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Union Bank of India Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Union Bank of India Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -70.0%).

Data 2002-09-24 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,943 (23.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 10.7%, drawdown -94.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 13.6%, MDD -78.9%, Sharpe 0.52, 82% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 2.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 15.6%p (CAGR 9.9%, MDD -70.0%, exposure 56%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=11, exitN=68
13.6%-78.9%0.520.1721.0x7382%
Supertrend
period=10, mult=4.9
10.7%-78.3%0.470.1411.3x6156%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=197
9.9%-70.0%0.450.149.6x3756%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=28, slow=60
9.4%-73.8%0.440.138.6x8755%
ROC 모멘텀
n=113, threshold=-0.01
7.9%-78.8%0.400.106.2x20958%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=15
7.5%-58.3%0.390.135.6x31139%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=12, atrPeriod=18, mult=2
4.6%-52.1%0.340.092.9x10412%
MACD
fast=16, slow=37, signal=12
5.3%-75.0%0.320.073.4x30951%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=17, k=1.5
4.6%-64.7%0.300.073.0x32836%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.12
-0.4%-90.8%0.14-0.000.9x63952%
Buy and hold10.7%-94.5%0.450.1111.5x1100%
1x 10x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -78.9% (2015-08-17 → 2020-02-03), recovered after 3,074 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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