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Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 6.4%, MDD -26.6%).

Data 2013-11-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,201 (12.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.5%, drawdown -61.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.2%, MDD -29.9%, Sharpe 0.50, 38% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 4.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.9%p (CAGR 6.4%, MDD -26.6%, exposure 27%).

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=76, exitN=39
7.2%-29.9%0.500.242.4x2638%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=12, mult=4
6.4%-26.6%0.490.242.2x3627%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2.4
5.9%-26.9%0.460.222.1x3425%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=132
5.1%-50.5%0.350.101.9x2552%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.9
3.3%-48.3%0.270.071.5x6250%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=132
3.4%-52.1%0.260.071.5x2352%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=13
2.4%-36.2%0.230.071.3x4624%
ROC 모멘텀
n=102, threshold=0.03
2.2%-51.5%0.210.041.3x11645%
MACD
fast=12, slow=93, signal=23
2.0%-41.8%0.200.051.3x12450%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
-2.6%-47.2%-0.05-0.050.7x18853%
Buy and hold2.5%-61.8%0.230.041.4x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -31% -46% -62% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -29.9% (2015-06-12 → 2017-06-05), recovered after 1,392 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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