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Compare your strategies against the same history.

Build up to three mixes. Every result uses the same investment, start months, holding period, and NIFTY 50 TRI reference.

Build your comparison

Up to 3 strategies

Start with your own mix

Add mutual funds or NSE indices, set the split, then compare every option over identical historical windows.

Or start from a preset

Presets run on real history and can be edited before or after the comparison.

How this worksData sources, rolling windows, and calculation rules.
  1. 01

    You pick the holdings and the amount

    Mutual funds pull their full published NAV history, the daily prices fund houses report to AMFI. NSE indices use the Total Returns Index where available.

  2. 02

    The same investment replays through history

    Every available trading day becomes its own run. If a holding had not launched yet, that window excludes it and rescales the rest of the mix.

  3. 03

    Each window is scored with XIRR

    The standard yearly-return measure for SIPs, where every instalment grows for a different length of time. One-time investments use CAGR.

  4. 04

    Every column is matched by trading day

    Strategies and the NIFTY 50 TRI benchmark are compared over identical trading dates, so no side gets a friendlier era.

Included automatically

The expense ratio: NAVs are published after fund expenses, so every fund return here is already net of it. Dividends, via growth-plan NAVs and the total-returns benchmark.

Not included

Exit loads, capital gains tax, and distributor commissions on regular plans. Real take-home outcomes will be somewhat lower.

data: AMFI-reported NAVs via mfapi.in · NSE index history · benchmark: NIFTY 50 TRI · the analysis runs in your browser; your holdings are not sent to our servers

Questions people askPlain answers about the comparison and its limits.
Is this real data or a simulation?

Every number comes from real published history. Fund houses report NAVs to AMFI daily (read via mfapi.in), and index values come from NSE data. Nothing is estimated or modelled. The tool replays what actually happened, trading day by trading day.

What can I put inside a strategy?

Any mix of mutual funds (all ~16,000 schemes, active and index) and NSE indices, up to 10 holdings per strategy. You can compare up to 3 strategies side by side, and every one is also measured against the NIFTY 50 Total Returns Index.

What is XIRR, and why not a simple percentage?

In a SIP, each monthly instalment stays invested for a different length of time. The first one grows for years, the last one for just a month. XIRR is the standard way to express all of that as one annual return. It is the same measure apps like Groww, Coin and Kuvera show for your own holdings.

What is a window, and why not one return number?

A single return depends entirely on when you started. Pick a lucky start date and any fund looks brilliant. So the tool tests every available trading-day start in the history. Each of those runs is one window, and you see the whole range: typical, best and worst.

How is the comparison kept fair?

Every column in the window table is matched by trading date: your strategies and NIFTY 50 TRI are compared over identical dates only, and window winners need a margin of at least 0.5 percentage points before anyone is crowned. Closer than that is called too close, because it is.

Why is a return here different from Groww / Coin / ET Money?

Three usual reasons. Plan type: direct and regular plans of the same fund have different NAVs. Option: growth and IDCW are tracked separately. Time window: your app shows the return since your first purchase, while this shows returns across many historical windows. Pick the exact plan named on your account statement for a like-for-like comparison.

Does this account for the expense ratio and other costs?

The expense ratio, yes, automatically: NAVs are published after fund expenses are deducted, so every fund return here is already net of it. Not included: exit loads, capital gains tax, and distributor commission differences if you hold regular plans.

Can this predict my future returns?

No, and be wary of anything that claims it can. What this shows is the historical range of outcomes, including what happened to someone who started at the worst possible time. That range is a far more honest guide than a single projected number, but the future can always fall outside the past.

Is my portfolio private?

Yes. The analysis runs entirely in your browser. Your holdings are not sent to our servers. If you sign in, the strategies are saved privately to your account. Share links contain only scheme codes or index symbols, the percentage split, and the amount you typed into the simulator.

Past performance does not guarantee future returns · educational backtest, not investment advice