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The best indicator for Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA)

We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.

Signaling FLAT right now — CCI (30) (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 Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) stands

119.78
last daily close (2026-10-23)
126.39
200-day simple moving average price 5.2% below
121.33
50-day simple moving average price 1.3% below
112.70–138.70
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

CCI (30)

On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) over ~32.8 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 1.8% CAGR.

9.5%
CAGR
0.65
Sharpe
-29.1%
Max DD
48.1%
Win rate
3.46
Profit factor
-1.8%
vs Buy&Hold
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Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) 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

KAMA 10/30 CrossStochastic

Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) — trailing buy-and-hold by 8.4% CAGR, out-of-sample. Fewer, higher-conviction trades than any single indicator.

3.6%
CAGR
0.53
Sharpe
63.2%
Win rate
76
Trades
-8.4%
vs Buy&Hold
Best by timeframe

The winner on each chart

Weekly
CCI (30)
-1.8% · Sharpe 0.65
Daily
Volume Flow Indicator
-1.2% · Sharpe 0.59
Full results

Every indicator, ranked

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

#IndicatorTFCAGRSharpeMax DDWinTradesvs B&H
1CCI (30) ✓Weekly9.5%0.65-29.1%48.1%54-1.8%
2ALMA 100 Trend ✓Weekly8.3%0.61-39.7%52.5%40-3.0%
3Volume Flow Indicator ✓Daily10.1%0.59-42.7%38.6%70-1.2%
4SMA 30 Trend ✓Weekly8.1%0.59-28.0%47.1%68-3.2%
5Stochastic Momentum Index ✓Daily7.8%0.58-56.6%76.1%134-3.5%
6EMA 50/200 Cross ✓Daily8.9%0.57-42.7%55.6%18-2.4%
7Projection Bands ✓Daily8.5%0.57-33.3%65.7%280-2.9%
8Hull MA 20/80 Cross ✓Weekly7.5%0.57-34.3%67.5%40-3.8%
9Demand Index ✓Daily9.5%0.56-41.3%61.6%414-1.8%
10SMA 10/30 Cross ✓Weekly8.6%0.56-40.8%55.6%27-2.7%
11Even Better Sinewave ✓Weekly8.5%0.56-40.8%71.0%31-2.7%
12EMA 10/40 Cross ✓Weekly8.6%0.56-40.8%52.6%19-2.7%
13WMA 10/40 Cross ✓Weekly8.2%0.56-41.4%76.9%26-3.0%
14TRIX (15) ✓Weekly8.8%0.56-40.8%66.7%18-2.5%

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

The leverage question

What it would take to beat buy & hold on Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA)

19 of 668 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) outright. Another 175 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 202 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.

IndicatorBeats B&H unlevered Leverage neededLeverage survived
Bollinger Mean-Reversion1none needed5.1×
Aroon1none needed2.61×
Vortex1none needed2.59×
TRIX1none needed3.28×
Random Walk Index1none needed2.48×
Volume Flow Indicator1none needed2.34×

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 Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), CCI (30) 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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