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General Insurance Corporation of India backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of General Insurance Corporation of India. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 8.4%, MDD -27.1%).

Data 2017-10-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,169 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.4%, drawdown -80.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.4%, MDD -27.1%, Sharpe 0.45, 18% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -40.8%, exposure 40%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 10.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.4%p (CAGR 8.4%, MDD -27.1%, exposure 18%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.5
8.4%-27.1%0.450.312.0x1018%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=47, exitN=39
9.1%-40.8%0.430.222.1x1440%
MACD
fast=19, slow=35, signal=14
8.5%-43.6%0.420.202.0x10348%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=31
5.9%-29.4%0.380.201.6x1212%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.6
6.1%-39.5%0.360.151.7x2221%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=110
5.7%-51.6%0.330.111.6x3042%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=60, slow=210
5.1%-53.4%0.320.101.5x1044%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=5
1.5%-54.6%0.220.031.1x2061%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
1.9%-53.6%0.210.041.2x6644%
ROC 모멘텀
n=102, threshold=0.12
1.6%-42.2%0.200.041.2x4827%
Buy and hold-2.4%-80.5%0.15-0.030.8x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -27.1% (2023-01-04 → 2023-05-09), recovered after 254 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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