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Green Brick Partners, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Green Brick Partners, 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 17.2%, MDD -57.3%).

Data 2007-06-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,809 (19.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -3.3%, drawdown -99.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 31.2%, MDD -62.7%, Sharpe 0.68, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 34.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 36.7%p (CAGR 17.2%, MDD -57.3%, exposure 5%).

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=20, mult=3.2
31.2%-62.7%0.680.50178.5x8451%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=45
26.7%-72.2%0.630.3792.2x11753%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=27, exitN=34
23.7%-70.2%0.600.3458.3x5558%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=60, k=1.2
18.7%-63.2%0.530.3026.3x9242%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=38
17.2%-57.3%0.510.3020.8x145%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=14, mult=1
15.8%-72.6%0.490.2216.5x13242%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=56
14.9%-77.0%0.490.1914.1x6753%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
14.8%-75.4%0.480.2014.0x14848%
ROC 모멘텀
n=47, threshold=0.04
14.1%-70.2%0.470.2012.5x22946%
MACD
fast=17, slow=57, signal=21
0.6%-95.8%0.360.011.1x18653%
Buy and hold-3.3%-99.4%0.40-0.030.5x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 100x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -99% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -62.7% (2010-01-11 → 2010-09-24), recovered after 673 days.

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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