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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 1.4%, MDD -8.0%).

Data 2015-05-18 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,818 (11.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -0.8%, drawdown -76.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 5.7%, MDD -9.8%, Sharpe 0.64, 7% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 6.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 66.8%p (CAGR 1.4%, MDD -8.0%, exposure 3%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=137, threshold=0.23
5.7%-9.8%0.640.581.9x277%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=36
1.4%-8.0%0.430.171.2x43%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=44, slow=120
1.0%-43.9%0.150.021.1x3549%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=8, exitN=43
-0.3%-48.9%0.12-0.011.0x5182%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=3.5
0.2%-9.4%0.060.021.0x22%
MACD
fast=18, slow=45, signal=18
-2.0%-63.3%0.01-0.030.8x12049%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=4.7
-2.6%-55.5%0.00-0.050.7x3557%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=34, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.7
-0.3%-25.2%-0.01-0.011.0x32%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
-5.2%-65.7%-0.12-0.080.5x10354%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=58, slow=86
-3.8%-55.3%-0.13-0.070.6x3747%
Buy and hold-0.8%-76.6%0.14-0.010.9x1100%
1x 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -77% 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -9.8% (2020-12-01 → 2021-01-11), recovered after 77 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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