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BlackRock American Income Trust plc GBP backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BlackRock American Income Trust plc GBP. 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 2012-10-24 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,479 (13.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue LSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.5%, drawdown -46.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 8.1%, MDD -22.6%, Sharpe 0.53, 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=5, threshold=-0.08
8.1%-22.6%0.530.362.9x1399%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=4
4.7%-24.0%0.420.201.9x4160%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=15, k=2.8
1.1%-12.0%0.320.091.2x186%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=165
3.4%-35.5%0.310.101.6x2361%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=241
3.3%-31.1%0.300.111.6x1766%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=89, exitN=19
1.2%-34.9%0.170.041.2x4138%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=35, mult=3.2
0.5%-19.5%0.100.021.1x2721%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=14, threshold=36
-0.4%-12.7%-0.14-0.031.0x244%
MACD
fast=18, slow=34, signal=13
-4.4%-56.6%-0.30-0.080.5x19850%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.44
-5.5%-66.3%-0.36-0.080.5x20458%
Buy and hold7.5%-46.1%0.480.162.7x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -23% -35% -46% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -22.6% (2019-08-01 → 2020-03-12), recovered after 538 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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