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Zillow Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Zillow Group, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 19.9%, MDD -44.6%).

Data 2015-08-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,765 (11.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.8%, drawdown -86.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 27.8%, MDD -53.8%, Sharpe 0.89, 45% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 26.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.7%p (CAGR 19.9%, MDD -44.6%, exposure 47%).

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
Supertrend
period=22, mult=3.3
27.8%-53.8%0.890.5214.8x5245%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=8
19.9%-44.6%0.720.457.3x9247%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=29, mult=1.7
14.2%-53.5%0.610.274.3x6234%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=30
15.7%-47.9%0.590.335.0x4451%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=78
14.2%-66.0%0.550.224.3x2850%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=60, exitN=45
12.4%-52.8%0.520.243.6x2048%
ROC 모멘텀
n=46, threshold=0.05
12.1%-56.9%0.520.213.5x13043%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=2
10.6%-55.1%0.500.193.0x5435%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
7.1%-66.7%0.370.112.1x9949%
MACD
fast=20, slow=43, signal=22
2.5%-87.4%0.250.031.3x10752%
Buy and hold1.8%-86.5%0.300.021.2x1100%
1x 10x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -43% -65% -87% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -53.8% (2021-02-16 → 2023-04-26), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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