The best indicator for Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE)
We backtested 366 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Projection Bands
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) over ~29.1 years — beating buy-and-hold by 0.7% CAGR.
Best multi-indicator combo
Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) — trailing buy-and-hold by 3.3% CAGR, out-of-sample. Fewer, higher-conviction trades than any single indicator.
The winner on each chart
Every indicator, ranked
Ranked by Sharpe (risk-adjusted return). Hypothetical, fees included.
| # | Indicator | TF | CAGR | Sharpe | Max DD | Win | Trades | vs B&H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Projection Bands ✓ | Weekly | 7.5% | 0.46 | -50.6% | 66.7% | 54 | 0.7% |
| 2 | Historical Volatility Regime ✓ | Weekly | 5.4% | 0.45 | -25.2% | 50.0% | 44 | -1.5% |
| 3 | CCI (100) ✓ | Weekly | 6.3% | 0.44 | -42.6% | 47.6% | 21 | -0.5% |
| 4 | Detrended Price Osc. ✓ | Weekly | 7.4% | 0.43 | -58.0% | 60.2% | 191 | 0.6% |
| 5 | KAMA 200 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 6.0% | 0.42 | -64.3% | 40.7% | 27 | -0.8% |
| 6 | McGinley 30 Trend | Weekly | 7.1% | 0.42 | -62.2% | 46.4% | 28 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Positive Volume Index ✓ | Weekly | 4.2% | 0.4 | -26.9% | 57.9% | 19 | -2.6% |
| 8 | TRIMA 100 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 5.4% | 0.4 | -46.7% | 62.5% | 24 | -1.4% |
| 9 | VIDYA 100 Trend ✓ | Daily | 6.1% | 0.39 | -60.0% | 37.8% | 37 | -0.9% |
| 10 | Laguerre RSI ✓ | Weekly | 4.7% | 0.39 | -35.5% | 56.5% | 46 | -2.1% |
| 11 | EMA 100 Trend | Weekly | 5.5% | 0.39 | -47.0% | 53.6% | 28 | -1.3% |
| 12 | SMA 100 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 5.1% | 0.39 | -56.7% | 48.1% | 27 | -1.7% |
| 13 | Williams %R (50) | Weekly | 5.3% | 0.39 | -37.9% | 41.5% | 41 | -1.5% |
| 14 | Disparity (100) | Weekly | 5.5% | 0.39 | -47.0% | 53.6% | 28 | -1.3% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Projection Bands on the weekly timeframe gave the best balance of return and risk in our test. It beat buy-and-hold — but remember: this is a hypothetical backtest of a standard rule, not a recommendation. Markets change. See the methodology and disclaimer.
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