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Britannia Industries Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Britannia Industries Ltd. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is SMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 17.5%, MDD -41.1%).

Data 1996-01-02 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 7,678 (30.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.6%, drawdown -59.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 18.1%, MDD -67.3%, Sharpe 0.85, 62% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 4.5%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by -8.2%p (CAGR 17.5%, MDD -41.1%, exposure 62%).

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
Supertrend
period=20, mult=4.6
18.1%-67.3%0.850.27162.9x6662%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=99
17.5%-41.1%0.800.43138.7x7462%
ROC 모멘텀
n=106, threshold=-0.12
17.3%-71.8%0.760.24132.1x12188%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=163
16.5%-50.0%0.740.33105.5x4271%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=1.3
13.0%-37.2%0.730.3542.0x23947%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=113, exitN=45
12.0%-57.6%0.700.2132.3x4643%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=17, mult=1
11.9%-59.3%0.650.2031.2x22950%
MACD
fast=18, slow=38, signal=23
10.4%-44.5%0.610.2320.5x31150%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
8.1%-65.6%0.480.1210.8x26155%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=12
5.6%-73.6%0.360.085.3x43056%
Buy and hold22.6%-59.1%0.840.38508.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -17% -34% -51% -67% 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -67.3% (1999-04-21 → 2000-06-26), recovered after 2,539 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

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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