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Varun Beverages Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Varun Beverages Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 31.4%, MDD -32.0%).

Data 2016-11-08 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,408 (9.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 33.1%, drawdown -43.3%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 31.4%, MDD -32.0%, Sharpe 1.07, 81% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 1.7%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 11.3%p (CAGR 31.4%, MDD -32.0%, exposure 81%).

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=21, mult=5
31.4%-32.0%1.070.9814.2x1281%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=202
30.6%-37.7%1.040.8113.4x676%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=101, exitN=60
30.5%-37.7%1.030.8113.3x678%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=53, slow=238
30.2%-37.7%1.020.8013.1x774%
ROC 모멘텀
n=144, threshold=-0.03
27.7%-41.6%0.960.6710.8x4679%
MACD
fast=25, slow=53, signal=37
17.9%-36.3%0.820.495.0x6249%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=14
16.0%-24.0%0.770.674.2x5245%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=11, mult=2
11.1%-31.9%0.560.352.8x4850%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=58, k=3.2
9.0%-26.3%0.550.342.3x2432%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.34
9.9%-36.5%0.500.272.5x15353%
Buy and hold33.1%-43.3%1.010.7616.2x1100%
1x 10x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -11% -22% -32% -43% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -32.0% (2024-07-29 → 2026-02-05), 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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