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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 6.1%, MDD -20.6%).

Data 2016-09-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,433 (9.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.7%, drawdown -54.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 10.0%, MDD -29.7%, Sharpe 0.55, 51% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 4.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 25.2%p (CAGR 6.1%, MDD -20.6%, exposure 22%).

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=30, mult=2.4
10.0%-29.7%0.550.342.6x7151%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=2.7
6.1%-20.6%0.550.301.8x1622%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=61, exitN=17
6.1%-29.1%0.470.211.8x2633%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=18, mult=3.6
4.4%-17.7%0.430.251.5x1822%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=75
6.3%-45.0%0.430.141.8x3049%
MACD
fast=29, slow=45, signal=19
3.6%-50.5%0.270.071.4x8347%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=45
2.5%-49.0%0.230.051.3x3851%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=24
1.3%-19.5%0.200.071.1x1410%
ROC 모멘텀
n=54, threshold=0.06
1.8%-40.5%0.190.041.2x11037%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.28
-4.1%-47.0%-0.10-0.090.7x32752%
Buy and hold5.7%-54.9%0.340.101.7x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -27% -41% -55% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -29.7% (2025-05-29 → 2026-07-08), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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