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Marico Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Marico Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 22.2%, MDD -40.6%).

Data 1996-05-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,613 (30.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.9%, drawdown -67.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 23.9%, MDD -48.6%, Sharpe 0.87, 93% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.2%p (CAGR 22.2%, MDD -40.6%, exposure 94%).

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=121, threshold=-0.15
23.9%-48.6%0.870.49660.1x2593%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=5, exitN=100
22.2%-40.6%0.820.55442.7x4394%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=4.9
16.2%-36.6%0.730.4494.0x5969%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=218
16.1%-51.5%0.690.3191.7x3575%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=60
14.7%-47.2%0.670.3164.0x7969%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=61, k=1.2
8.8%-49.1%0.500.1813.0x17251%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
9.1%-37.1%0.480.2413.9x23258%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=43, threshold=12
6.8%-48.1%0.410.147.4x15952%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=20, atrPeriod=16, mult=3.1
2.2%-42.5%0.250.051.9x488%
MACD
fast=24, slow=37, signal=16
3.2%-62.1%0.250.052.6x34051%
Buy and hold22.9%-67.8%0.810.34521.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -51% -68% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -48.6% (1997-08-07 → 1998-06-23), recovered after 543 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.
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