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Welspun Corp Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Welspun Corp Limited. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR 21.7%, MDD -70.8%).

Data 2000-06-23 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 6,508 (26.1 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 21.6%, drawdown -94.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 30.2%, MDD -73.2%, Sharpe 0.80, 60% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR is 8.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 21.4%p (CAGR 21.7%, MDD -70.8%, exposure 58%).

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=13, mult=4.8
30.2%-73.2%0.800.41987.7x6960%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=41, slow=90
23.0%-79.4%0.720.29222.2x6555%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=39, exitN=32
21.8%-78.8%0.690.28171.5x7754%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=34
21.7%-70.8%0.670.31167.1x9758%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=37, threshold=12
19.2%-73.2%0.650.2697.9x16745%
ROC 모멘텀
n=147, threshold=0.05
18.3%-71.2%0.630.2681.1x16953%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=49, k=2
15.3%-80.8%0.580.1941.5x10538%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=51, atrPeriod=28, mult=2.1
12.4%-83.5%0.510.1521.1x12538%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.3
12.2%-81.5%0.480.1520.3x40551%
MACD
fast=10, slow=47, signal=7
9.9%-68.4%0.440.1411.6x50849%
Buy and hold21.6%-94.7%0.630.23164.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 1,000x 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -24% -47% -71% -95% 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -73.2% (2001-07-17 → 2003-05-08), recovered after 805 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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