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Geo Group Inc (The) REIT backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Geo Group Inc (The) REIT. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 13.6%, MDD -42.8%).

Data 1994-07-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,057 (32.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.3%, drawdown -86.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.5%, MDD -64.3%, Sharpe 0.66, 47% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 5.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.3%p (CAGR 13.6%, MDD -42.8%, exposure 28%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=61, exitN=46
16.5%-64.3%0.660.26131.5x5747%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=63, k=2.4
13.6%-42.8%0.650.3259.9x7728%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=92, atrPeriod=13, mult=1.8
14.8%-62.8%0.630.2483.9x11943%
Supertrend
period=12, mult=5
15.1%-76.6%0.610.2090.2x9353%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=62
14.8%-58.6%0.600.2582.1x9951%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=12
13.5%-59.5%0.590.2357.8x25741%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=138
13.9%-60.8%0.580.2365.3x9349%
ROC 모멘텀
n=99, threshold=0.11
11.5%-65.6%0.530.1832.5x20738%
MACD
fast=19, slow=52, signal=19
3.1%-85.6%0.250.042.7x30852%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.03, maxStep=0.26
-1.5%-90.8%0.10-0.020.6x85853%
Buy and hold11.3%-86.6%0.460.1330.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -43% -65% -87% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -64.3% (2017-04-26 → 2022-05-11), recovered after 2,520 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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