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Engineers India Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Engineers India Limited. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 13.9%, MDD -68.1%).

Data 1997-09-16 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,254 (29.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.7%, drawdown -88.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.6%, MDD -79.5%, Sharpe 0.50, 31% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 13.9%, MDD -68.1%, exposure 46%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 8.7%p (CAGR 13.9%, MDD -68.1%, exposure 46%).

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=82, exitN=29
10.6%-79.5%0.500.1318.6x6131%
Supertrend
period=20, mult=3.1
11.4%-69.7%0.500.1622.7x16947%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=10
10.5%-84.9%0.470.1218.1x30552%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.9
9.2%-79.0%0.470.1212.7x6024%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=21, mult=3
9.5%-81.4%0.470.1213.8x8028%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.16
9.8%-73.3%0.450.1315.1x61348%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=171
13.9%-68.1%0.440.2043.1x4746%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=133
13.3%-71.0%0.430.1937.1x4345%
ROC 모멘텀
n=133, threshold=0.02
11.5%-72.3%0.400.1623.3x24146%
MACD
fast=7, slow=29, signal=17
5.9%-71.2%0.340.085.3x46949%
Buy and hold9.7%-88.2%0.400.1114.4x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -79.5% (1999-10-21 → 2001-03-12), recovered after 2,275 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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