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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Keltner 채널 돌파 (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -42.3%).

Data 2007-09-11 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 4,660 (18.9 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 8.1%, drawdown -88.0%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 16.5%, MDD -42.3%, Sharpe 0.70, 34% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: MACD — CAGR 18.2%, MDD -48.5%, exposure 51%.

Return/drawdown alternative: Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 8.4%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 45.7%p (CAGR 16.5%, MDD -42.3%, exposure 34%).

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
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=22, atrPeriod=28, mult=1.2
16.5%-42.3%0.700.3917.8x16234%
MACD
fast=13, slow=42, signal=18
18.2%-48.5%0.690.3723.4x20251%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=34, threshold=41
6.2%-21.7%0.610.293.1x65%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=8, slow=108
12.6%-82.1%0.570.159.4x6151%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=59, k=1.2
11.7%-75.6%0.550.168.1x9042%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=15, exitN=37
12.9%-81.0%0.550.169.8x6166%
Supertrend
period=29, mult=5
11.9%-78.2%0.550.158.3x4046%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=32, slow=46
10.9%-82.2%0.520.137.1x5753%
ROC 모멘텀
n=21, threshold=-0.03
9.1%-83.8%0.470.115.2x36263%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.02, maxStep=0.24
7.5%-64.7%0.390.123.9x37850%
Buy and hold8.1%-88.0%0.440.094.4x1100%
1x 10x 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 MACDKeltner 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Keltner 채널 돌파 (Sharpe leader), MACD (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdMACDKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -42.3% (2009-06-05 → 2011-10-24), recovered after 1,763 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Breaking above the channel top (average plus a multiple of volatility) signals an upside breakout.

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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