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Pidilite Industries Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Pidilite Industries Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,981 (24.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 30.5%, drawdown -75.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 25.7%, MDD -75.2%, Sharpe 0.52, 81% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=223
25.7%-75.2%0.520.34247.8x2181%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=257
23.9%-75.2%0.500.32174.9x2778%
ROC 모멘텀
Hold-like · Exposure 98%
n=21, threshold=-0.15
21.8%-81.6%0.490.27114.5x6998%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=38, exitN=50
22.8%-75.2%0.480.30140.3x3774%
Supertrend
period=4, mult=4.3
19.8%-75.2%0.460.2677.4x6170%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=99, atrPeriod=18, mult=2.3
14.1%-75.2%0.390.1924.1x7558%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.4
13.1%-75.9%0.360.1719.3x21347%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=35
1.0%-13.4%0.270.071.3x61%
MACD
fast=14, slow=54, signal=18
0.3%-89.0%0.220.001.1x28450%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.44
-7.8%-89.3%0.09-0.090.1x32958%
Buy and hold30.5%-75.2%0.570.41609.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -56% -75% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -75.2% (2005-07-28 → 2005-08-01), recovered after 259 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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