Lost money after costs, 103.9 points behind buy and hold.
MACD signal cross · NIFTY 50 stocks
It returned −32.0% in total over the test, after costs; buying and holding over the same period returned +71.8%, 103.9 points more. It lost money after costs over the period. Its checks still ran and are shown below for reference: with no gain, a passed check doesn't point to an edge.
The rules: Enters when the MACD line (12, 26) crosses above its 9-day signal line while the price is above its 200-day average; leaves when the MACD line crosses back below the signal line.
StratLab ran these rules through its own backtest on every stock in the group, after costs, and through four checks: unseen years, nearby settings, a bad-luck drawdown and enough trades. The page shows the return beside buy and hold and the result of each check. A verdict describes the past, not what comes next, and nothing here is investment advice.