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HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 21.7%, MDD -23.8%).

Data 2016-03-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,556 (10.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.6%, drawdown -80.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 21.7%, MDD -23.8%, Sharpe 0.89, 73% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 8.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 56.6%p (CAGR 21.7%, MDD -23.8%, exposure 73%).

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=27, mult=4.6
21.7%-23.8%0.890.917.6x973%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=78, slow=109
17.9%-27.7%0.770.655.5x771%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=42, slow=191
17.0%-27.7%0.750.615.0x966%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=51, exitN=66
16.4%-31.9%0.730.514.8x1372%
ROC 모멘텀
n=87, threshold=-0.03
14.7%-27.9%0.670.534.1x7172%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=3.4
6.0%-16.0%0.580.381.8x1811%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=49, threshold=17
5.5%-37.4%0.360.151.7x1836%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.1
4.6%-39.4%0.320.121.6x7142%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.12
2.6%-50.1%0.230.051.3x11953%
MACD
fast=18, slow=48, signal=19
-0.9%-55.2%0.08-0.020.9x11347%
Buy and hold13.6%-80.4%0.550.173.7x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -23.8% (2018-02-01 → 2020-05-26), recovered after 1,026 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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