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Canara Bank backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Canara Bank. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2002-12-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,856 (23.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.5%, drawdown -93.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 15.8%, MDD -86.6%, Sharpe 0.36, 49% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
MACD
fast=19, slow=49, signal=11
15.8%-86.6%0.360.1831.9x26949%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=91
11.6%-86.7%0.330.1313.5x3458%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=3.6
11.6%-80.5%0.330.1413.5x11053%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=13, exitN=33
10.4%-87.5%0.330.1210.4x11071%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.08
10.4%-82.5%0.310.1310.2x17849%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=16, slow=154
9.5%-89.4%0.310.118.5x5257%
ROC 모멘텀
n=48, threshold=-0.04
5.9%-92.3%0.280.063.9x31864%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=19, k=0.8
6.6%-84.5%0.270.084.6x38644%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=70, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.1
7.1%-85.0%0.270.085.0x6831%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=16
5.1%-82.5%0.250.063.2x21033%
Buy and hold11.5%-93.6%0.360.1213.1x1100%
1x 10x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -94% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -86.6% (2005-07-28 → 2006-07-19), recovered after 3,203 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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