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Stag Industrial, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Stag Industrial, Inc.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2011-04-15 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,845 (15.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 7.7%, drawdown -45.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 5.5%, MDD -29.8%, Sharpe 0.40, 61% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -37.6%, exposure 79%.

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
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.6
5.5%-29.8%0.400.182.3x4361%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=17, exitN=72
5.7%-37.6%0.370.152.3x4179%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 96%
n=7, threshold=-0.07
5.5%-48.5%0.350.112.3x9496%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=75, k=1.7
3.8%-33.5%0.340.111.8x5044%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=63, atrPeriod=21, mult=1.4
3.6%-41.9%0.310.091.7x8850%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=216
3.8%-37.8%0.310.101.8x3567%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=204
3.3%-50.6%0.270.071.6x2969%
MACD
fast=22, slow=56, signal=31
2.9%-33.9%0.260.091.6x11152%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=26
0.5%-14.8%0.110.031.1x124%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
-0.6%-34.9%0.05-0.020.9x14457%
Buy and hold7.7%-45.3%0.420.173.1x1100%
1x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -11% -23% -34% -45% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -29.8% (2021-12-31 → 2026-06-03), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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