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Astra Microwave Products Ltd. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Astra Microwave Products Ltd.. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Keltner 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2004-11-01 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 5,374 (21.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue NSEMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 21.5%, drawdown -88.1%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Keltner 채널 돌파 — CAGR 10.1%, MDD -44.3%, Sharpe 0.60, 14% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: MACD — CAGR 15.3%, MDD -79.6%, exposure 48%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

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=39, atrPeriod=9, mult=3.6
10.1%-44.3%0.600.238.1x3314%
MACD
fast=10, slow=43, signal=12
15.3%-79.6%0.580.1922.0x33448%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=118, exitN=12
9.8%-50.0%0.570.207.6x4316%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=26, k=2.9
9.7%-52.5%0.520.187.5x8019%
ROC 모멘텀
n=29, threshold=-0.03
11.3%-90.5%0.470.1310.3x41561%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=55, slow=69
10.0%-75.8%0.450.137.9x5752%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.14
9.0%-88.5%0.420.106.5x33949%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=33, slow=173
7.8%-76.4%0.390.105.1x4549%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=36, threshold=28
5.0%-42.8%0.390.122.9x2410%
Supertrend
period=23, mult=2
6.8%-89.2%0.360.084.2x23244%
Buy and hold21.5%-88.1%0.650.2469.3x1100%
1x 10x 2005 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% 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023 2026 Buy and holdMACDKeltner 채널 돌파
Keltner 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -44.3% (2005-09-15 → 2014-04-16), recovered after 3,179 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 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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