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VanEck Oil Refiners ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of VanEck Oil Refiners ETF. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 13.5%, MDD -27.2%).

Data 2015-08-20 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,773 (11.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.0%, drawdown -60.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 13.5%, MDD -27.2%, Sharpe 0.93, 57% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 2.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.2%p (CAGR 13.5%, MDD -27.2%, exposure 57%).

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=24, mult=4.1
13.5%-27.2%0.930.504.1x5757%
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=-0.11
12.5%-42.4%0.760.293.7x2780%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.4
9.0%-26.5%0.740.342.6x4746%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=28, exitN=37
10.2%-30.9%0.690.332.9x4166%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=204
9.1%-38.2%0.670.242.6x2961%
MACD
fast=19, slow=69, signal=14
8.6%-35.5%0.650.242.5x9951%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=11
7.6%-25.2%0.610.302.2x12150%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=203
7.6%-43.7%0.580.172.2x2560%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=34, k=1.1
7.1%-25.3%0.580.282.1x9748%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.44
7.6%-33.4%0.560.232.3x34656%
Buy and hold11.0%-60.4%0.580.183.2x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -45% -60% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -27.2% (2022-06-07 → 2025-04-25), recovered after 1,207 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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