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Welspun Living Limited backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Welspun Living Limited. 8 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 21.7%, MDD -49.0%).

Data 2003-12-04 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 5,630 (22.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

8 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 13.8%, drawdown -90.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 21.7%, MDD -49.0%, Sharpe 0.81, 42% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 7.9%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 41.7%p (CAGR 21.7%, MDD -49.0%, exposure 42%).

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=99, exitN=39
21.7%-49.0%0.810.4486.4x2742%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=75, atrPeriod=22, mult=3.2
20.1%-51.0%0.790.3964.6x4733%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=29, slow=134
20.8%-72.9%0.720.2973.3x4552%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=71, k=1.8
18.4%-61.2%0.710.3046.4x6737%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=31, threshold=19
15.1%-51.3%0.710.2924.5x8123%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=24, slow=148
19.4%-69.2%0.710.2855.9x4548%
ROC 모멘텀
n=106, threshold=0.08
18.7%-60.4%0.710.3148.9x16544%
Supertrend
period=14, mult=3.5
18.2%-61.0%0.660.3044.8x8752%
MACD
fast=24, slow=28, signal=15
13.4%-60.1%0.530.2217.3x26351%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.005, maxStep=0.28
11.1%-62.5%0.480.1810.9x17753%
Buy and hold13.8%-90.7%0.510.1518.8x1100%
1x 10x 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -23% -45% -68% -91% 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -49.0% (2016-06-14 → 2019-02-07), recovered after 1,735 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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