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DLF Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of DLF Limited. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -23.7%).

Data 2007-07-05 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,707 (19.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 0.7%, drawdown -93.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 7.1%, MDD -43.9%, Sharpe 0.40, 29% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 6.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 49.4%p (CAGR 3.4%, MDD -23.7%, exposure 6%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=57, threshold=0.13
7.1%-43.9%0.400.163.7x17929%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=28, k=2.6
6.3%-44.2%0.400.143.2x7420%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=31
3.4%-23.7%0.380.141.9x226%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=42, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.7
5.6%-61.0%0.350.092.8x7127%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=21
4.6%-64.7%0.300.072.4x18751%
MACD
fast=29, slow=32, signal=12
2.5%-72.9%0.240.031.6x23251%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=39, slow=103
2.1%-80.2%0.220.031.5x4948%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=5, exitN=72
-1.5%-90.0%0.18-0.020.7x7588%
Supertrend
period=8, mult=3.3
0.1%-70.9%0.160.001.0x11348%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.2
-4.1%-86.7%0.03-0.050.4x26852%
Buy and hold0.7%-93.3%0.260.011.2x1100%
1x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 ROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -47% -70% -93% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -43.9% (2010-10-06 → 2014-04-30), recovered after 2,413 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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