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Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp. Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp. Ltd.. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 32.0%, MDD -28.9%).

Data 2019-10-14 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,687 (6.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.5%, drawdown -58.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 32.0%, MDD -28.9%, Sharpe 1.16, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 12.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 29.8%p (CAGR 32.0%, MDD -28.9%, exposure 48%).

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=21, mult=3.5
32.0%-28.9%1.161.116.6x2248%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=46, slow=113
26.5%-41.0%1.000.654.9x1049%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=21, mult=3.3
19.5%-33.6%0.950.583.3x1213%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=37
19.0%-37.4%0.920.513.3x1213%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=30, slow=110
21.8%-50.2%0.830.443.8x1651%
ROC 모멘텀
n=111, threshold=0.11
20.1%-46.0%0.830.443.5x3433%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=114, exitN=45
18.4%-42.4%0.820.433.2x432%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=23, k=2.7
16.2%-33.5%0.800.492.8x2418%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.28
13.6%-66.0%0.600.212.4x8247%
MACD
fast=13, slow=29, signal=9
8.8%-57.2%0.450.151.8x11250%
Buy and hold19.5%-58.7%0.680.333.3x1100%
1x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -15% -29% -44% -59% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -28.9% (2024-05-22 → 2026-06-01), 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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