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Highwoods Properties, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Highwoods Properties, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1994-06-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 8,091 (32.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.4%, drawdown -68.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 0.4%, MDD -56.6%, Sharpe 0.11, 54% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=50, exitN=51
0.4%-56.6%0.110.011.1x8354%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.9
0.2%-58.8%0.100.001.1x9950%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=62
-0.4%-72.1%0.07-0.010.9x13755%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=145
-0.6%-68.1%0.06-0.010.8x6555%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=31
0.1%-9.3%0.060.011.0x112%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.8
0.1%-44.4%0.050.001.0x5013%
ROC 모멘텀
n=89, threshold=-0.1
-1.8%-76.2%0.03-0.020.6x22380%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=20, atrPeriod=20, mult=3.3
-0.3%-24.7%-0.02-0.010.9x396%
MACD
fast=20, slow=26, signal=19
-3.4%-85.9%-0.05-0.040.3x38750%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.18
-4.3%-85.6%-0.08-0.050.2x46153%
Buy and hold1.4%-68.5%0.200.021.6x1100%
1x 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% -17% -34% -51% -69% 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -56.6% (2007-02-22 → 2023-12-12), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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