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MidCap Financial Investment Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of MidCap Financial Investment Corporation. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -17.6%).

Data 2004-04-06 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,615 (22.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -6.7%, drawdown -92.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 2.5%, MDD -52.2%, Sharpe 0.23, 4% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 9.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.3%p (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -17.6%, exposure 2%).

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=6, threshold=0.08
2.5%-52.2%0.230.051.7x1444%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.6
1.8%-56.2%0.190.031.5x6653%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=8, mult=4
1.0%-23.5%0.170.041.3x166%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=29
0.6%-17.6%0.120.031.1x182%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=2.8
0.2%-41.8%0.070.001.0x384%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=21, exitN=84
-2.4%-80.6%0.03-0.030.6x6072%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=83
-2.4%-67.5%0.00-0.040.6x7849%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=188
-1.5%-63.9%-0.01-0.020.7x3245%
MACD
fast=33, slow=56, signal=29
-4.2%-74.9%-0.05-0.060.4x17250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
-7.2%-87.6%-0.19-0.080.2x29052%
Buy and hold-6.7%-92.5%0.02-0.070.2x1100%
1x 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% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -52.2% (2010-02-22 → 2020-05-05), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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