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Cathay MSCI Taiwan ESG Sustainability High Dividend Yield ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cathay MSCI Taiwan ESG Sustainability High Dividend Yield ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 12.6%, MDD -13.3%).

Data 2020-07-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,474 (6.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TWSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.5%, drawdown -27.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 14.2%, MDD -18.6%, Sharpe 1.16, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 9.0%p (CAGR 12.6%, MDD -13.3%, exposure 59%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=62, exitN=85
14.2%-18.6%1.160.762.2x563%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=82
13.3%-19.4%1.070.682.1x964%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.6
9.0%-10.4%1.060.871.7x1226%
MACD
fast=19, slow=51, signal=17
10.5%-13.2%1.060.801.8x5256%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=137
12.6%-13.3%1.050.952.1x959%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=-0.02
11.2%-20.8%0.910.541.9x2167%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=12, mult=3.4
8.0%-14.6%0.880.551.6x2234%
Supertrend
period=39, mult=5
9.2%-18.2%0.860.511.7x2461%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=36
5.1%-10.4%0.770.491.4x1410%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.28
2.3%-23.7%0.280.101.1x9456%
Buy and hold13.5%-27.6%0.900.492.2x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -7% -14% -21% -28% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -18.6% (2024-07-11 → 2025-11-19), recovered after 650 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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