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Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Aditya Birla Capital Ltd.. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; MACD ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 6.0%, MDD -26.0%).

Data 2017-09-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,205 (8.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.1%, drawdown -83.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): MACD — CAGR 16.5%, MDD -46.1%, Sharpe 0.73, 48% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 10.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 37.1%p (CAGR 6.0%, MDD -26.0%, exposure 19%).

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
MACD
fast=13, slow=22, signal=18
16.5%-46.1%0.730.363.9x12448%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=60, exitN=44
16.3%-33.4%0.710.493.9x1552%
ROC 모멘텀
n=60, threshold=0.05
14.5%-32.0%0.670.453.3x7144%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=127
14.6%-38.4%0.650.383.4x1554%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=212
14.0%-34.0%0.630.413.2x1756%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.8
12.7%-50.5%0.560.252.9x2363%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=13, atrPeriod=25, mult=2.3
5.1%-23.3%0.440.221.6x3213%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=17
6.0%-26.0%0.430.231.7x3219%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=40, k=1.3
6.5%-31.2%0.390.211.7x5941%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.1
5.4%-53.4%0.340.101.6x19850%
Buy and hold6.1%-83.2%0.350.071.7x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 MACDBuy and hold
MACD: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -62% -83% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdMACD
MACD maximum drawdown -46.1% (2022-12-08 → 2025-02-12), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Looks at the gap (MACD) between a short and long average crossing its own signal line.

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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