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Blue Owl Capital Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Blue Owl Capital Inc.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 4.8%, MDD -19.6%).

Data 2020-12-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,413 (5.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.1%, drawdown -69.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 12.8%, MDD -33.5%, Sharpe 0.60, 42% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 12.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 35.7%p (CAGR 4.8%, MDD -19.6%, exposure 4%).

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=80, threshold=0.02
12.8%-33.5%0.600.382.0x5142%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=128
8.6%-34.7%0.470.251.6x1044%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=93, exitN=51
8.3%-43.5%0.440.191.6x646%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=2.9
4.8%-19.6%0.420.241.3x84%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=17
5.4%-26.3%0.360.201.3x2226%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=82
6.0%-42.1%0.360.141.4x1045%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.22
6.2%-36.2%0.350.171.4x14550%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=69, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.1
4.7%-40.0%0.310.121.3x3139%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=2.4
4.1%-45.1%0.280.091.3x5150%
MACD
fast=17, slow=50, signal=7
-0.9%-55.0%0.13-0.021.0x8951%
Buy and hold0.1%-69.2%0.220.001.0x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -35% -52% -69% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -33.5% (2025-01-24 → 2026-07-23), 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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