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Vornado Realty Trust backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Vornado Realty Trust. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 8.9%, MDD -50.2%).

Data 1980-03-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 11,688 (46.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.8%, drawdown -87.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -63.7%, Sharpe 0.55, 64% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 23.9%p (CAGR 8.9%, MDD -50.2%, exposure 62%).

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=92, slow=228
9.1%-63.7%0.550.1456.3x4364%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=218
8.9%-50.2%0.520.1851.0x5762%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=65, threshold=14
4.9%-35.3%0.440.149.1x7626%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=25, exitN=63
7.1%-74.1%0.410.1024.1x12775%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.9
4.2%-44.6%0.380.096.8x13730%
ROC 모멘텀
n=137, threshold=-0.02
5.5%-73.0%0.360.0811.9x30966%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=3
3.0%-43.7%0.320.073.9x9717%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=4.6
4.3%-77.7%0.310.067.1x22555%
MACD
fast=16, slow=22, signal=9
-0.8%-88.6%0.08-0.010.7x83050%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
-2.1%-91.7%0.02-0.020.4x39154%
Buy and hold8.8%-87.5%0.420.1050.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017 2023 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -63.7% (2011-07-22 → 2024-05-29), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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