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Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp. Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp. Ltd.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 19.2%, MDD -33.6%).

Data 2019-10-14 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,708 (6.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.9%, drawdown -59.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 30.0%, MDD -34.2%, Sharpe 1.11, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 11.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.9%p (CAGR 19.2%, MDD -33.6%, exposure 12%).

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=3.5
30.0%-34.2%1.110.886.1x2448%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=113
26.1%-41.0%1.000.644.9x1049%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.3
19.2%-33.6%0.950.573.3x1212%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=37
18.7%-37.4%0.920.503.3x1213%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=110
21.5%-50.2%0.830.433.8x1651%
ROC 모멘텀
n=111, threshold=0.11
19.8%-46.0%0.830.433.5x3433%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=114, exitN=45
18.2%-42.4%0.810.433.2x432%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=2.7
16.0%-33.5%0.790.482.8x2417%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
12.6%-67.7%0.570.192.3x8447%
MACD
fast=13, slow=29, signal=9
7.8%-59.3%0.420.131.7x11450%
Buy and hold18.9%-59.1%0.660.323.3x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -30% -44% -59% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -34.2% (2024-05-22 → 2026-08-20), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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