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Schwab 1000 Index ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Schwab 1000 Index ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2017-10-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,211 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.7%, drawdown -34.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.5%, MDD -30.3%, Sharpe 0.85, 86% exposure.

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=19, exitN=67
11.5%-30.3%0.850.382.6x1786%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=5
8.1%-18.0%0.840.452.0x3158%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=175
9.2%-18.3%0.810.502.2x1971%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=83
8.3%-24.4%0.720.342.0x2374%
ROC 모멘텀
n=32, threshold=-0.04
6.3%-38.2%0.510.161.7x8186%
MACD
fast=6, slow=92, signal=48
4.2%-28.8%0.450.151.4x8454%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
4.3%-21.7%0.440.201.5x8966%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=0.8
2.6%-27.0%0.310.101.3x7861%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=26, mult=2.2
2.1%-23.6%0.270.091.2x5253%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=15, threshold=9
-0.8%-31.7%-0.03-0.020.9x16458%
Buy and hold12.7%-34.8%0.720.362.9x1100%
1x 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% -9% -17% -26% -35% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -30.3% (2021-12-27 → 2022-11-03), recovered after 921 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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