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RBL Bank Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of RBL Bank Ltd.. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 6.8%, MDD -38.1%).

Data 2016-08-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,452 (9.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 2.3%, drawdown -89.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 15.8%, MDD -44.5%, Sharpe 0.70, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 13.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.5%p (CAGR 6.8%, MDD -38.1%, exposure 26%).

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=19, mult=4.6
15.8%-44.5%0.700.364.3x2348%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=46, exitN=72
15.0%-44.7%0.640.334.0x1755%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.8
12.0%-41.5%0.620.293.1x3235%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=19, slow=27
12.2%-38.6%0.550.313.1x5355%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=23, slow=60
11.8%-50.0%0.540.243.0x4354%
MACD
fast=30, slow=89, signal=22
10.7%-51.4%0.490.212.7x5850%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=19, threshold=15
9.6%-44.4%0.490.222.5x10440%
ROC 모멘텀
n=79, threshold=0.06
9.1%-44.0%0.480.212.4x8744%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=52, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.4
6.8%-38.1%0.460.181.9x2426%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.1
-1.9%-62.1%0.09-0.030.8x16954%
Buy and hold2.3%-89.0%0.280.031.2x1100%
1x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -67% -89% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -44.5% (2020-08-28 → 2021-12-21), recovered after 1,050 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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