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iShares U.S. Equity Factor ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares U.S. Equity Factor ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2015-04-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,830 (11.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.5%, drawdown -36.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.4%, MDD -20.8%, Sharpe 0.68, 60% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 8.1%, MDD -31.5%, exposure 96%. It is hold-like at 95%+ exposure and is not used as the featured strategy.

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=98, exitN=62
6.4%-20.8%0.680.312.0x1760%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=212
7.5%-21.1%0.670.352.2x1773%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=102
6.7%-25.8%0.610.262.1x1974%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
n=34, threshold=-0.11
8.1%-31.5%0.590.262.4x2596%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=2.8
0.8%-3.9%0.390.201.1x45%
MACD
fast=40, slow=73, signal=8
3.1%-26.1%0.360.121.4x10853%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=5
2.9%-31.9%0.320.091.4x4967%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=22
0.5%-10.0%0.220.051.1x45%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
1.2%-26.9%0.160.041.1x11363%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=12, mult=4
0.2%-12.8%0.070.011.0x1410%
Buy and hold10.5%-36.0%0.640.293.1x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -9% -18% -27% -36% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -20.8% (2018-01-26 → 2019-08-14), recovered after 1,077 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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