SleepWell Trade

Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · IN

Karur Vysya Bank Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1996-01-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,697 (30.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.4%, drawdown -88.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.8%, MDD -92.7%, Sharpe 0.51, 61% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: MACD — CAGR 18.1%, MDD -86.1%, exposure 50%.

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
n=141, threshold=0.01
9.8%-92.7%0.510.1117.5x17961%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=110, exitN=55
6.6%-91.7%0.430.077.1x4149%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=119
17.6%-89.1%0.330.20144.8x6758%
MACD
fast=13, slow=24, signal=10
18.1%-86.1%0.330.21162.6x48150%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=74
15.8%-89.3%0.320.1888.7x6959%
Supertrend
period=18, mult=4.5
14.2%-88.3%0.300.1658.1x9754%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=1.2
14.1%-86.9%0.300.1657.9x50541%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.38
13.0%-89.4%0.290.1542.9x35950%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=11, threshold=12
9.6%-87.6%0.270.1116.5x64354%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=65, atrPeriod=22, mult=0.6
6.6%-90.2%0.240.077.1x29752%
Buy and hold18.4%-88.0%0.360.21175.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 MACDROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), MACD (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -46% -70% -93% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdMACDROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -92.7% (2005-01-18 → 2006-07-26), recovered after 6,723 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 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.
Re-optimize the same period and setupMore IN assetsAll asset reports

Read next