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Lloyds Engineering Works Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Lloyds Engineering Works Ltd. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 47.1%, MDD -41.6%).

Data 2016-07-20 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,502 (10.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 43.0%, drawdown -92.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 77.0%, MDD -65.6%, Sharpe 1.54, 38% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 34.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.5%p (CAGR 47.1%, MDD -41.6%, exposure 24%).

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=18, mult=1.5
77.0%-65.6%1.541.17322.8x14838%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=111, exitN=11
37.3%-39.0%1.300.9624.7x3216%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.3
65.2%-52.9%1.291.23160.0x27845%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.4
47.1%-41.6%1.281.1349.7x9024%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=145
54.1%-65.4%1.190.8379.5x2951%
ROC 모멘텀
n=143, threshold=0.05
52.1%-64.1%1.150.8169.7x6950%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=11
53.6%-62.9%1.090.8576.9x14850%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=212
46.1%-70.9%1.070.6546.3x1352%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=1.8
35.7%-54.8%1.010.6521.9x14226%
MACD
fast=18, slow=44, signal=24
45.2%-81.0%0.960.5643.5x8850%
Buy and hold43.0%-92.1%0.860.4737.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -65.6% (2018-10-16 → 2020-04-21), recovered after 624 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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