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Genus Power Infrastructures Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Genus Power Infrastructures Limited. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 18.6%, MDD -56.1%).

Data 2005-07-08 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,220 (21.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.0%, drawdown -93.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 19.5%, MDD -71.0%, Sharpe 0.66, 50% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 22.0%p (CAGR 18.6%, MDD -56.1%, exposure 52%).

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=18, mult=2.5
19.5%-71.0%0.660.2743.5x15350%
ROC 모멘텀
n=107, threshold=0.04
18.6%-56.1%0.630.3336.6x17552%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=30
18.3%-71.4%0.630.2635.2x21751%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=32, exitN=75
19.1%-84.1%0.620.2340.3x3574%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.38
17.7%-73.7%0.620.2431.2x26350%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=0.7
15.5%-65.4%0.580.2421.1x40543%
MACD
fast=16, slow=46, signal=19
15.9%-63.4%0.570.2522.5x22750%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=54
15.6%-74.4%0.560.2121.3x15553%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=12, mult=1
12.4%-60.8%0.520.2011.8x25334%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=43
4.7%-44.7%0.460.112.7x123%
Buy and hold17.0%-93.0%0.560.1827.9x1100%
1x 10x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -70% -93% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -71.0% (2015-12-02 → 2019-07-30), recovered after 2,329 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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