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Karnataka Bank Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Karnataka Bank Ltd.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 12.8%, MDD -59.7%).

Data 2000-05-10 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,561 (26.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.2%, drawdown -81.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 20.8%, MDD -63.4%, Sharpe 0.74, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 8.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.3%p (CAGR 12.8%, MDD -59.7%, exposure 41%).

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=23, mult=3.2
20.8%-63.4%0.740.33144.5x13549%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=42
16.1%-63.8%0.610.2550.7x17752%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=64
14.6%-60.0%0.570.2436.0x14953%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.1
14.1%-68.3%0.560.2132.5x20349%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=20
13.3%-71.3%0.550.1926.8x35939%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=33, exitN=70
14.4%-73.7%0.550.1934.1x5767%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=1.2
12.8%-59.7%0.540.2123.9x29341%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.2
12.3%-61.4%0.530.2021.2x10937%
MACD
fast=16, slow=59, signal=16
11.9%-78.9%0.500.1519.3x27751%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=-0.03
9.2%-81.1%0.430.1110.2x30158%
Buy and hold12.2%-81.7%0.490.1520.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -63.4% (2017-06-01 → 2020-06-11), recovered after 2,013 days.

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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