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Zillow Group, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Zillow Group, Inc.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 18.5%, MDD -44.6%).

Data 2015-08-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,786 (11.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNASMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.1%, drawdown -86.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 27.1%, MDD -53.8%, Sharpe 0.87, 46% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 25.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 32.7%p (CAGR 18.5%, MDD -44.6%, exposure 47%).

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=22, mult=3.3
27.1%-53.8%0.870.5014.2x5346%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=8
18.5%-44.6%0.680.426.6x9547%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=29, mult=1.7
14.1%-53.5%0.610.264.3x6234%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=30
15.6%-47.9%0.590.335.0x4551%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=78
13.7%-66.0%0.540.214.2x2950%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=60, exitN=45
12.3%-52.8%0.520.233.6x2048%
ROC 모멘텀
n=46, threshold=0.05
12.0%-56.9%0.520.213.5x13143%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=2
10.1%-55.1%0.480.182.9x5535%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.32
7.3%-67.2%0.380.112.2x9949%
MACD
fast=20, slow=43, signal=22
2.8%-87.4%0.260.031.4x10753%
Buy and hold2.1%-86.5%0.300.021.3x1100%
1x 10x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -43% -65% -87% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -53.8% (2021-02-16 → 2023-04-26), 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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