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Polycab India Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Polycab India Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 41.0%, MDD -32.2%).

Data 2019-04-16 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 1,826 (7.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 43.5%, drawdown -50.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 35.9%, MDD -31.2%, Sharpe 1.38, 64% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 41.0%, MDD -32.2%, exposure 86%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.6%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 18.9%p (CAGR 41.0%, MDD -32.2%, exposure 86%).

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=21, mult=2.6
35.9%-31.2%1.381.159.6x5264%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=16, exitN=70
41.0%-32.2%1.301.2712.6x1386%
MACD
fast=18, slow=59, signal=21
29.6%-32.1%1.280.926.8x5850%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=46, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.8
22.7%-21.4%1.231.064.5x1835%
ROC 모멘텀
n=64, threshold=0.02
31.1%-29.5%1.221.057.4x8667%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=16, threshold=11
29.1%-30.3%1.180.966.6x11261%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=7, slow=29
29.1%-33.4%1.160.876.6x6667%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=1.2
27.2%-23.6%1.151.155.9x6455%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=116
32.7%-50.2%1.070.658.0x979%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.14
15.0%-43.7%0.690.342.8x21159%
Buy and hold43.5%-50.2%1.220.8714.4x1100%
1x 10x 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -13% -25% -38% -50% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -31.2% (2021-10-14 → 2022-03-29), recovered after 642 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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