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Century Communities, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Century Communities, Inc.. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 16.9%, MDD -39.9%).

Data 2014-06-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,048 (12.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.9%, drawdown -73.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.9%, MDD -39.9%, Sharpe 0.67, 58% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 7.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.4%p (CAGR 16.9%, MDD -39.9%, exposure 58%).

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=4.5
16.9%-39.9%0.670.426.6x3358%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=24, exitN=93
16.7%-45.9%0.610.366.5x1979%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=39
10.6%-43.2%0.480.243.4x6357%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.5
8.3%-33.9%0.430.242.6x6542%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=41
7.7%-46.3%0.400.172.5x7556%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=21
4.9%-40.2%0.340.121.8x9125%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=19, mult=2.6
4.7%-44.1%0.310.111.7x4936%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
4.6%-66.6%0.300.071.7x15956%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=-0.01
3.4%-52.4%0.260.071.5x8562%
MACD
fast=24, slow=51, signal=24
2.1%-52.0%0.220.041.3x11151%
Buy and hold9.9%-73.3%0.440.143.1x1100%
1x 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -73% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -39.9% (2021-06-01 → 2022-12-28), recovered after 926 days.

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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