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BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BlackRock TCP Capital Corp.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -3.0%).

Data 2012-04-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,601 (14.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -10.0%, drawdown -82.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 2.8%, MDD -12.4%, Sharpe 0.44, 3% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 12.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 70.5%p (CAGR -0.1%, MDD -3.0%, exposure 0%).

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=12, threshold=0.1
2.8%-12.4%0.440.231.5x403%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=15, mult=1.7
1.8%-14.9%0.300.121.3x4610%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=74, slow=248
-0.1%-25.8%0.04-0.001.0x1030%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=3.1
0.0%-11.7%0.030.001.0x127%
MACD
fast=9, slow=26, signal=15
-2.1%-58.9%-0.04-0.030.7x22952%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=145, exitN=76
-0.9%-29.3%-0.08-0.030.9x1220%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=27
-0.1%-3.0%-0.08-0.031.0x20%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
-4.0%-65.2%-0.15-0.060.6x18852%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=142
-2.9%-47.2%-0.19-0.060.7x4641%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=2.9
-4.9%-61.3%-0.22-0.080.5x8846%
Buy and hold-10.0%-82.9%-0.18-0.120.2x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -41% -62% -83% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -12.4% (2020-04-14 → 2020-04-22), recovered after 13 days.

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 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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