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Motilal Oswal NASDAQ 100 ETF Exchange Traded Fund Units backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Motilal Oswal NASDAQ 100 ETF Exchange Traded Fund Units. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2011-03-29 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 3,784 (15.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 24.9%, drawdown -90.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.1%, MDD -28.5%, Sharpe 0.96, 68% exposure.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=3.4
16.1%-28.5%0.960.569.8x4668%
MACD
fast=52, slow=100, signal=18
14.0%-29.9%0.890.477.5x8256%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=55
12.5%-39.9%0.730.316.1x6271%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=46, exitN=26
9.4%-22.5%0.690.424.0x3844%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=39, k=1.7
9.5%-37.3%0.680.254.0x9452%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=39, atrPeriod=30, mult=1.6
8.7%-26.9%0.650.323.6x7246%
ROC 모멘텀
n=121, threshold=-0.09
5.4%-92.2%0.540.062.3x3190%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=57, slow=106
3.7%-90.4%0.490.041.8x1584%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=49, threshold=5
2.6%-91.9%0.450.031.5x7085%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.36
-3.2%-91.7%0.26-0.030.6x24456%
Buy and hold24.9%-90.3%0.340.2830.4x1100%
1x 10x 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -90% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -28.5% (2024-12-27 → 2025-03-03), recovered after 483 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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