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eClerx Services Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of eClerx Services Limited. 6 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 29.4%, MDD -43.3%).

Data 2007-12-31 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,585 (18.6 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

6 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 18.8%, drawdown -83.4%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 29.4%, MDD -43.3%, Sharpe 0.98, 58% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 10.6%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.0%p (CAGR 29.4%, MDD -43.3%, 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=12, mult=4.9
29.4%-43.3%0.980.68121.0x2958%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=51, exitN=38
25.2%-43.8%0.960.5764.9x3748%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=25, slow=50
24.0%-59.5%0.880.4054.2x6155%
ROC 모멘텀
n=67, threshold=0.01
23.4%-50.0%0.860.4749.5x16755%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=79, atrPeriod=23, mult=1.6
21.3%-45.2%0.840.4736.3x7347%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=84
21.5%-55.1%0.820.3937.2x8155%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=29, threshold=9
17.5%-72.3%0.690.2420.1x18963%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=48, k=1.6
15.2%-44.5%0.680.3413.9x9940%
MACD
fast=19, slow=46, signal=19
11.2%-58.1%0.510.197.2x18751%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.14
5.6%-73.9%0.330.082.7x40252%
Buy and hold18.8%-83.4%0.630.2324.6x1100%
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% -21% -42% -63% -83% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -43.3% (2008-01-17 → 2009-03-30), recovered after 494 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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