8x15254%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.2
6.8%-54.4%0.460.133.4x14458%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=75
2.5%-86.8%0.370.031.6x5387%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=38
2.0%-12.6%0.350.161.4x367%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=2.6
2.7%-47.9%0.330.061.7x7416%
ROC 모멘텀
n=85, threshold=-0.08
-1.3%-86.9%0.24-0.020.8x9780%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=88
-1.5%-86.6%0.23-0.020.8x5163%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=113
-2.4%-86.7%0.19-0.030.6x3065%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=5
-2.7%-86.6%0.18-0.030.6x9061%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=15, mult=3
-5.2%-87.1%0.07-0.060.4x8844%
Buy and hold2.1%-86.6%0.350.021.5x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -43% -65% -87% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -40.9% (2009-04-27 → 2019-01-24), recovered after 4,103 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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