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ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 8.3%, MDD -30.6%).

Data 2017-09-27 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,187 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.3%, drawdown -42.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.0%, MDD -28.7%, Sharpe 0.50, 53% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.3%, MDD -30.6%, exposure 62%.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 13.6%p (CAGR 8.3%, MDD -30.6%, exposure 62%).

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=84, exitN=81
8.0%-28.7%0.500.282.0x853%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=194
8.3%-30.6%0.490.272.0x1062%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=173
7.0%-33.5%0.430.211.8x1059%
ROC 모멘텀
n=195, threshold=0.02
4.8%-38.4%0.330.121.5x6056%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=22, k=3.5
1.2%-6.5%0.330.181.1x43%
Supertrend
period=9, mult=4.6
2.6%-47.5%0.230.051.3x2255%
MACD
fast=18, slow=60, signal=16
2.4%-39.9%0.220.061.2x8447%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=46, threshold=31
0.2%-1.5%0.180.141.0x21%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=14, mult=4
-0.1%-15.6%0.03-0.011.0x1010%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.035, maxStep=0.06
-2.3%-37.7%-0.01-0.060.8x14854%
Buy and hold10.3%-42.3%0.490.242.4x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 EMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -11% -21% -32% -42% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Donchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -28.7% (2024-09-23 → 2026-01-27), prior peak not yet recovered.

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 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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