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Hindustan Unilever Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Hindustan Unilever Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. Its 100% market exposure makes it hold-like.

Data 1996-01-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,679 (30.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.2%, drawdown -66.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 11.9%, MDD -69.0%, Sharpe 0.54, 100% exposure. With at least 95% exposure, it should be treated as hold-like, not strong evidence of timing skill.

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
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 100%
n=1, threshold=-0.09
11.9%-69.0%0.540.1730.7x3100%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=363
7.1%-57.9%0.410.128.2x2871%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=43, threshold=17
4.0%-33.2%0.380.123.3x5824%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=12, exitN=70
6.3%-60.8%0.370.106.5x9285%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=152
5.4%-57.2%0.340.095.0x6064%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=3.5
1.4%-35.4%0.220.041.5x309%
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.9
2.2%-73.8%0.210.031.9x8859%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.1
0.1%-69.4%0.100.001.0x26355%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.8
0.2%-50.4%0.070.001.1x6218%
MACD
fast=19, slow=54, signal=17
-2.1%-67.8%-0.01-0.030.5x33649%
Buy and hold12.2%-66.2%0.550.1833.8x1100%
1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -52% -69% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -69.0% (2000-02-25 → 2004-08-18), recovered after 4,143 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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