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UltraTech Cement Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of UltraTech Cement Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -35.2%).

Data 2002-08-12 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,951 (24.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 16.4%, drawdown -79.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 16.5%, MDD -35.2%, Sharpe 0.79, 59% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 44.1%p (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -35.2%, exposure 59%).

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=26, mult=3.1
16.5%-35.2%0.790.4739.1x12359%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=54, exitN=26
14.0%-42.3%0.750.3323.0x7048%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=78
15.8%-56.3%0.740.2833.9x7561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=62
14.5%-52.5%0.690.2825.9x6365%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=53, k=2.1
11.3%-35.2%0.660.3213.1x9338%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=20
10.9%-43.6%0.660.2512.0x19834%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=9, mult=2.1
12.0%-35.5%0.660.3415.0x9748%
ROC 모멘텀
n=88, threshold=0.03
12.2%-54.1%0.620.2315.9x21558%
MACD
fast=13, slow=59, signal=19
9.3%-78.2%0.530.128.4x24351%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.18
4.6%-82.8%0.360.063.0x20954%
Buy and hold16.4%-79.3%0.660.2138.3x1100%
1x 10x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -20% -40% -60% -79% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -35.2% (2024-08-01 → 2026-07-08), prior peak not yet recovered.

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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