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Engineers India Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Engineers India Limited. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -68.1%).

Data 1997-09-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,233 (28.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 9.1%, drawdown -88.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 11.2%, MDD -69.7%, Sharpe 0.49, 47% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 13.3%, MDD -68.1%, exposure 45%.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.5%p (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -68.1%, exposure 45%).

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=20, mult=3.1
11.2%-69.7%0.490.1621.6x16847%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=82, exitN=29
10.0%-79.5%0.480.1315.8x6131%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.9
9.2%-79.0%0.470.1212.7x6024%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=21, mult=3
9.5%-81.4%0.470.1213.8x8028%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=10
10.2%-84.9%0.460.1216.7x30452%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.16
9.9%-73.3%0.450.1315.2x60948%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=171
13.3%-68.1%0.430.2036.6x4745%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=48, slow=133
12.7%-71.0%0.420.1831.5x4345%
ROC 모멘텀
n=133, threshold=0.02
10.9%-72.3%0.390.1519.8x24146%
MACD
fast=7, slow=29, signal=17
5.7%-71.2%0.330.084.9x46849%
Buy and hold9.1%-88.2%0.390.1012.3x1100%
1x 10x 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 SMA 크로스오버SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -69.7% (2016-09-08 → 2023-03-28), recovered after 2,703 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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