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Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -69.5%).

Data 1980-12-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,490 (45.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -6.0%, drawdown -98.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 1.5%, MDD -69.5%, Sharpe 0.18, 18% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 7.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.9%p (CAGR 1.5%, MDD -69.5%, exposure 18%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=18
1.5%-69.5%0.180.022.0x14018%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=184
0.1%-91.7%0.150.001.0x6848%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=173
-1.7%-92.9%0.10-0.020.5x7848%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=13, mult=3.7
0.0%-70.6%0.100.001.0x10418%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=62, k=3.1
-0.9%-73.1%0.05-0.010.7x7415%
ROC 모멘텀
n=197, threshold=0.14
-2.5%-90.3%0.01-0.030.3x29025%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=89, exitN=51
-4.0%-91.5%-0.00-0.040.2x9235%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.16
-7.1%-97.1%-0.03-0.070.0x30649%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
-7.3%-97.5%-0.06-0.070.0x16850%
MACD
fast=29, slow=53, signal=30
-11.2%-99.9%-0.09-0.110.0x39052%
Buy and hold-6.0%-98.4%0.16-0.060.1x1100%
0.1 1x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -98% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -69.5% (2009-09-23 → 2011-01-31), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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