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Sundaram Finance Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Sundaram Finance Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 22.9%, MDD -40.0%).

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 23.4%, drawdown -65.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 22.9%, MDD -40.0%, Sharpe 0.90, 70% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.4%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.7%p (CAGR 22.9%, MDD -40.0%, exposure 70%).

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=12, mult=3.9
22.9%-40.0%0.900.57144.4x4570%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=26, slow=96
22.4%-49.3%0.900.45130.2x5064%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=49, slow=62
22.1%-43.7%0.880.51122.7x4266%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=66, exitN=56
22.0%-39.1%0.880.56120.3x2866%
ROC 모멘텀
n=80, threshold=-0.03
20.5%-47.6%0.820.4389.0x20071%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=43, threshold=13
17.6%-48.0%0.770.3749.2x10056%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=77, k=0.9
14.7%-50.0%0.670.2927.2x12255%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=73, atrPeriod=9, mult=1.2
14.1%-44.8%0.660.3123.9x12854%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.4
6.8%-51.0%0.390.134.8x17756%
MACD
fast=21, slow=56, signal=17
6.6%-59.2%0.390.114.7x23549%
Buy and hold23.4%-65.7%0.810.36157.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -16% -33% -49% -66% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -40.0% (2018-05-31 → 2020-07-14), recovered after 992 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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