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Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is MACD (CAGR 7.2%, MDD -21.3%).

Data 2013-07-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,278 (13.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.8%, drawdown -62.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.9%, MDD -36.4%, Sharpe 0.55, 58% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: MACD — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.0%p (CAGR 7.2%, MDD -21.3%, exposure 48%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=70, slow=270
8.9%-36.4%0.550.243.0x858%
MACD
fast=15, slow=73, signal=30
7.2%-21.3%0.520.342.5x10148%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.4
7.5%-39.3%0.490.192.6x3767%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=61
7.1%-45.2%0.440.162.4x3581%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=206
6.1%-45.3%0.440.132.2x3160%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=24, mult=1.3
4.4%-34.2%0.380.131.8x7747%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
3.2%-36.9%0.270.091.5x11955%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=20
1.7%-21.7%0.270.081.3x3017%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=0
2.1%-55.9%0.210.041.3x12759%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=2.4
1.5%-31.5%0.190.051.2x4532%
Buy and hold7.8%-62.4%0.430.132.7x1100%
1x 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -31% -47% -62% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -36.4% (2020-02-21 → 2020-03-20), recovered after 531 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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