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Angel One Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Angel One Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 55.2%, MDD -37.4%).

Data 2020-10-05 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,465 (5.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 48.6%, drawdown -48.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 55.2%, MDD -37.4%, Sharpe 1.23, 71% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 6.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.3%p (CAGR 55.2%, MDD -37.4%, exposure 71%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=28
55.2%-37.4%1.231.4813.4x2071%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=66
45.1%-41.0%1.151.109.0x3055%
Supertrend
period=16, mult=2.8
44.3%-48.9%1.140.918.7x4251%
ROC 모멘텀
n=40, threshold=0
41.8%-38.9%1.081.077.8x8256%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=16, k=1.6
36.1%-37.1%1.080.976.2x7737%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=57
39.0%-40.5%1.030.967.0x2258%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=15, mult=1.3
31.8%-43.5%0.990.735.1x6038%
MACD
fast=18, slow=45, signal=17
32.8%-36.3%0.960.905.3x5045%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=34
19.4%-22.7%0.960.852.8x1413%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.16
32.0%-55.0%0.920.585.1x7548%
Buy and hold48.6%-48.7%1.031.0010.3x1100%
1x 10x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -24% -37% -49% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -37.4% (2024-01-08 → 2024-05-08), recovered after 514 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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