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Poonawalla Fincorp Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Poonawalla Fincorp Limited. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 27.3%, MDD -57.7%).

Data 2004-04-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,507 (22.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.5%, drawdown -93.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 30.4%, MDD -61.9%, Sharpe 0.87, 69% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 7.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.2%p (CAGR 27.3%, MDD -57.7%, exposure 63%).

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=31, exitN=53
30.4%-61.9%0.870.49367.7x4369%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=7
27.3%-57.7%0.830.47213.8x20563%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=70
22.2%-57.7%0.730.3886.0x10155%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=55
21.6%-60.8%0.720.3678.1x9357%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=43, k=1.4
18.9%-62.4%0.700.3047.3x13942%
ROC 모멘텀
n=138, threshold=0.09
17.5%-68.2%0.640.2636.2x13850%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=17, mult=2
14.9%-54.9%0.620.2722.1x9538%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4
17.0%-66.3%0.610.2633.0x7561%
MACD
fast=13, slow=86, signal=19
14.3%-79.4%0.550.1819.4x22549%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
5.5%-90.7%0.330.063.3x29050%
Buy and hold22.5%-93.1%0.660.2492.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -61.9% (2008-05-13 → 2009-11-04), recovered after 807 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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