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BSE Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of BSE Ltd.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 50.8%, MDD -36.5%).

Data 2017-02-03 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,347 (9.5 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 43.4%, drawdown -75.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 57.3%, MDD -45.2%, Sharpe 1.41, 54% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 13.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.8%p (CAGR 50.8%, MDD -36.5%, exposure 46%).

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=53, slow=149
57.3%-45.2%1.411.2773.4x354%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=217
57.2%-45.2%1.411.2772.8x354%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=33
56.2%-39.4%1.401.4369.0x3669%
Supertrend
period=19, mult=3.7
48.0%-44.4%1.371.0841.3x4053%
ROC 모멘텀
n=130, threshold=0.13
50.8%-36.5%1.351.3949.3x3346%
MACD
fast=27, slow=45, signal=34
41.7%-38.5%1.331.0827.3x5449%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=36, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.1
37.5%-38.0%1.220.9920.5x4438%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=1.1
37.0%-39.0%1.190.9519.8x11242%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
36.6%-53.3%1.130.6919.3x11848%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=11
37.2%-48.5%1.120.7720.1x11055%
Buy and hold43.4%-75.0%1.080.5830.5x1100%
1x 10x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 EMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -75% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -45.2% (2022-03-14 → 2022-06-20), recovered after 513 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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