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Info Edge India Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Info Edge India Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 20.1%, MDD -48.9%).

Data 2006-11-21 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,881 (19.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 21.1%, drawdown -75.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.1%, MDD -48.9%, Sharpe 0.77, 64% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 1.0%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.6%p (CAGR 20.1%, MDD -48.9%, exposure 64%).

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=66, exitN=90
20.1%-48.9%0.770.4137.3x1764%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.9
19.6%-50.4%0.760.3934.3x3561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=30
18.1%-42.4%0.720.4326.7x9161%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=95, atrPeriod=25, mult=2.1
16.6%-42.6%0.710.3920.7x5148%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=192
16.4%-47.6%0.660.3420.2x4364%
ROC 모멘텀
n=148, threshold=-0.02
15.0%-56.9%0.600.2615.8x11969%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=28, threshold=11
11.4%-56.7%0.520.208.5x16762%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=41, k=1.5
8.2%-47.2%0.440.174.8x12343%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.3
4.8%-53.5%0.310.092.5x15958%
MACD
fast=17, slow=85, signal=19
4.2%-48.5%0.290.092.3x20353%
Buy and hold21.1%-75.5%0.700.2844.1x1100%
1x 10x 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -19% -38% -57% -75% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -48.9% (2007-11-28 → 2009-04-22), recovered after 988 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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