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John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 10.8%, MDD -30.0%).

Data 2015-09-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,725 (10.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.8%, drawdown -40.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.8%, MDD -30.0%, Sharpe 0.79, 85% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 10.7%p (CAGR 10.8%, MDD -30.0%, exposure 85%).

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=25, exitN=78
10.8%-30.0%0.790.363.0x1585%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=113
7.9%-22.1%0.670.362.3x1376%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=182
7.0%-24.1%0.620.292.1x2173%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=5
6.1%-19.8%0.550.311.9x3570%
ROC 모멘텀
n=36, threshold=-0.04
6.7%-32.4%0.530.212.0x7985%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=23
1.2%-10.6%0.360.111.1x1013%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=79, atrPeriod=29, mult=1.8
2.2%-22.5%0.250.101.3x6163%
MACD
fast=31, slow=50, signal=24
1.5%-32.8%0.190.051.2x9251%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=1
0.7%-30.7%0.120.021.1x8457%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
-0.6%-37.5%0.01-0.020.9x10661%
Buy and hold10.8%-40.7%0.630.273.0x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -20% -31% -41% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.0% (2021-11-16 → 2022-09-30), recovered after 1,088 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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