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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 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 7,699 (30.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 22.4%, drawdown -59.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 17.8%, MDD -67.3%, Sharpe 0.84, 62% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: SMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 4.6%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
17.8%-67.3%0.840.27153.8x6762%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=99
17.5%-41.1%0.800.42138.7x7462%
ROC 모멘텀
n=106, threshold=-0.12
17.1%-71.8%0.750.24128.0x12188%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=163
16.4%-50.0%0.730.33105.5x4270%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=35, k=1.3
12.9%-37.2%0.730.3541.4x24047%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=113, exitN=45
12.0%-57.6%0.700.2132.3x4643%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=44, atrPeriod=17, mult=1
11.8%-59.3%0.640.2030.8x23050%
MACD
fast=18, slow=38, signal=23
10.3%-44.5%0.600.2320.0x31250%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.22
8.0%-65.6%0.480.1210.6x26255%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=12
5.6%-73.6%0.360.085.3x43056%
Buy and hold22.4%-59.1%0.840.38492.8x1100%
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 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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