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Cummins India Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Cummins India Limited. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 22.4%, MDD -48.5%).

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,002 (24.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.0%, drawdown -75.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 24.9%, MDD -55.7%, Sharpe 0.94, 73% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.2%p (CAGR 22.4%, MDD -48.5%, exposure 60%).

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=68, exitN=94
24.9%-55.7%0.940.45217.2x2173%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=36
22.4%-48.5%0.920.46132.9x9860%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3.9
22.5%-62.3%0.920.36135.1x6261%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=20, slow=202
22.6%-52.6%0.910.43138.4x2967%
ROC 모멘텀
n=155, threshold=-0.09
21.6%-60.2%0.850.36113.3x7775%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=37, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.6
14.6%-41.5%0.750.3526.9x13241%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=1.4
14.2%-42.8%0.710.3324.8x18445%
MACD
fast=20, slow=79, signal=21
14.3%-57.8%0.680.2525.3x19650%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
12.6%-60.0%0.620.2117.7x19855%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=9
11.2%-67.6%0.570.1713.0x29855%
Buy and hold22.0%-75.9%0.770.29123.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -76% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -55.7% (2015-08-14 → 2020-07-15), recovered after 2,028 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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