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Global Net Lease, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Global Net Lease, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -5.6%).

Data 2015-06-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,808 (11.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -10.0%, drawdown -76.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 0.4%, MDD -5.6%, Sharpe 0.13, 3% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 10.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 71.0%p (CAGR 0.4%, MDD -5.6%, exposure 3%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=29
0.4%-5.6%0.130.071.0x63%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=30
-1.6%-42.4%0.01-0.040.8x9648%
MACD
fast=17, slow=51, signal=9
-2.1%-46.1%-0.01-0.050.8x14449%
ROC 모멘텀
n=50, threshold=0.15
-1.0%-26.5%-0.08-0.040.9x648%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=2.3
-1.4%-32.1%-0.08-0.040.9x2616%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=112, exitN=16
-1.4%-30.0%-0.16-0.050.9x1811%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.9
-1.4%-24.6%-0.17-0.060.9x1410%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=3.6
-6.4%-65.7%-0.21-0.100.5x5454%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.1
-8.9%-70.6%-0.36-0.130.4x18649%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=29
-7.5%-59.6%-0.36-0.130.4x9448%
Buy and hold-10.0%-76.6%-0.15-0.130.3x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -77% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -5.6% (2018-08-08 → 2018-08-16), recovered after 2,742 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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