Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

equity · IN

Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 1999-01-04 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,891 (27.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.5%, drawdown -74.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 17.2%, MDD -68.0%, Sharpe 0.50, 56% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=8, mult=3.5
17.2%-68.0%0.500.2579.7x11656%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=56
12.4%-84.1%0.430.1525.4x8576%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=20, k=2
8.1%-74.9%0.430.118.6x25231%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=10, mult=1.3
7.8%-77.1%0.410.107.8x21635%
MACD
fast=12, slow=49, signal=22
7.7%-75.8%0.410.107.8x28247%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=28
7.3%-71.5%0.400.107.0x13651%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=89
6.1%-86.9%0.370.075.1x8651%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=23
4.9%-55.7%0.310.093.8x11026%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.22
4.3%-79.4%0.280.053.2x45447%
ROC 모멘텀
n=74, threshold=0.05
1.9%-85.6%0.250.021.7x28844%
Buy and hold17.5%-74.2%0.510.2485.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -37% -56% -74% 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -68.0% (2005-07-28 → 2009-04-08), recovered after 2,231 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.
Re-run the same setupAll asset reports

Read next