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Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 4.6%, MDD -7.2%).

Data 2018-11-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,935 (7.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -4.5%, drawdown -64.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 4.7%, MDD -10.2%, Sharpe 0.76, 11% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.8%, MDD -13.6%, exposure 48%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 9.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 54.3%p (CAGR 4.6%, MDD -7.2%, exposure 10%).

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=36, atrPeriod=14, mult=3.4
4.7%-10.2%0.760.461.4x611%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=27
4.6%-7.2%0.740.641.4x1010%
ROC 모멘텀
n=82, threshold=0.13
3.8%-15.7%0.560.241.3x3013%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=192
4.8%-13.6%0.470.351.4x1248%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=96, exitN=31
3.7%-17.5%0.460.211.3x1026%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=155
3.5%-20.4%0.360.171.3x2043%
Supertrend
period=21, mult=5
2.1%-28.2%0.220.081.2x1649%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=2.1
0.6%-22.5%0.110.021.0x2824%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-3.0%-47.6%-0.10-0.060.8x6355%
MACD
fast=18, slow=32, signal=15
-3.4%-51.2%-0.14-0.070.8x10148%
Buy and hold-4.5%-64.5%0.01-0.070.7x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 EMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -16% -32% -48% -65% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -10.2% (2023-09-19 → 2024-05-22), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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