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Prime Focus Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Prime Focus Limited. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 21.2%, MDD -65.4%).

Data 2006-06-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,965 (20.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.4%, drawdown -95.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 21.2%, MDD -65.4%, Sharpe 0.67, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 9.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 30.5%p (CAGR 21.2%, MDD -65.4%, exposure 56%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=132, slow=197
21.2%-65.4%0.670.3247.9x2556%
MACD
fast=7, slow=8, signal=9
16.1%-84.0%0.560.1920.1x60249%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=3.3
14.6%-80.3%0.530.1815.5x8157%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=11, mult=1.1
9.9%-56.0%0.460.186.7x20925%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=175
10.6%-69.2%0.450.157.5x2957%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=39, exitN=58
10.3%-84.3%0.440.127.2x4362%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=11, k=2
9.5%-53.2%0.440.186.3x28526%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=13
7.0%-87.0%0.370.083.9x11149%
ROC 모멘텀
n=123, threshold=-0.02
4.3%-85.6%0.310.052.3x19558%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.12
2.9%-90.7%0.270.031.8x56147%
Buy and hold11.4%-95.9%0.470.128.8x1100%
1x 10x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -48% -72% -96% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -65.4% (2008-01-07 → 2009-09-14), recovered after 945 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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