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Invesco S&P 500 Revenue ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco S&P 500 Revenue ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 8.9%, MDD -20.1%).

Data 2008-03-07 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,629 (18.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.7%, drawdown -55.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.9%, MDD -20.1%, Sharpe 0.77, 78% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.9%, MDD -26.4%, exposure 87%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.8%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.2%p (CAGR 8.9%, MDD -20.1%, exposure 78%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=52, slow=109
8.9%-20.1%0.770.444.8x1978%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=140
7.9%-26.4%0.720.304.0x3974%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=21, exitN=74
8.9%-26.4%0.700.344.8x3587%
ROC 모멘텀
n=179, threshold=0.02
4.9%-34.5%0.490.142.4x10171%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=15, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.8
0.4%-2.7%0.430.141.1x21%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
4.0%-26.5%0.400.152.1x7768%
MACD
fast=29, slow=70, signal=19
0.2%-26.3%0.080.011.0x15852%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=3.2
0.0%-9.2%0.030.001.0x41%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
-0.4%-42.4%0.03-0.010.9x27763%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=26
-0.2%-14.7%-0.06-0.021.0x286%
Buy and hold9.7%-55.3%0.580.185.5x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -14% -28% -41% -55% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파EMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -20.1% (2020-02-12 → 2020-03-09), recovered after 335 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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