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JSW Steel Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of JSW Steel Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 27.0%, MDD -47.8%).

Data 2003-05-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,761 (23.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.0%, drawdown -87.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 27.0%, MDD -47.8%, Sharpe 0.94, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 4.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.1%p (CAGR 27.0%, MDD -47.8%, exposure 55%).

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=13, mult=4.4
27.0%-47.8%0.940.57258.3x6755%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=11, mult=1.2
18.3%-48.2%0.750.3849.5x21641%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=157
20.0%-51.6%0.750.3968.8x4365%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=37, exitN=42
20.6%-63.7%0.720.3277.8x5665%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=64
17.7%-54.1%0.680.3343.9x9458%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.3
17.9%-53.3%0.680.3445.8x33755%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=1.1
15.1%-51.4%0.640.2926.3x25346%
MACD
fast=18, slow=37, signal=12
15.8%-55.4%0.630.2930.4x29951%
ROC 모멘텀
n=82, threshold=0.02
15.6%-63.6%0.620.2528.8x22959%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=20
11.8%-59.5%0.570.2013.4x21633%
Buy and hold23.0%-87.8%0.690.26121.5x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -47.8% (2010-01-14 → 2013-09-12), recovered after 1,603 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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