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MRF Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of MRF Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 24.6%, MDD -37.0%).

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,980 (24.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.0%, drawdown -81.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 24.6%, MDD -37.0%, Sharpe 0.94, 66% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.2%p (CAGR 24.6%, MDD -37.0%, 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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=54, exitN=56
24.6%-37.0%0.940.66199.6x4066%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=1.1
21.2%-36.2%0.910.59103.4x15748%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=31
21.9%-37.2%0.890.59117.5x12358%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.6
20.3%-34.8%0.870.5886.1x13348%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=62
21.0%-35.6%0.860.5998.5x13757%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
20.9%-41.1%0.860.5196.8x6161%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=22
15.9%-33.6%0.800.4734.9x13835%
ROC 모멘텀
n=65, threshold=-0.01
19.3%-48.6%0.790.4070.0x19762%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.16
16.1%-40.9%0.740.3936.6x19953%
MACD
fast=24, slow=35, signal=24
15.2%-44.9%0.730.3430.4x20748%
Buy and hold23.0%-81.2%0.790.28147.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -81% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -37.0% (2007-10-31 → 2008-01-22), recovered after 572 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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