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Meritage Homes Corporation backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Meritage Homes Corporation. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 7.7%, MDD -60.6%).

Data 1988-07-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 9,575 (38.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.0%, drawdown -93.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.2%, MDD -91.4%, Sharpe 0.41, 81% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.3%, MDD -78.8%, exposure 55%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 0.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 1.8%p (CAGR 7.7%, MDD -60.6%, exposure 25%).

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=17, exitN=114
8.2%-91.4%0.410.0919.9x9781%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=194
8.3%-78.8%0.400.1120.6x4755%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=20
7.7%-60.6%0.390.1316.6x16625%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.7
5.7%-73.9%0.340.088.4x13554%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=125
5.6%-84.6%0.330.077.8x7753%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=31, atrPeriod=24, mult=4
3.3%-67.6%0.260.053.4x7014%
ROC 모멘텀
n=137, threshold=0.02
2.0%-85.2%0.240.022.2x34453%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=3.4
1.8%-63.2%0.190.032.0x367%
MACD
fast=17, slow=52, signal=11
-3.7%-91.1%0.13-0.040.2x51650%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-3.8%-94.5%0.12-0.040.2x32453%
Buy and hold8.0%-93.2%0.430.0918.6x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 EMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -91.4% (2005-08-01 → 2009-03-06), recovered after 6,989 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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