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HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd.. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 5.3%, MDD -28.6%).

Data 2017-11-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,152 (8.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.4%, drawdown -46.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 10.6%, MDD -34.9%, Sharpe 0.63, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 5.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.3%p (CAGR 5.3%, MDD -28.6%, exposure 34%).

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=4.8
10.6%-34.9%0.630.302.4x1656%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=27, atrPeriod=21, mult=2.2
5.1%-27.9%0.440.181.5x3826%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=33, k=1.9
5.3%-28.6%0.420.181.6x5034%
MACD
fast=18, slow=48, signal=24
5.7%-41.9%0.400.141.6x6647%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=47
5.3%-38.4%0.350.141.6x3073%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=21, slow=31
4.5%-42.0%0.330.111.5x7452%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=21
2.4%-15.7%0.320.151.2x87%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.12
4.1%-33.4%0.310.121.4x7050%
ROC 모멘텀
n=59, threshold=0.12
2.8%-32.7%0.280.091.3x6823%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=157
3.2%-31.4%0.270.101.3x2053%
Buy and hold5.4%-46.2%0.330.121.6x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -12% -23% -35% -46% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -34.9% (2021-09-02 → 2023-04-21), recovered after 1,359 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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