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Lloyds Engineering Works Ltd backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Lloyds Engineering Works Ltd. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 47.6%, MDD -41.6%).

Data 2016-07-20 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 2,481 (10.0 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 43.8%, drawdown -92.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 77.7%, MDD -65.6%, Sharpe 1.55, 37% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 33.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 26.5%p (CAGR 47.6%, MDD -41.6%, exposure 25%).

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=1.5
77.7%-65.6%1.551.18319.4x14737%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=111, exitN=11
39.3%-39.0%1.351.0127.7x3015%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.045, maxStep=0.3
66.5%-52.9%1.311.26166.4x27645%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=14, atrPeriod=14, mult=1.4
47.6%-41.6%1.291.1449.7x9025%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=4, slow=145
55.1%-65.4%1.200.8481.5x2950%
ROC 모멘텀
n=143, threshold=0.05
53.1%-64.1%1.160.8371.5x6949%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=21, threshold=11
54.5%-62.9%1.100.8778.6x14750%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=36, slow=212
46.9%-70.9%1.080.6647.4x1351%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=12, k=1.8
37.0%-54.8%1.040.6823.5x14026%
MACD
fast=18, slow=44, signal=24
45.7%-81.0%0.970.5643.5x8851%
Buy and hold43.8%-92.1%0.870.4838.2x1100%
1x 10x 100x 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -46% -69% -92% 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -65.6% (2018-10-16 → 2020-04-21), recovered after 624 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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