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The best indicator for Host Hotels & Resorts (HST)

We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.

Signaling FLAT right now — Aroon (Weekly) is out of the market. Signal computed on 2026-10-19, 4 days behind the price data on this page (it is rebuilt on a separate schedule).
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Key levels · as of 2026-10-23

Where Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) stands

24.72
last daily close (2026-10-23)
21.08
200-day simple moving average price 17.2% above
22.60
50-day simple moving average price 9.4% above
14.84–25.31
52-week range

Computed from our own daily OHLCV history, not quoted from a third party. Moving averages use closing prices; "52-week" is the last 252 trading sessions.

Trend · Weekly

Aroon

On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) over ~46.7 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 0.1% CAGR.

10.8%
CAGR
0.55
Sharpe
-57.3%
Max DD
55.3%
Win rate
2.95
Profit factor
-0.1%
vs Buy&Hold
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Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) on the weekly chart

The timeframe our backtest found best for this asset. The chart is live market data; the results above are hypothetical and historical.

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Confluence · Daily

Best multi-indicator combo

Random Walk IndexStochastic

Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) — trailing buy-and-hold by 7.6% CAGR, out-of-sample. Fewer, higher-conviction trades than any single indicator.

3.7%
CAGR
0.41
Sharpe
51.7%
Win rate
296
Trades
-7.6%
vs Buy&Hold
Best by timeframe

The winner on each chart

Weekly
Aroon
-0.1% · Sharpe 0.55
Daily
McGinley 10/30 Cross
-1.8% · Sharpe 0.47
Full results

Every indicator, ranked

Ranked by Sharpe (risk-adjusted return). Hypothetical, fees included.

#IndicatorTFCAGRSharpeMax DDWinTradesvs B&H
1Aroon ✓Weekly10.8%0.55-57.3%55.3%76-0.1%
2Aroon Oscillator ✓Weekly10.8%0.55-57.3%55.3%76-0.1%
3Vortex ✓Weekly10.5%0.54-55.5%50.9%112-0.5%
4Random Walk Index ✓Weekly10.6%0.54-55.7%51.4%111-0.4%
5Random Walk Index ✓Weekly10.6%0.54-55.7%51.4%111-0.4%
6DeMarker (21) ✓Weekly10.1%0.53-51.8%45.6%79-0.9%
7Parabolic SAR ✓Weekly9.9%0.52-47.9%47.7%109-1.1%
8DeMarker (14) ✓Weekly10.1%0.52-54.7%61.0%105-0.9%
9KAMA 10/30 CrossDaily10.0%0.51-66.7%42.3%142-1.0%
10Cutler's RSI ✓Weekly9.4%0.5-54.3%55.2%134-1.6%
11ROC (14) ✓Weekly9.4%0.5-54.3%55.2%134-1.6%
12CMO (14) ✓Weekly9.4%0.5-54.3%55.2%134-1.6%
13DEMA 20/50 Cross ✓Weekly8.8%0.49-42.6%50.0%38-2.2%
14Linear Regression Slope ✓Weekly9.3%0.49-50.9%54.4%57-1.7%

✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.

The leverage question

What it would take to beat buy & hold on Host Hotels & Resorts (HST)

15 of 727 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) outright. Another 46 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 104 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.

IndicatorBeats B&H unlevered Leverage neededLeverage survived
Stochastic2none needed2.73×
Williams %R2none needed2.15×
CCI2none needed3.41×
MA Envelope2none needed2.29×
Demand Index2none needed2.34×
Projection Bands2none needed1.91×

Out-of-sample, costs included. A setup is only listed if the leverage it needs is less than the leverage its own worst drawdown survives — when it isn't, no amount of leverage gets there. Volatility drag isn't modelled, so these are the optimistic case. Every indicator, ranked this way

What this means

For Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Aroon on the weekly timeframe gave the best balance of return and risk in our test. It still trailed buy-and-hold on raw return — 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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