SleepWell Trade

Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

etf · IN

Mirae Asset Nifty 50 ETF backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Mirae Asset Nifty 50 ETF. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 12.0%, MDD -18.7%).

Data 2018-11-21 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 1,941 (7.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.3%, drawdown -39.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 12.0%, MDD -18.7%, Sharpe 0.99, 69% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 20.4%p (CAGR 12.0%, MDD -18.7%, exposure 69%).

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=27, mult=4.8
12.0%-18.7%0.990.652.4x1269%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=57
11.3%-19.2%0.990.592.3x2070%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=61
10.0%-18.0%0.980.562.1x2659%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=2.8
2.9%-4.0%0.960.741.3x87%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=50, exitN=51
9.9%-17.5%0.900.562.1x1059%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=21, mult=0.9
8.3%-15.1%0.810.551.9x4059%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=5
9.7%-21.5%0.760.452.1x4680%
MACD
fast=27, slow=42, signal=27
7.0%-20.1%0.720.351.7x5446%
ROC 모멘텀
n=74, threshold=-0.02
7.9%-17.0%0.710.471.8x5673%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
1.5%-28.0%0.180.051.1x6055%
Buy and hold11.3%-39.0%0.640.292.3x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -10% -20% -29% -39% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -18.7% (2021-10-18 → 2022-09-29), recovered after 844 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 selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 120 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
Re-run the same setupMore IN assetsAll asset reports

Read next