The best indicator for Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Stochastic
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) over ~32.3 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 3.0% CAGR.
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 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 8.9% | 0.6 | -56.0% | 72.5% | 167 | -3.0% |
| 2 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 9.4% | 0.59 | -42.7% | 58.8% | 17 | -2.6% |
| 3 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 7.5% | 0.49 | -42.8% | 68.4% | 19 | -4.4% |
| 4 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 5.3% | 0.47 | -41.6% | 77.3% | 44 | -6.6% |
| 5 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 5.8% | 0.47 | -36.2% | 74.1% | 27 | -6.1% |
| 6 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 6.9% | 0.46 | -55.6% | 68.9% | 209 | -5.0% |
| 7 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 7.5% | 0.46 | -54.4% | 73.3% | 116 | -4.5% |
| 8 | ADX / DMI ✓ | Weekly | 4.8% | 0.44 | -30.0% | 60.0% | 45 | -7.1% |
| 9 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 8.7% | 0.54 | -40.8% | 75.0% | 12 | -3.2% |
| 10 | RSI Trend (>50) ✓ | Weekly | 6.0% | 0.43 | -41.2% | 51.1% | 88 | -5.9% |
| 11 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 5.6% | 0.4 | -48.3% | 40.5% | 79 | -6.4% |
| 12 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 5.2% | 0.4 | -34.5% | 63.9% | 122 | -6.7% |
| 13 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 5.2% | 0.4 | -52.1% | 85.7% | 28 | -6.7% |
| 14 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 5.3% | 0.37 | -56.7% | 72.1% | 154 | -6.7% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Stochastic on the daily 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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