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Blackrock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Blackrock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.3%, MDD -15.0%).

Data 2003-05-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,831 (23.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.5%, drawdown -67.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 1.7%, MDD -20.0%, Sharpe 0.24, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 4.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 47.6%p (CAGR -0.3%, MDD -15.0%, exposure 3%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=138
1.7%-20.0%0.240.081.5x3651%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=137
1.5%-21.3%0.220.071.4x4451%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=98, exitN=55
0.6%-25.9%0.120.021.2x3442%
ROC 모멘텀
n=26, threshold=0.12
0.3%-17.5%0.110.021.1x362%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=2.7
-0.1%-17.6%-0.01-0.001.0x228%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=26, mult=4
-0.3%-26.3%-0.04-0.010.9x2610%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=19
-0.3%-15.0%-0.10-0.020.9x243%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.3
-1.6%-59.5%-0.15-0.030.7x13848%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
-5.9%-75.5%-0.55-0.080.2x29253%
MACD
fast=17, slow=29, signal=15
-7.8%-85.9%-0.73-0.090.2x32851%
Buy and hold-2.5%-67.6%-0.05-0.040.6x1100%
1x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -51% -68% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -20.0% (2012-10-08 → 2020-06-29), recovered after 3,262 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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