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Max Financial Services Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Max Financial Services Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ROC 모멘텀 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ROC 모멘텀 (CAGR 9.6%, MDD -44.5%).

Data 1996-01-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,676 (30.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.1%, drawdown -94.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR 9.6%, MDD -44.5%, Sharpe 0.53, 11% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: MACD — CAGR 15.0%, MDD -82.6%, exposure 49%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ROC 모멘텀 — CAGR is 2.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 50.0%p (CAGR 9.6%, MDD -44.5%, exposure 11%).

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
ROC 모멘텀
n=11, threshold=0.12
9.6%-44.5%0.530.2116.3x34411%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=11, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.3
5.8%-24.3%0.510.245.6x203%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=2.7
7.1%-82.0%0.440.098.0x11422%
Supertrend
period=26, mult=2.7
7.9%-89.9%0.440.0910.2x19649%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=14
6.9%-85.6%0.420.087.6x15434%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.3
8.4%-83.8%0.410.1011.8x74351%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=61
5.5%-82.1%0.380.075.2x14053%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=191
4.5%-90.6%0.360.053.9x4255%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=29, exitN=29
4.8%-82.0%0.350.064.2x10653%
MACD
fast=9, slow=24, signal=7
15.0%-82.6%0.340.1872.2x70249%
Buy and hold12.1%-94.5%0.390.1332.7x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 MACDROC 모멘텀Buy and hold
ROC 모멘텀 (Sharpe leader), MACD (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdMACDROC 모멘텀
ROC 모멘텀 maximum drawdown -44.5% (2007-02-09 → 2009-01-30), recovered after 852 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Rides the trend when recent return (momentum) over a window is above a threshold.

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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