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State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 14.1%, MDD -13.0%).

Data 2018-06-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,040 (8.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.9%, drawdown -47.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 15.3%, MDD -14.3%, Sharpe 1.07, 70% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 5.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.9%p (CAGR 14.1%, MDD -13.0%, exposure 67%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=78
15.3%-14.3%1.071.073.2x1070%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=48, exitN=74
14.1%-13.0%1.021.082.9x1067%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=111
13.2%-15.0%0.960.882.7x2067%
ROC 모멘텀
n=80, threshold=-0.03
11.6%-21.9%0.830.532.4x3672%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=73, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.2
8.3%-17.0%0.690.491.9x4261%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.2
8.1%-19.1%0.670.421.9x3457%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.6
5.3%-15.6%0.520.341.5x3446%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
1.8%-44.7%0.200.041.2x7861%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=28
0.0%-7.5%0.020.001.0x85%
MACD
fast=13, slow=53, signal=13
-2.9%-46.2%-0.16-0.060.8x11852%
Buy and hold9.9%-47.2%0.540.212.2x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -24% -35% -47% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -14.3% (2020-02-19 → 2020-05-13), recovered after 167 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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