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Manappuram Finance Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Manappuram Finance Limited. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 15.1%, MDD -45.4%).

Data 2010-06-30 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,995 (16.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 14.8%, drawdown -88.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 22.7%, MDD -61.8%, Sharpe 0.73, 77% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 8.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 27.1%p (CAGR 15.1%, MDD -45.4%, exposure 61%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=43
22.7%-61.8%0.730.3727.4x4777%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=36
6.5%-15.6%0.680.422.8x143%
ROC 모멘텀
n=17, threshold=-0.1
21.0%-60.5%0.680.3521.7x17185%
Supertrend
period=15, mult=2.3
16.0%-58.2%0.630.2811.1x13955%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=174
15.1%-45.4%0.590.339.7x3361%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=27, k=1.7
10.9%-46.0%0.530.245.3x12838%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=195
9.9%-61.6%0.460.164.6x4161%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.26
9.9%-68.8%0.450.144.6x13458%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=15, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.6
4.2%-36.0%0.450.121.9x124%
MACD
fast=14, slow=68, signal=20
8.0%-59.4%0.410.133.5x16451%
Buy and hold14.8%-88.9%0.530.179.3x1100%
1x 10x 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -67% -89% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -61.8% (2010-11-22 → 2013-03-20), recovered after 1,436 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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