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iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio Trust Units backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares Core Equity ETF Portfolio Trust Units. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 11.0%, MDD -12.0%).

Data 2019-08-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,749 (7.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSXMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.4%, drawdown -29.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 11.0%, MDD -12.0%, Sharpe 1.02, 83% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 17.7%p (CAGR 11.0%, MDD -12.0%, exposure 83%).

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=29, exitN=64
11.0%-12.0%1.020.912.1x1183%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=180
10.4%-15.3%1.020.682.0x773%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=139
9.7%-14.8%0.990.661.9x1574%
ROC 모멘텀
n=87, threshold=-0.02
9.5%-15.1%0.920.631.9x2179%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.5
6.1%-15.8%0.680.391.5x3968%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=27, mult=1.5
4.0%-16.6%0.500.241.3x5466%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=42, k=1.2
2.7%-16.5%0.370.171.2x5661%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=32
0.1%-4.0%0.090.031.0x43%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.14
0.2%-24.0%0.070.011.0x10666%
MACD
fast=18, slow=24, signal=13
-0.7%-23.7%-0.04-0.031.0x10850%
Buy and hold12.4%-29.7%0.830.422.3x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -7% -15% -22% -30% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -12.0% (2021-12-29 → 2022-10-12), recovered after 392 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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