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Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 96% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2011-05-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,832 (15.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.6%, drawdown -36.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.7%, MDD -18.0%, Sharpe 0.68, 96% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
n=78, threshold=-0.09
7.7%-18.0%0.680.433.1x1196%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=196
3.7%-24.8%0.400.151.7x3581%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=201
2.8%-29.3%0.320.101.5x3379%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=29
2.3%-18.8%0.280.121.4x7375%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=2.9
2.3%-17.7%0.270.131.4x10971%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=3.1
0.4%-5.8%0.240.061.1x85%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=27
0.6%-6.4%0.240.091.1x65%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.1
1.4%-20.3%0.200.071.2x13562%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=19, mult=3.5
-0.2%-21.7%-0.01-0.011.0x4835%
MACD
fast=13, slow=39, signal=11
-4.4%-50.2%-0.47-0.090.5x26152%
Buy and hold7.6%-36.6%0.580.213.1x1100%
1x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -9% -18% -27% -37% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -18.0% (2022-04-20 → 2022-10-12), recovered after 854 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 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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