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Punjab National Bank backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Punjab National Bank. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is MACD (CAGR 10.4%, MDD -60.9%).

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,983 (24.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.8%, drawdown -90.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 10.4%, MDD -73.5%, Sharpe 0.49, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: MACD — CAGR is 0.3%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 16.9%p (CAGR 10.4%, MDD -60.9%, exposure 50%).

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=29, mult=3.5
10.4%-73.5%0.490.1410.9x11748%
MACD
fast=16, slow=34, signal=13
10.4%-60.9%0.470.1710.9x30550%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=90
10.2%-66.5%0.470.1510.5x8553%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=19
8.8%-59.7%0.460.157.6x19228%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=25, k=2.4
7.9%-60.3%0.450.136.2x12625%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=65, exitN=64
9.2%-71.7%0.440.138.3x4252%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=24, mult=3.8
7.2%-56.9%0.440.135.3x5620%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=54, slow=177
8.7%-67.9%0.430.137.4x3454%
ROC 모멘텀
n=88, threshold=0.12
6.3%-73.5%0.370.094.3x20434%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.36
5.3%-71.8%0.320.073.5x20349%
Buy and hold10.8%-90.4%0.450.1211.7x1100%
1x 10x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -90% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -73.5% (2017-05-04 → 2022-07-29), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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