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Blue Owl Capital Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Blue Owl Capital Corporation. 8 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 0.6%, MDD -9.6%).

Data 2019-07-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,769 (7.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -5.1%, drawdown -56.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.6%, MDD -9.6%, Sharpe 0.17, 3% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 0.8%, MDD -26.1%, exposure 39%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 5.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 47.3%p (CAGR 0.6%, MDD -9.6%, 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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=26
0.6%-9.6%0.170.061.0x23%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=218
0.8%-26.1%0.130.031.1x639%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=2.5
-0.3%-14.2%-0.01-0.021.0x225%
ROC 모멘텀
n=142, threshold=0.08
-0.3%-12.9%-0.02-0.031.0x5020%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=186
-1.4%-23.9%-0.08-0.060.9x1040%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=2.2
-3.3%-42.9%-0.11-0.080.8x7057%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=22, exitN=48
-3.0%-41.5%-0.13-0.070.8x1864%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=14, mult=2.8
-1.2%-14.4%-0.22-0.080.9x105%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
-9.0%-57.9%-0.48-0.160.5x6451%
MACD
fast=14, slow=34, signal=21
-10.4%-58.7%-0.65-0.180.5x9549%
Buy and hold-5.1%-56.9%-0.06-0.090.7x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -14% -28% -43% -57% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -9.6% (2019-12-27 → 2020-01-06), 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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