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Aster DM Quality Care Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Aster DM Quality Care Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 15.6%, MDD -29.1%).

Data 2018-02-26 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,084 (8.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 19.6%, drawdown -56.5%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 20.5%, MDD -53.2%, Sharpe 0.77, 64% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 0.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 3.3%p (CAGR 15.6%, MDD -29.1%, 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=11, mult=2.6
20.5%-53.2%0.770.384.8x3964%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=9, slow=53
16.1%-45.0%0.660.363.5x3360%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=54, exitN=59
15.6%-29.1%0.650.543.4x1558%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=13, slow=35
15.0%-52.2%0.620.293.2x4360%
ROC 모멘텀
n=44, threshold=-0.02
13.9%-58.4%0.580.243.0x11165%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=23, threshold=8
12.7%-42.8%0.550.302.7x9165%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=3.3
7.3%-19.1%0.520.391.8x1420%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=55, atrPeriod=26, mult=2.7
8.6%-30.0%0.470.282.0x2540%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.24
6.2%-51.1%0.360.121.7x6358%
MACD
fast=11, slow=18, signal=13
-5.3%-51.7%-0.07-0.100.6x17648%
Buy and hold19.6%-56.5%0.660.354.5x1100%
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% -14% -28% -42% -56% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -53.2% (2021-09-14 → 2023-03-01), recovered after 884 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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