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IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 19.6%, MDD -48.8%).

Data 2010-11-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,883 (15.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.8%, drawdown -74.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 26.1%, MDD -58.1%, Sharpe 0.83, 45% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 8.3%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.9%p (CAGR 19.6%, MDD -48.8%, exposure 26%).

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=32, mult=1.4
26.1%-58.1%0.830.4538.4x25645%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=24, k=1.4
21.6%-54.8%0.760.3921.7x16236%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=20, exitN=5
19.6%-48.8%0.760.4016.6x11226%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=15, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.8
17.7%-49.8%0.740.3512.9x9221%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=244
20.3%-50.1%0.680.4018.3x1951%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=133
18.8%-53.1%0.660.3515.1x3946%
ROC 모멘텀
n=115, threshold=-0.01
18.8%-65.5%0.650.2915.0x13949%
MACD
fast=10, slow=49, signal=15
18.6%-66.0%0.640.2814.5x20848%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=33, threshold=18
16.1%-58.4%0.630.2810.5x5130%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.32
13.5%-75.7%0.520.187.4x27649%
Buy and hold17.8%-74.0%0.580.2413.1x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -18% -37% -55% -74% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -58.1% (2020-08-25 → 2024-05-08), 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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