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CRISIL Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of CRISIL Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 19.2%, MDD -29.6%).

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,984 (24.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.7%, drawdown -55.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 21.0%, MDD -50.3%, Sharpe 0.88, 63% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 4.9%p (CAGR 19.2%, MDD -29.6%, 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
Supertrend
period=21, mult=3.6
21.0%-50.3%0.880.4299.4x7363%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=41, exitN=24
19.2%-29.6%0.860.6568.4x6153%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=76, atrPeriod=25, mult=2.7
16.9%-38.7%0.820.4443.3x5544%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=75
19.5%-42.1%0.820.4672.5x7561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=62
17.0%-48.0%0.760.3543.7x6362%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=56, k=1.2
13.6%-42.8%0.670.3221.7x13150%
ROC 모멘텀
n=72, threshold=0.03
13.2%-66.2%0.630.2020.0x23855%
MACD
fast=22, slow=65, signal=29
12.3%-47.9%0.620.2616.3x16350%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=11
11.3%-52.1%0.560.2213.3x19358%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.12
5.4%-66.2%0.340.083.6x39352%
Buy and hold22.7%-55.2%0.800.41137.1x1100%
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% -14% -28% -41% -55% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -50.3% (2016-06-06 → 2019-10-14), recovered after 1,838 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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