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Karnataka Bank Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Karnataka Bank Ltd.. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 12.2%, MDD -59.7%).

Data 2000-05-10 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,540 (26.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.5%, drawdown -81.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 20.1%, MDD -63.4%, Sharpe 0.72, 49% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 8.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.3%p (CAGR 12.2%, MDD -59.7%, exposure 41%).

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=23, mult=3.2
20.1%-63.4%0.720.32122.8x13549%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=42
15.4%-63.8%0.590.2443.1x17752%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=64
13.9%-60.0%0.550.2330.6x14953%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.1
13.5%-68.3%0.550.2027.6x20349%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=13, threshold=20
12.7%-71.3%0.530.1822.8x35939%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=33, exitN=70
13.7%-73.7%0.530.1929.0x5767%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=1.2
12.2%-59.7%0.520.2020.3x29341%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=59, atrPeriod=24, mult=2.2
11.6%-61.4%0.510.1918.0x10936%
MACD
fast=16, slow=59, signal=16
11.3%-78.9%0.490.1416.4x27751%
ROC 모멘텀
n=77, threshold=-0.03
8.6%-81.1%0.410.118.7x30158%
Buy and hold11.5%-81.7%0.470.1417.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -41% -61% -82% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -63.4% (2017-06-01 → 2020-06-11), recovered after 2,013 days.

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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