Forget “Buy Low, Sell High”-This Strategy Did 27% CAGR For 8 Years! | Kushal Lodha #371
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Why 3.0/5? (stars grade the EDGE — per-trade expectancy, consistency, drawdown — not the headline return)
- ✓ A real but modest per-trade edge: +0.08R across 18,099 trades
- ✓ Convex payoff 3.7 — winners far bigger than losers
- ✕ Only 26% of trades win — the rare big winners must keep showing up
- ✕ 4 of 9 tested years were negative (2018, 2019, 2025, 2026) — the edge is regime-dependent
- ✕ Max drawdown -30% on the ₹2L portfolio — the compounded return came with deep pain along the way
Verdict
Auto-backtested. AI-decoded: Dual momentum investing: long when price above 22-day EMA (absolute momentum) AND that asset class has highest 12-month return (relative momentum); rebalance monthly; exit if rank falls below 60th per Ran on 159 large/mid-caps, real costs. 18,099 trades, win 26%, payoff 3.73, expectancy +0.08R/trade (avg +0.29%/trade).
This is a marginal edge. The payoff is convex (winners run well past the average loser). Reasonably consistent (56% of years positive).
Mechanically decoded from the transcript and scored from the metrics. Flagged for human review; a hand-vetted verdict can override it.
🔴 Live forward test (no hindsight — only trades the rules fired AFTER we published this verdict)
Tracking since 2026-08-27 — no qualifying signals have fired yet. The engine re-checks every night on fresh data; results appear here the day the rules trigger.
Is it profitable? (green above the line = made money, red below = lost it)
₹2,00,000 portfolio (max 5 positions, across the stock universe — real delivery costs)
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -9% | -10% | +64% | +46% | -18% | +22% | +5% | -8% | -9% |
Simulated on the 159 large/mid-cap universe. Capital-constrained, daily mark-to-market.
Year by year (every trade the rules fired, across the tested stocks)
| Year | Trades | Win % | Expectancy | Avg return / trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1068 | 24% | -0.07R | -0.73% |
| 2019 | 2342 | 23% | -0.03R | -0.41% |
| 2020 | 2089 | 32% | +0.32R | +2.28% |
| 2021 | 2269 | 28% | +0.16R | +0.78% |
| 2022 | 2290 | 25% | +0.02R | -0.12% |
| 2023 | 2176 | 30% | +0.39R | +1.48% |
| 2024 | 2332 | 24% | +0.01R | -0.16% |
| 2025 | 2528 | 22% | -0.06R | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 1005 | 21% | -0.12R | -0.72% |
Where this strategy made & lost money (the full stock-by-stock breakdown — 158 stocks, incl. 2026)
| # | Stock | Trades | Win% | Avg/trade | Best | Total | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ████████ | 102 | 29% | +5.9% | +173% | +598% | +60% |
| 2 | ████████ | 128 | 27% | +0.1% | +46% | +14% | +41% |
| 3 | ████████ | 106 | 29% | +4.2% | +103% | +449% | +36% |
| 4 | ████████ | 108 | 30% | +4.2% | +154% | +455% | +35% |
| 5 | ████████ | 119 | 24% | +2.9% | +97% | +339% | +34% |
| 6 | ████████ | 99 | 33% | +3.9% | +133% | +383% | +33% |
| 7 | ████████ | 106 | 29% | +1.7% | +68% | +175% | +28% |
| 8 | OFSS free peek | 114 | 21% | +0.7% | +106% | +84% | +27% |
| 9 | ████████ | 35 | 17% | -1.5% | +15% | -51% | +27% |
| 10 | ████████ | 80 | 40% | +3.3% | +58% | +263% | +26% |
| 11 | ████████ | 110 | 29% | +1.7% | +83% | +186% | +25% |
| 12 | ████████ | 104 | 29% | +1.1% | +50% | +115% | +17% |
| 13 | ████████ | 115 | 28% | +0.6% | +43% | +70% | +14% |
| 14 | ████████ | 109 | 27% | +0.1% | +55% | +11% | +14% |
| 15 | ████████ | 117 | 23% | +0.0% | +22% | +6% | +13% |
| 16 | ████████ | 95 | 33% | +1.8% | +48% | +175% | +12% |
| 17 | ████████ | 122 | 27% | +0.7% | +36% | +81% | +12% |
| 18 | ████████ | 101 | 25% | +0.4% | +20% | +44% | +11% |
| 19 | ████████ | 70 | 14% | +0.4% | +65% | +31% | +11% |
| 20 | ████████ | 112 | 29% | +0.6% | +42% | +70% | +9% |
| 21 | ████████ | 62 | 27% | +0.2% | +60% | +13% | -32% |
| 22 | ████████ | 120 | 25% | -0.2% | +33% | -19% | -31% |
| 23 | ████████ | 124 | 24% | +1.1% | +117% | +130% | -29% |
| 24 | ████████ | 129 | 24% | -0.7% | +17% | -94% | -26% |
| 25 | ████████ | 111 | 25% | +0.1% | +46% | +7% | -26% |
| 26 | ████████ | 34 | 29% | +0.9% | +35% | +30% | -26% |
| 27 | ████████ | 132 | 20% | -0.4% | +30% | -57% | -24% |
| 28 | ████████ | 118 | 19% | -0.1% | +55% | -9% | -24% |
| 29 | ████████ | 90 | 36% | +2.9% | +81% | +257% | -24% |
| 30 | ████████ | 121 | 24% | -0.3% | +25% | -35% | -23% |
Educational backtest output only — not investment advice or a recommendation to buy/sell any security. AI-generated from stored historical data; not 100% accurate. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
On the index (same rules applied to NIFTY & BANKNIFTY)
| Index | Trades | Win% | Expectancy (R/trade) | Avg return/trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIFTY | 146 | 28% | +0.10R | -0.03% |
| BANKNIFTY | 148 | 28% | +0.11R | +0.16% |
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