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FS KKR Capital Corp. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of FS KKR Capital Corp.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR -0.2%, MDD -7.7%).

Data 2014-04-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,091 (12.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -10.5%, drawdown -78.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 1.2%, MDD -21.6%, Sharpe 0.19, 12% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 11.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 56.5%p (CAGR -0.2%, MDD -7.7%, exposure 1%).

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=132, threshold=0.12
1.2%-21.6%0.190.051.2x5412%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=2.9
-0.2%-18.2%0.00-0.011.0x165%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=28
-0.2%-7.7%-0.07-0.031.0x141%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=119, exitN=35
-1.6%-30.6%-0.15-0.050.8x1618%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=175
-3.8%-45.7%-0.21-0.080.6x2240%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=10, mult=2.2
-2.3%-32.4%-0.22-0.070.8x4210%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=186
-4.3%-43.3%-0.29-0.100.6x1835%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=2.2
-5.4%-51.2%-0.30-0.100.5x12547%
MACD
fast=18, slow=41, signal=6
-6.6%-57.6%-0.32-0.110.4x20652%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.38
-10.6%-76.8%-0.59-0.140.3x25053%
Buy and hold-10.5%-78.1%-0.28-0.130.3x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -39% -59% -78% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -21.6% (2021-09-13 → 2025-03-12), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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