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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; Donchian 채널 돌파 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 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,226 (9.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.2%, drawdown -83.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.3%, MDD -33.4%, Sharpe 0.71, 53% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 10.2%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 49.8%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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=60, exitN=44
16.3%-33.4%0.710.493.9x1553%
MACD
fast=13, slow=22, signal=18
15.8%-46.1%0.700.343.7x12647%
ROC 모멘텀
n=60, threshold=0.05
14.5%-32.0%0.670.453.4x7144%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=127
14.7%-38.4%0.650.383.4x1554%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=212
14.0%-34.0%0.630.413.3x1756%
Supertrend
period=17, mult=4.8
12.8%-50.5%0.560.252.9x2364%
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
6.2%-31.2%0.380.201.7x6041%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.04, maxStep=0.1
5.2%-53.4%0.330.101.6x20150%
Buy and hold6.2%-83.2%0.350.071.7x1100%
1x 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -62% -83% 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -33.4% (2021-03-10 → 2022-09-26), recovered after 768 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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