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Nikko Exchange Traded Index Fund 225 backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Nikko Exchange Traded Index Fund 225. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2008-01-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,560 (18.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue TSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.4%, drawdown -52.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 6.0%, MDD -19.6%, Sharpe 0.60, 32% exposure.

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=29, mult=3.3
6.0%-19.6%0.600.313.0x5832%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.5
5.8%-25.4%0.460.232.9x8858%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=38, k=3.5
1.3%-5.6%0.460.241.3x43%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=193
6.0%-36.7%0.440.163.0x2961%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=219
5.8%-34.4%0.440.172.9x3365%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=18, exitN=64
5.5%-43.4%0.390.132.7x5581%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=21
2.0%-20.1%0.310.101.4x3011%
ROC 모멘텀
n=67, threshold=-0.04
2.0%-53.1%0.210.041.5x19776%
MACD
fast=18, slow=51, signal=17
-1.1%-47.7%-0.01-0.020.8x22051%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.12
-1.7%-47.0%-0.04-0.040.7x34459%
Buy and hold8.4%-52.2%0.470.164.4x1100%
1x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -13% -26% -39% -52% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -19.6% (2021-02-16 → 2023-04-26), recovered after 1,109 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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