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ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 21.0%, MDD -42.1%).

Data 2002-08-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,951 (24.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.6%, drawdown -98.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 25.1%, MDD -43.5%, Sharpe 0.98, 65% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 13.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 55.2%p (CAGR 21.0%, MDD -42.1%, exposure 64%).

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=12, mult=4.1
25.1%-43.5%0.980.58213.6x5465%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=117
21.0%-42.1%0.850.5096.2x5264%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=50, slow=85
19.1%-52.0%0.800.3765.3x4265%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=75, exitN=30
17.0%-54.2%0.790.3143.3x4847%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=-0.01
18.7%-57.8%0.770.3260.6x15268%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=54, k=2
16.2%-42.9%0.760.3836.2x10644%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=32, threshold=24
13.6%-47.1%0.760.2921.4x6929%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=48, atrPeriod=20, mult=1.3
15.5%-62.8%0.730.2531.6x14447%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.16
8.1%-71.6%0.440.116.5x18457%
MACD
fast=11, slow=55, signal=17
2.2%-85.2%0.250.031.7x31250%
Buy and hold11.6%-98.8%0.510.1213.8x1100%
0.1 1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -49% -74% -99% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -43.5% (2006-12-29 → 2009-04-13), recovered after 888 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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