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The Carlyle Group Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of The Carlyle Group Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 8.1%, MDD -28.3%).

Data 2012-05-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,581 (14.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.3%, drawdown -69.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.9%, MDD -33.2%, Sharpe 0.60, 39% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 10.2%, MDD -44.6%, exposure 55%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 4.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.9%p (CAGR 8.1%, MDD -28.3%, exposure 53%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=23, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.2
9.9%-33.2%0.600.303.9x12639%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=44, k=1.6
9.4%-34.5%0.580.273.6x7240%
Supertrend
period=22, mult=4.2
10.2%-44.6%0.560.234.0x5055%
MACD
fast=23, slow=69, signal=28
9.8%-44.7%0.530.223.8x9348%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=33
8.3%-44.5%0.470.193.1x6853%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=21, exitN=22
8.6%-40.2%0.470.213.2x6656%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=76
8.1%-28.3%0.470.293.0x4853%
ROC 모멘텀
n=38, threshold=0.02
7.2%-47.8%0.440.152.7x19348%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
5.7%-56.7%0.360.102.2x12549%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=12
4.5%-43.0%0.320.111.9x18648%
Buy and hold5.3%-69.2%0.320.082.1x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendKeltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrendKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -33.2% (2021-05-07 → 2023-01-10), recovered after 951 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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