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Varroc Engineering Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Varroc Engineering Limited. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 11.2%, MDD -28.8%).

Data 2018-07-09 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,992 (8.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -5.2%, drawdown -89.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 19.6%, MDD -36.0%, Sharpe 0.71, 55% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 24.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 53.2%p (CAGR 11.2%, MDD -28.8%, exposure 20%).

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=11, mult=3.5
19.6%-36.0%0.710.554.2x2755%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=25
15.3%-36.4%0.610.423.2x6348%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=22
11.2%-28.8%0.610.392.4x2020%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=12, slow=48
13.4%-41.5%0.560.322.7x4348%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=45, k=1.4
11.9%-36.2%0.550.332.5x4338%
MACD
fast=13, slow=36, signal=13
11.4%-52.5%0.500.222.4x10049%
ROC 모멘텀
n=79, threshold=0.17
9.3%-35.2%0.490.262.0x4926%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=49, atrPeriod=18, mult=1
8.9%-33.3%0.450.272.0x4736%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=59, exitN=33
7.6%-51.5%0.410.151.8x1935%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.38
3.8%-50.0%0.280.081.3x10549%
Buy and hold-5.2%-89.2%0.10-0.060.6x1100%
1x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -45% -67% -89% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -36.0% (2024-06-18 → 2025-04-09), recovered after 455 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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