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Thangamayil Jewellery Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Thangamayil Jewellery Ltd.. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 39.1%, MDD -39.6%).

Data 2010-02-19 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,063 (16.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 35.4%, drawdown -67.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 39.1%, MDD -39.6%, Sharpe 1.10, 62% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 3.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 28.0%p (CAGR 39.1%, MDD -39.6%, exposure 62%).

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=9, mult=4.7
39.1%-39.6%1.100.99227.4x2362%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=51
32.0%-52.5%0.970.6196.5x4356%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=100
29.9%-52.2%0.930.5774.1x4954%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=45, exitN=58
30.1%-51.2%0.910.5975.4x2361%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=47, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.4
22.1%-37.0%0.850.6026.8x5034%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2
22.2%-41.9%0.820.5327.0x6339%
ROC 모멘텀
n=91, threshold=-0.02
24.6%-60.4%0.800.4137.2x13562%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=23
18.1%-39.0%0.750.4615.4x6536%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.34
13.7%-57.1%0.550.248.3x13052%
MACD
fast=16, slow=39, signal=16
11.2%-55.7%0.480.205.8x19649%
Buy and hold35.4%-67.7%0.900.52146.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -51% -68% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -39.6% (2017-12-12 → 2020-07-24), recovered after 1,092 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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