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Indian Railway Finance Corp. Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Indian Railway Finance Corp. Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; 볼린저 밴드 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 37.1%, MDD -15.7%).

Data 2021-01-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,363 (5.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 26.1%, drawdown -60.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR 37.1%, MDD -15.7%, Sharpe 1.44, 13% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 42.0%, MDD -38.2%, exposure 38%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 11.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.3%p (CAGR 37.1%, MDD -15.7%, exposure 13%).

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
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=2.6
37.1%-15.7%1.442.375.7x2413%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=219
42.0%-38.2%1.231.106.9x438%
ROC 모멘텀
n=179, threshold=0.15
38.4%-33.6%1.161.146.0x835%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=57
38.1%-33.6%1.151.135.9x1444%
MACD
fast=8, slow=47, signal=18
33.3%-40.5%1.130.824.9x6341%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=27, threshold=23
30.6%-24.1%1.101.274.3x1024%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=113, exitN=56
33.6%-29.1%1.081.154.9x429%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=1.8
31.3%-28.2%1.071.114.5x6239%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=18, mult=1.3
33.3%-37.2%1.070.894.9x2438%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.1
26.4%-49.7%0.940.533.6x5439%
Buy and hold26.1%-60.0%0.790.433.6x1100%
1x 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SMA 크로스오버볼린저 밴드 돌파Buy and hold
볼린저 밴드 돌파 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -15% -30% -45% -60% 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버볼린저 밴드 돌파
볼린저 밴드 돌파 maximum drawdown -15.7% (2021-05-24 → 2022-01-24), recovered after 541 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the upper band (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals a strong move up.

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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