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Indus Towers Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Indus Towers Limited. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; SMA 크로스오버 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 4.9%, MDD -32.6%).

Data 2012-12-28 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,356 (13.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 5.4%, drawdown -74.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 8.4%, MDD -49.6%, Sharpe 0.47, 44% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Supertrend — CAGR 8.5%, MDD -64.8%, exposure 53%.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 3.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 24.6%p (CAGR 4.9%, MDD -32.6%, exposure 24%).

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
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=161
8.4%-49.6%0.470.173.0x2044%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=105, exitN=51
7.8%-48.4%0.450.162.8x1638%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=77, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.8
7.1%-46.0%0.440.152.5x3032%
Supertrend
period=11, mult=4.3
8.5%-64.8%0.440.133.0x3053%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=2.9
4.9%-32.6%0.360.151.9x3024%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=27, slow=39
5.7%-68.5%0.350.082.1x4849%
ROC 모멘텀
n=81, threshold=0.03
3.5%-69.3%0.270.051.6x13844%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=15
1.8%-44.1%0.190.041.3x4820%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
-1.0%-66.3%0.09-0.010.9x11049%
MACD
fast=19, slow=52, signal=15
-10.5%-85.4%-0.29-0.120.2x17450%
Buy and hold5.4%-74.3%0.330.072.0x1100%
1x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendSMA 크로스오버Buy and hold
SMA 크로스오버 (Sharpe leader), Supertrend (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -19% -37% -56% -74% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrendSMA 크로스오버
SMA 크로스오버 maximum drawdown -49.6% (2015-06-22 → 2021-12-20), recovered after 3,206 days.

Rules of the top strategy

When the short average rises above the long average, it reads that as an uptrend starting.

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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