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iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 8.4%, MDD -26.6%).

Data 2004-07-13 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,549 (22.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.0%, drawdown -59.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.9%, MDD -42.4%, Sharpe 0.69, 81% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.7%p (CAGR 8.4%, MDD -26.6%, exposure 75%).

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=33, exitN=68
9.9%-42.4%0.690.238.0x4181%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=205
8.4%-26.6%0.650.325.9x3575%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=122
8.1%-31.9%0.600.255.6x2577%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.4
6.6%-24.4%0.570.274.1x11764%
ROC 모멘텀
n=132, threshold=-0.03
7.5%-36.7%0.560.204.9x10180%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=69, atrPeriod=12, mult=2.3
5.5%-24.8%0.540.223.3x10758%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=1.4
3.6%-27.9%0.380.132.2x12853%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
2.2%-40.7%0.230.051.6x21663%
MACD
fast=23, slow=73, signal=18
1.6%-31.6%0.190.051.4x21052%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=12
-0.6%-47.6%-0.02-0.010.9x18633%
Buy and hold11.0%-59.1%0.600.1910.0x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -44% -59% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -42.4% (2007-07-19 → 2009-03-09), recovered after 900 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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