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JSW Steel Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of JSW Steel Limited. 1 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Supertrend (CAGR 27.1%, MDD -47.8%).

Data 2003-05-08 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,782 (23.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

1 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 23.0%, drawdown -87.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 27.1%, MDD -47.8%, Sharpe 0.94, 56% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Supertrend — CAGR is 4.0%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.1%p (CAGR 27.1%, MDD -47.8%, 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
Supertrend
period=13, mult=4.4
27.1%-47.8%0.940.57266.0x6756%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=14, slow=157
20.0%-51.6%0.750.3970.8x4365%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=11, mult=1.2
18.0%-48.2%0.750.3747.2x21941%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=37, exitN=42
20.4%-63.7%0.710.3276.1x5765%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=15, slow=64
17.6%-54.1%0.670.3343.7x9558%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.3
17.7%-53.5%0.670.3344.5x33955%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=29, k=1.1
15.2%-51.4%0.640.3027.0x25346%
MACD
fast=18, slow=37, signal=12
15.9%-55.4%0.640.2931.3x29951%
ROC 모멘텀
n=82, threshold=0.02
15.4%-63.6%0.620.2428.1x23159%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=17, threshold=20
11.8%-59.5%0.570.2013.4x21733%
Buy and hold23.0%-87.8%0.690.26125.1x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -47.8% (2010-01-14 → 2013-09-12), recovered after 1,603 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 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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