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Vanguard Information Tech ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vanguard Information Tech ETF. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 12.7%, MDD -40.2%).

Data 2004-01-30 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,661 (22.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.8%, drawdown -54.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 12.7%, MDD -40.2%, Sharpe 0.72, 89% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 1.1%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 14.6%p (CAGR 12.7%, MDD -40.2%, exposure 89%).

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
n=188, threshold=-0.11
12.7%-40.2%0.720.3214.8x3789%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=38, exitN=75
11.0%-40.8%0.700.2710.4x3980%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=96
10.5%-27.9%0.700.389.4x4574%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=186
10.1%-31.2%0.670.328.8x3976%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3.4
7.9%-30.0%0.640.265.6x14860%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=12, mult=2.2
5.8%-35.2%0.530.173.6x12453%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.7
4.4%-34.0%0.420.132.6x12249%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
2.3%-38.3%0.230.061.7x24061%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=38, threshold=11
1.0%-41.7%0.150.021.3x17035%
MACD
fast=15, slow=52, signal=12
0.9%-47.3%0.130.021.2x30853%
Buy and hold13.8%-54.8%0.680.2518.4x1100%
1x 10x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -27% -41% -55% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -40.2% (2007-10-31 → 2009-07-07), recovered after 1,577 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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