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ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -26.1%).

Data 2014-09-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,976 (11.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.0%, drawdown -60.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.5%, MDD -26.1%, Sharpe 0.92, 58% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 18.7%, MDD -38.6%, exposure 65%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 34.1%p (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -26.1%, exposure 58%).

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=11, mult=2.9
16.5%-26.1%0.920.636.1x10858%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=255
18.7%-38.6%0.850.487.6x965%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=65, slow=211
14.8%-43.3%0.700.345.1x1166%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=11
10.5%-35.3%0.670.303.2x11247%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=0.9
10.7%-31.6%0.670.343.3x11249%
ROC 모멘텀
n=141, threshold=0.09
11.0%-35.6%0.640.313.4x6447%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=56
11.9%-56.1%0.610.213.8x3877%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=32, atrPeriod=29, mult=0.8
9.8%-43.8%0.610.223.0x15652%
MACD
fast=22, slow=41, signal=16
8.6%-40.4%0.540.212.7x13051%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
8.7%-48.2%0.530.182.7x20456%
Buy and hold16.0%-60.2%0.660.275.8x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SMA 크로스오버SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -15% -30% -45% -60% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -26.1% (2017-11-28 → 2019-01-22), recovered after 883 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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