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Astral Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Astral Limited. 2 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is ADX / DI 방향성 (CAGR 35.0%, MDD -39.3%).

Data 2007-03-20 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,801 (19.4 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

2 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 34.5%, drawdown -86.2%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 37.6%, MDD -42.8%, Sharpe 1.23, 61% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: ADX / DI 방향성 — CAGR is 3.1%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 43.4%p (CAGR 35.0%, MDD -39.3%, exposure 55%).

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=18, mult=2.4
37.6%-42.8%1.230.88496.3x11161%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=35, threshold=13
35.0%-39.3%1.190.89341.6x10255%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=33
34.0%-38.1%1.120.89298.1x7567%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.02
32.6%-36.0%1.110.90240.5x11561%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=11, slow=70
32.7%-37.1%1.100.88245.6x8365%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=43, exitN=55
34.2%-56.6%1.080.60304.2x3573%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=30, k=1.1
26.7%-34.7%1.000.77100.3x18352%
ROC 모멘텀
n=99, threshold=-0.04
30.2%-50.7%0.980.60168.5x13276%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=54, atrPeriod=19, mult=1.2
24.3%-46.7%0.920.5268.6x12556%
MACD
fast=11, slow=31, signal=10
19.0%-45.0%0.750.4229.3x31950%
Buy and hold34.5%-86.2%0.950.40319.4x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -43% -65% -86% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -42.8% (2023-06-13 → 2026-07-23), 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 carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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