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iShares Gold Trust Micro Shares backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Gold Trust Micro Shares. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 20.0%, MDD -17.0%).

Data 2021-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,276 (5.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.4%, drawdown -26.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 21.0%, MDD -19.1%, Sharpe 1.27, 70% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 3.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 7.2%p (CAGR 20.0%, MDD -17.0%, exposure 68%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=107
21.0%-19.1%1.271.102.6x670%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=41, exitN=44
20.0%-17.0%1.261.182.5x668%
ROC 모멘텀
n=78, threshold=-0.03
20.4%-19.1%1.201.062.6x1678%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=114
18.9%-19.1%1.150.992.4x673%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=2.5
14.3%-13.7%1.091.042.0x1438%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=10
16.0%-20.2%1.040.792.1x3064%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=5
14.4%-17.7%1.040.812.0x2059%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.3
13.9%-13.7%0.981.011.9x1851%
MACD
fast=25, slow=52, signal=23
9.6%-17.5%0.740.551.6x3548%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.36
2.6%-20.4%0.260.131.1x11154%
Buy and hold17.4%-26.3%0.980.662.3x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -7% -13% -20% -26% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -19.1% (2026-01-29 → 2026-03-26), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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