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REC Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of REC Limited. 5 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; ADX / DI 방향성 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 11.6%, MDD -20.0%).

Data 2008-03-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,534 (18.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

5 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 12.1%, drawdown -63.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR 11.6%, MDD -20.0%, Sharpe 0.83, 10% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 20.8%, MDD -52.6%, exposure 51%.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 0.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.3%p (CAGR 11.6%, MDD -20.0%, exposure 10%).

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
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=31
11.6%-20.0%0.830.587.5x1810%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=59, slow=176
20.8%-52.6%0.810.3932.1x2051%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=74, exitN=34
19.1%-37.6%0.800.5124.9x2840%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=31, slow=81
16.9%-53.5%0.690.3117.5x3950%
ROC 모멘텀
n=122, threshold=-0.01
17.1%-58.6%0.690.2918.1x11153%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=53, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.3
12.5%-38.0%0.660.338.7x3824%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2.2
10.9%-42.7%0.570.266.7x5228%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=3.4
11.1%-60.3%0.520.186.9x9550%
MACD
fast=18, slow=49, signal=10
2.7%-56.6%0.240.051.6x24151%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.36
1.4%-67.2%0.190.021.3x38952%
Buy and hold12.1%-63.2%0.490.198.2x1100%
1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성Buy and hold
ADX / DI 방향성 (Sharpe leader), SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -16% -32% -47% -63% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSMA 크로스오버ADX / DI 방향성
ADX / DI 방향성 maximum drawdown -20.0% (2014-07-07 → 2014-07-28), recovered after 1,030 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at both the direction and the strength of the trend; holds only in a strong uptrend.

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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