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Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 10.2%, MDD -41.0%).

Data 2005-10-26 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,243 (20.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.3%, drawdown -57.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -41.0%, Sharpe 0.69, 87% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.8%p (CAGR 10.2%, MDD -41.0%, exposure 87%).

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
n=140, threshold=-0.09
10.2%-41.0%0.690.257.6x6587%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=159
8.6%-30.2%0.670.295.6x5372%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=107, exitN=77
7.7%-23.1%0.630.334.7x2768%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=246
8.2%-27.5%0.620.305.2x3176%
Supertrend
period=36, mult=5
6.9%-32.6%0.550.214.0x7369%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=16, mult=1.5
2.9%-27.2%0.300.111.8x15460%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=2.9
0.2%-2.4%0.270.081.0x20%
MACD
fast=13, slow=30, signal=16
0.4%-36.4%0.100.011.1x30652%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
0.2%-31.4%0.080.011.0x20662%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=25
0.1%-10.9%0.060.011.0x124%
Buy and hold12.3%-57.8%0.660.2111.1x1100%
1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -29% -43% -58% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -41.0% (2007-10-09 → 2009-07-07), recovered after 2,101 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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