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General Insurance Corporation of India backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of General Insurance Corporation of India. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 8.4%, MDD -27.1%).

Data 2017-10-25 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,169 (8.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -2.4%, drawdown -80.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 8.4%, MDD -27.1%, Sharpe 0.45, 18% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.1%, MDD -40.8%, exposure 40%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 10.8%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.4%p (CAGR 8.4%, MDD -27.1%, exposure 18%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=57, atrPeriod=15, mult=3.5
8.4%-27.1%0.450.312.0x1018%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=47, exitN=39
9.1%-40.8%0.430.222.1x1440%
MACD
fast=19, slow=35, signal=14
8.5%-43.6%0.420.202.0x10348%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=22, threshold=31
5.9%-29.4%0.380.201.6x1212%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=2.6
6.1%-39.5%0.360.151.7x2221%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=110
5.7%-51.6%0.330.111.6x3042%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=60, slow=210
5.1%-53.4%0.320.101.5x1044%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=5
1.5%-54.6%0.220.031.1x2061%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
1.9%-53.6%0.210.041.2x6644%
ROC 모멘텀
n=102, threshold=0.12
1.6%-42.2%0.200.041.2x4827%
Buy and hold-2.4%-80.5%0.15-0.030.8x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -20% -40% -60% -80% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파Keltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -27.1% (2023-01-04 → 2023-05-09), recovered after 254 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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