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IIFL Finance Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of IIFL Finance Limited. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; EMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 23.4%, MDD -53.5%).

Data 2005-05-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,237 (21.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.3%, drawdown -90.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 29.4%, MDD -64.3%, Sharpe 0.83, 60% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 32.0%, MDD -54.4%, exposure 57%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 7.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.4%p (CAGR 23.4%, MDD -53.5%, exposure 53%).

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
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=67
29.4%-64.3%0.830.46234.8x6360%
Supertrend
period=7, mult=3.1
32.0%-54.4%0.820.59359.2x9357%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=81, exitN=58
25.8%-57.9%0.790.45130.9x2557%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=47, threshold=5
23.9%-64.8%0.740.3794.0x17559%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=96, k=0.7
23.4%-53.5%0.740.4486.9x9953%
ROC 모멘텀
n=68, threshold=0
24.3%-71.1%0.740.34100.4x22159%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=48
25.0%-64.9%0.700.39114.0x14357%
MACD
fast=15, slow=57, signal=19
18.4%-70.4%0.610.2635.8x22152%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=56, atrPeriod=12, mult=2.4
15.5%-56.1%0.590.2821.2x8135%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.38
7.3%-75.3%0.370.104.4x36552%
Buy and hold22.3%-90.7%0.630.2571.8x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendEMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
EMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -23% -45% -68% -91% 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrendEMA 크로스오버
EMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -64.3% (2018-03-13 → 2020-10-12), recovered after 1,065 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Uses two exponential averages (more weight on recent prices) and trades their crossover.

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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