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PC Jeweller Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PC Jeweller Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 27.5%, MDD -35.7%).

Data 2012-12-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,357 (13.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 1.6%, drawdown -98.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 57.7%, MDD -45.5%, Sharpe 1.28, 41% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 56.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.2%p (CAGR 27.5%, MDD -35.7%, exposure 17%).

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=22, mult=0.4
57.7%-45.5%1.281.27488.1x67241%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=3
27.5%-35.7%1.000.7727.2x4817%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=68, exitN=14
25.7%-46.6%0.950.5522.4x3623%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.2
24.4%-39.3%0.880.6219.5x7020%
ROC 모멘텀
n=13, threshold=0.01
28.2%-55.0%0.830.5129.3x35044%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=45
25.4%-58.5%0.780.4321.7x6549%
MACD
fast=10, slow=38, signal=17
25.0%-79.0%0.730.3220.7x17052%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=13
20.3%-68.7%0.690.3012.3x9340%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=187
20.9%-64.7%0.680.3213.2x2848%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.3
19.3%-70.3%0.640.2711.0x25449%
Buy and hold1.6%-98.6%0.330.021.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -45.5% (2021-02-15 → 2022-06-16), recovered after 514 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 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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