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Trend-Following Backtester · Guide · backtest 한국어

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PC Jeweller Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of PC Jeweller Ltd.. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is 볼린저 밴드 돌파 (CAGR 27.2%, MDD -35.7%).

Data 2012-12-27 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 3,378 (13.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.8%, drawdown -98.6%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 58.2%, MDD -45.5%, Sharpe 1.29, 42% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: 볼린저 밴드 돌파 — CAGR is 55.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.2%p (CAGR 27.2%, MDD -35.7%, exposure 17%).

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=22, mult=0.4
58.2%-45.5%1.291.28530.8x67642%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=21, k=3
27.2%-35.7%0.990.7626.7x4917%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=68, exitN=14
25.4%-47.7%0.940.5322.0x3723%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=15, mult=2.2
24.1%-39.3%0.870.6119.2x7120%
ROC 모멘텀
n=13, threshold=0.01
28.0%-56.2%0.830.5029.3x35544%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=45
26.8%-58.5%0.810.4625.7x6549%
MACD
fast=10, slow=38, signal=17
25.0%-79.0%0.730.3221.1x17352%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=30, threshold=13
21.7%-68.7%0.720.3214.6x9341%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=187
21.9%-64.7%0.700.3415.1x2948%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.3
20.1%-70.3%0.650.2912.2x25549%
Buy and hold2.8%-98.6%0.350.031.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -45.5% (2021-02-15 → 2022-06-16), recovered after 514 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 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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