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Bharti Airtel Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Bharti Airtel Limited. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 17.7%, MDD -30.9%).

Data 2002-07-01 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 6,002 (24.2 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 21.7%, drawdown -56.9%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 20.9%, MDD -50.0%, Sharpe 0.81, 67% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 0.8%p lower than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 6.9%p (CAGR 17.7%, MDD -30.9%, exposure 56%).

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
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=52, exitN=59
20.9%-50.0%0.810.4297.4x3167%
Supertrend
period=27, mult=4.9
17.7%-30.9%0.770.5751.9x4956%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=18, slow=132
18.7%-52.2%0.760.3662.9x5164%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=43, slow=139
19.2%-66.5%0.760.2969.6x3168%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=75, k=1.7
15.9%-43.4%0.750.3735.1x7647%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=50, atrPeriod=23, mult=2.6
11.3%-51.7%0.610.2213.2x8035%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=39, threshold=11
12.1%-60.9%0.600.2015.8x18645%
ROC 모멘텀
n=95, threshold=0
13.2%-69.6%0.590.1920.1x20765%
MACD
fast=38, slow=59, signal=39
9.8%-79.7%0.500.129.5x13753%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.34
3.4%-76.5%0.260.042.2x34054%
Buy and hold21.7%-56.9%0.740.38115.0x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -14% -28% -43% -57% 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -50.0% (2007-10-15 → 2014-05-08), recovered after 4,473 days.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

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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