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State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 99% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 2013-07-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,286 (13.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.2%, drawdown -44.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 8.5%, MDD -30.0%, Sharpe 0.51, 99% 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 99%
n=9, threshold=-0.11
8.5%-30.0%0.510.282.9x1799%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=80, exitN=104
4.3%-27.7%0.370.161.7x1568%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=94
3.7%-34.3%0.320.111.6x2968%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=28
1.1%-7.6%0.270.141.1x124%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=131
2.8%-34.7%0.270.081.4x2966%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=4.7
1.8%-27.4%0.190.061.3x5965%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=3.3
0.3%-3.4%0.150.091.0x41%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.9
0.1%-5.9%0.080.021.0x41%
MACD
fast=18, slow=34, signal=19
-1.2%-35.7%-0.02-0.030.9x16049%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.24
-1.4%-41.1%-0.03-0.030.8x18658%
Buy and hold8.2%-44.4%0.470.182.8x1100%
1x 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% -11% -22% -33% -44% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -30.0% (2021-11-08 → 2022-09-26), recovered after 1,099 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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