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Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 97% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2016-02-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,625 (10.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue ARCXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.1%, drawdown -41.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 6.8%, MDD -23.4%, Sharpe 0.55, 97% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 97%
n=27, threshold=-0.09
6.8%-23.4%0.550.292.0x1597%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=3.4
1.0%-5.6%0.410.171.1x24%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=40, exitN=60
3.8%-22.4%0.400.171.5x2170%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=191
2.1%-28.0%0.260.081.2x2368%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=219
1.3%-30.6%0.180.041.1x3365%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.8
1.1%-29.5%0.150.041.1x3954%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=31
0.3%-8.2%0.080.031.0x209%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-0.4%-35.8%0.03-0.011.0x9357%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=33, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.8
-0.3%-10.4%-0.04-0.031.0x1811%
MACD
fast=12, slow=41, signal=14
-2.5%-32.3%-0.20-0.080.8x15549%
Buy and hold6.1%-41.4%0.420.151.9x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -21% -31% -41% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -23.4% (2022-06-07 → 2022-10-12), recovered after 710 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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