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iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2000-05-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,583 (26.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.3%, drawdown -59.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.6%, MDD -48.2%, Sharpe 0.44, 99% 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 99%
n=12, threshold=-0.13
7.6%-48.2%0.440.166.8x3599%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=211
4.9%-27.5%0.400.183.5x6566%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=149
4.3%-33.3%0.360.133.0x6167%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=57
3.9%-51.7%0.300.082.7x7780%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.1
2.8%-33.6%0.260.082.1x11562%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=30
0.7%-8.1%0.250.081.2x102%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=3.3
0.1%-4.1%0.080.031.0x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=9, mult=1.3
-0.7%-56.9%0.01-0.010.8x21853%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-1.2%-56.5%0.00-0.020.7x25858%
MACD
fast=11, slow=51, signal=18
-2.4%-66.2%-0.09-0.040.5x35451%
Buy and hold7.3%-59.5%0.420.126.3x1100%
1x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -45% -59% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -48.2% (2007-07-13 → 2009-03-11), recovered after 1,006 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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