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South Indian Bank Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of South Indian Bank Limited. 3 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -49.9%).

Data 1998-12-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,906 (27.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

3 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.0%, drawdown -85.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.3%, MDD -63.7%, Sharpe 0.59, 71% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 3.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 21.9%p (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -49.9%, exposure 53%).

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=36, exitN=93
16.3%-63.7%0.590.2665.2x3371%
ROC 모멘텀
n=127, threshold=-0.1
14.6%-51.4%0.550.2843.3x18368%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=73, slow=114
13.3%-49.9%0.540.2731.2x6153%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=70, atrPeriod=19, mult=1.8
12.3%-54.7%0.530.2224.5x10739%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=108
10.2%-63.9%0.460.1614.7x5555%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=52, k=1.2
8.8%-57.7%0.420.1510.2x15141%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.2
9.0%-66.0%0.420.1410.9x8956%
MACD
fast=16, slow=29, signal=7
6.0%-84.5%0.340.075.0x50249%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=14
5.5%-83.0%0.330.074.4x14542%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.36
2.9%-78.8%0.250.042.2x44447%
Buy and hold13.0%-85.5%0.490.1529.0x1100%
1x 10x 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -43% -64% -86% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -63.7% (2010-10-27 → 2020-11-04), recovered after 4,415 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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