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Birlasoft Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Birlasoft Limited. 9 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 18.4%, MDD -36.5%).

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 6,024 (24.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

9 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 17.6%, drawdown -88.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 27.1%, MDD -43.8%, Sharpe 0.88, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 9.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.7%p (CAGR 18.4%, MDD -36.5%, exposure 30%).

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=22, mult=2.9
27.1%-43.8%0.880.62335.5x12052%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=6, slow=124
25.4%-40.4%0.840.63241.4x8454%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=12
24.2%-53.3%0.830.45192.5x14849%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=87
24.9%-57.7%0.820.43219.1x12855%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=63, atrPeriod=29, mult=4
18.4%-36.5%0.790.5160.5x4230%
ROC 모멘텀
n=83, threshold=0.08
19.8%-47.2%0.740.4280.7x20845%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=85, exitN=26
18.4%-40.3%0.740.4659.7x5036%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=1.1
18.6%-62.2%0.690.3062.2x15846%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
18.3%-57.8%0.670.3259.2x18052%
MACD
fast=18, slow=55, signal=19
11.4%-67.8%0.490.1713.7x23851%
Buy and hold17.6%-88.5%0.580.2050.6x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -43.8% (2014-01-22 → 2014-11-25), recovered after 692 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 120 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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