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Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 15.6%, MDD -27.8%).

Data 2018-06-21 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,038 (8.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.7%, drawdown -73.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 15.6%, MDD -27.8%, Sharpe 0.82, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 4.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.8%p (CAGR 15.6%, MDD -27.8%, exposure 61%).

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=19, mult=5
15.6%-27.8%0.820.563.2x1561%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=113
12.7%-29.6%0.720.432.6x2359%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=81, exitN=68
9.7%-26.2%0.640.372.1x1052%
ROC 모멘텀
n=133, threshold=-0.01
8.1%-38.3%0.490.211.9x6162%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=57, k=3.1
3.7%-15.7%0.480.231.3x712%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=8
7.2%-27.0%0.460.271.8x8849%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=58
6.0%-34.8%0.400.171.6x3161%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=58, atrPeriod=25, mult=1.4
4.3%-30.4%0.330.141.4x5245%
MACD
fast=17, slow=49, signal=5
3.2%-41.7%0.250.081.3x14851%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.2
1.6%-39.3%0.180.041.1x15856%
Buy and hold10.7%-73.7%0.460.152.3x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -74% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -27.8% (2020-02-10 → 2020-07-09), recovered after 219 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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