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State Street SPDR S&P Insurance ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street SPDR S&P Insurance ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 6.4%, MDD -23.6%).

Data 2005-11-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,208 (20.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.4%, drawdown -76.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.7%, MDD -32.5%, Sharpe 0.50, 75% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.7%p (CAGR 6.4%, MDD -23.6%, exposure 71%).

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=74, exitN=99
6.7%-32.5%0.500.213.8x2175%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=152
6.4%-23.6%0.490.273.6x2571%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=172
5.9%-31.9%0.460.193.3x3169%
ROC 모멘텀
n=131, threshold=-0.08
6.3%-39.8%0.450.163.6x5784%
Supertrend
period=24, mult=5
5.0%-28.8%0.400.172.7x6960%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=3.5
0.3%-4.5%0.300.081.1x22%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=39
0.2%-2.9%0.230.071.0x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=41, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.5
-0.4%-39.3%0.00-0.010.9x6524%
MACD
fast=18, slow=23, signal=13
-3.4%-62.0%-0.11-0.050.5x31651%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
-4.5%-64.0%-0.20-0.070.4x32158%
Buy and hold6.4%-76.2%0.370.083.6x1100%
1x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -32.5% (2022-03-29 → 2023-03-17), recovered after 883 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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