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Paisalo Digital Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Paisalo Digital Ltd.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 37.8%, MDD -48.6%).

Data 2009-06-16 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,231 (17.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.0%, drawdown -79.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 37.8%, MDD -48.6%, Sharpe 1.10, 43% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 15.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 31.3%p (CAGR 37.8%, MDD -48.6%, exposure 43%).

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=27, mult=1.5
37.8%-48.6%1.100.78241.3x19843%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=50, k=2.2
24.3%-70.3%0.840.3541.3x6735%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=45, atrPeriod=16, mult=2.5
23.1%-68.4%0.840.3435.1x4732%
ROC 모멘텀
n=58, threshold=0.13
24.1%-63.8%0.830.3840.3x13331%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=57, exitN=33
24.2%-70.1%0.790.3541.0x3348%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.36
24.4%-67.5%0.780.3642.0x20246%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=63
24.9%-68.8%0.780.3644.9x7554%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=37, slow=59
21.7%-76.1%0.710.2828.7x4957%
MACD
fast=6, slow=22, signal=7
21.7%-75.6%0.710.2928.9x45248%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=24, threshold=22
19.1%-53.3%0.700.3619.9x8343%
Buy and hold22.0%-79.9%0.640.2830.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -48.6% (2024-04-10 → 2026-03-30), recovered after 821 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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