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CRISIL Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CRISIL Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 19.6%, MDD -29.6%).

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,005 (24.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.1%, drawdown -55.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 21.5%, MDD -50.3%, Sharpe 0.89, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 4.9%p (CAGR 19.6%, MDD -29.6%, exposure 53%).

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
Supertrend
period=21, mult=3.6
21.5%-50.3%0.890.43109.9x7363%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=41, exitN=24
19.6%-29.6%0.880.6675.6x6153%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=76, atrPeriod=25, mult=2.7
17.4%-38.7%0.840.4547.9x5545%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=75
19.9%-42.1%0.840.4780.1x7561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=62
17.4%-48.0%0.770.3648.3x6362%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.2
14.1%-42.8%0.680.3324.0x13150%
ROC 모멘텀
n=72, threshold=0.03
13.5%-66.2%0.640.2021.5x23955%
MACD
fast=22, slow=65, signal=29
12.7%-47.9%0.640.2718.1x16350%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=11
11.8%-52.1%0.580.2314.7x19358%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
5.6%-66.2%0.350.083.7x39552%
Buy and hold23.1%-55.2%0.810.42151.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -41% -55% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -50.3% (2016-06-06 → 2019-10-14), recovered after 1,838 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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