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eClerx Services Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of eClerx Services Limited. 7 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 25.7%, MDD -35.3%).

Data 2007-12-31 ~ 2026-09-30daily bars 4,624 (18.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-09-30

Results by strategy

7 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.5%, drawdown -83.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 29.1%, MDD -43.3%, Sharpe 0.97, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 10.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.0%p (CAGR 25.7%, MDD -35.3%, exposure 50%).

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=12, mult=4.9
29.1%-43.3%0.970.67119.4x2959%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=86, exitN=51
25.7%-35.3%0.970.7373.2x2550%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=67, atrPeriod=7, mult=1.7
22.0%-47.4%0.870.4641.7x7245%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=107
24.1%-47.1%0.870.5156.9x6160%
ROC 모멘텀
n=70, threshold=0
23.4%-53.0%0.860.4451.9x16558%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=1.1
21.7%-52.0%0.850.4239.4x10047%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=80
21.3%-61.5%0.810.3537.2x7756%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=13
16.2%-68.5%0.670.2416.8x14154%
MACD
fast=16, slow=49, signal=15
10.6%-61.3%0.490.176.6x21450%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.14
5.4%-73.9%0.330.072.7x40652%
Buy and hold18.5%-83.4%0.630.2224.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -21% -42% -63% -83% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -43.3% (2008-01-17 → 2009-03-30), recovered after 494 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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