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Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -10.7%).

Data 2013-10-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,218 (12.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.6%, drawdown -70.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 3.4%, MDD -10.7%, Sharpe 0.46, 0% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 3.5%, MDD -33.8%, exposure 48%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 59.5%p (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -10.7%, 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=3, threshold=0.11
3.4%-10.7%0.460.321.5x160%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
3.5%-33.8%0.290.101.6x3048%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=25, atrPeriod=37, mult=2.3
1.6%-22.7%0.250.071.2x4016%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=42, exitN=50
0.8%-42.1%0.130.021.1x3248%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=3.4
0.4%-12.4%0.130.031.1x65%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=28
0.1%-3.3%0.100.031.0x21%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=106
-2.0%-69.9%0.03-0.030.8x2848%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=17, slow=74
-1.3%-53.0%-0.01-0.020.8x4849%
MACD
fast=15, slow=27, signal=7
-5.7%-62.6%-0.27-0.090.5x24551%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.28
-6.4%-63.4%-0.31-0.100.4x24952%
Buy and hold0.6%-70.2%0.170.011.1x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -18% -35% -53% -70% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrendROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -10.7% (2020-04-14 → 2020-05-13), recovered after 37 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 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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