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Havells India Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Havells India Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 31.4%, MDD -41.5%).

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,003 (24.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 31.6%, drawdown -84.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 31.8%, MDD -51.4%, Sharpe 1.05, 68% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 0.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 33.6%p (CAGR 31.4%, MDD -41.5%, exposure 67%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=45, exitN=47
31.8%-51.4%1.050.62791.9x3768%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=73
31.4%-41.5%1.030.76733.1x4567%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=22, slow=175
30.3%-44.4%1.020.68604.9x3268%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=22, mult=1.3
24.5%-48.0%0.920.51198.3x13450%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=4.8
25.6%-38.3%0.900.67248.1x5963%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=75, k=1.1
23.6%-37.7%0.880.63168.1x9952%
ROC 모멘텀
n=92, threshold=0.01
25.2%-41.5%0.880.61229.4x20463%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=17
18.3%-40.3%0.800.4557.6x10834%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.02
20.1%-59.4%0.760.3483.8x13359%
MACD
fast=13, slow=51, signal=19
9.1%-51.6%0.450.188.2x31051%
Buy and hold31.6%-84.9%0.910.37768.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -64% -85% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -51.4% (2004-01-02 → 2004-07-23), recovered after 350 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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