SuperTrend Backtester

Script from: TradingViewSwingTrend following

The SuperTrend Backtester is a script tailored to evaluate the Super Trend indicator's historical performance. It allows traders to specify their own periods and to set unique profit targets and stop-loss thresholds, hence enabling a personalized assessment of potential trading strategies.

Audit verdict

Not rankedUpdated Jul 28, 2026

No reliable edge found

Its average result can't be told apart from chance, so it stays out of our rankings. The script itself passed our repainting audit.

741backtests3 markets

34robust scoreranked median 52

0.33p-valueranked median 0.24

2/89pass quality gatebacktests >15 trades

Audit details

How we decide whether a strategy enters our rankings. Read the methodology →

✓

Repainting audit

8 of 8 checks passed.

✓

Script availability

Open-source, still published on TradingView.

Statistical edge

Average t-statistic 1.32 (p = 0.33), below the median of 1.98 (p = 0.24) for ranked strategies.

✓

Quality gate

2 of 89 backtests with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate.

Robust score

34/100, below the median of 52 for ranked strategies.

How its evidence compares

The t-statistic measures how far the average result sits from zero relative to its noise. Below about 2, it is within what random entries produce.

1.32

avg. t-statistic

1.98

median, ranked strategies

Best 5 of 741 backtests

Shown for transparency.

Symbol	Timeframe	Net profit	Profit factor	Trades	Max drawdown
Carnival Corporation NYSE:CCL	2H	+721%	1.14	248	64%
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. NYSE:NCLH	1H	+463%	1.08	437	69%
Peloton Interactive, Inc. NASDAQ:PTON	2H	+408%	1.23	218	57%
Newmont Corporation NYSE:NEM	1H	+381%	1.23	410	37%
The AES Corporation NYSE:AES	1H	+312%	1.08	390	74%

⚠Selected after the fact: these are the best 5 of 741 runs, not what to expect from this strategy.

Is SuperTrend Backtester profitable?

Not reliably, based on our tests. Across 741 backtests, 2 of 89 with more than 15 trades pass our quality gate. The best result is +721% on Carnival Corporation (2H, 248 trades). On average, its results are statistically indistinguishable from chance (p = 0.33).

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