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iShares U.S. Technology ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares U.S. Technology ETF. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -30.5%).

Data 2000-05-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,588 (26.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.6%, drawdown -81.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.6%, MDD -30.9%, Sharpe 0.64, 70% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 9.9%, MDD -30.5%, exposure 68%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 51.0%p (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -30.5%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=93, exitN=105
9.6%-30.9%0.640.3111.0x2570%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=144
9.9%-30.5%0.630.3211.8x3568%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=90
8.9%-34.6%0.610.269.4x5768%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.8
7.1%-43.1%0.520.166.0x9459%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=18, mult=1.7
4.9%-33.3%0.430.153.5x16053%
ROC 모멘텀
n=120, threshold=0
5.1%-46.1%0.390.113.7x19567%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=55, k=1.9
3.7%-29.2%0.370.132.6x10842%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
2.9%-46.0%0.250.062.1x25661%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=15
1.1%-31.9%0.160.031.3x15225%
MACD
fast=21, slow=46, signal=14
-1.7%-73.3%-0.02-0.020.6x32051%
Buy and hold8.6%-81.9%0.440.108.6x1100%
1x 10x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.9% (2020-02-19 → 2020-06-11), recovered after 355 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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