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Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 7.4%, MDD -20.8%).

Data 2005-12-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,194 (20.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.5%, drawdown -57.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 7.8%, MDD -28.1%, Sharpe 0.64, 79% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.7%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.8%p (CAGR 7.4%, MDD -20.8%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=54, exitN=94
7.8%-28.1%0.640.284.7x2379%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=150
7.4%-20.8%0.620.364.4x3178%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=197
7.3%-25.0%0.610.294.3x3577%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=-0.08
6.8%-33.1%0.520.213.9x7990%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.4
3.7%-25.2%0.400.152.1x9064%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=36, atrPeriod=10, mult=4
-0.0%-21.8%0.02-0.001.0x5019%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=39, k=3.3
-0.0%-8.0%-0.03-0.011.0x21%
MACD
fast=15, slow=73, signal=17
-1.8%-57.9%-0.11-0.030.7x24254%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.38
-2.3%-51.1%-0.14-0.040.6x21065%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=37
-0.1%-1.9%-0.27-0.051.0x20%
Buy and hold8.5%-57.8%0.520.155.4x1100%
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% -14% -29% -43% -58% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -28.1% (2007-10-29 → 2009-06-23), recovered after 1,102 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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