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ITC Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ITC Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 12.9%, MDD -40.3%).

Data 1996-01-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,676 (30.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.8%, drawdown -57.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 12.9%, MDD -40.3%, Sharpe 0.62, 66% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 12.9%, MDD -45.6%, exposure 68%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.9%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.7%p (CAGR 12.9%, MDD -40.3%, exposure 66%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=47, slow=245
12.9%-40.3%0.620.3240.9x3066%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=242
12.9%-45.6%0.620.2841.3x2668%
ROC 모멘텀
n=171, threshold=-0.13
10.5%-67.0%0.500.1620.9x13285%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=104
10.4%-65.7%0.490.1620.6x5086%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=5
8.3%-55.3%0.460.1511.6x7459%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=31, k=3.2
0.8%-36.8%0.130.021.3x5611%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=45, threshold=19
0.4%-30.6%0.090.011.1x369%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-1.2%-75.1%0.06-0.020.7x27154%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.4
-2.3%-83.3%-0.01-0.030.5x22448%
MACD
fast=12, slow=32, signal=13
-3.6%-81.3%-0.07-0.040.3x50149%
Buy and hold13.8%-57.0%0.570.2452.0x1100%
1x 10x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 EMA 크로스오버SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -14% -29% -43% -57% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버SMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -40.3% (1999-05-24 → 2003-05-14), recovered after 1,696 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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