Across multi-year historical backtesting on Indian equity heavyweights, standard default ST (10/3 or 12/1.8) produces heavy whipsaws during sideways consolidations. The 3 setups above were statistically identified as top performers:

• 3-Hour ST (18 / 3.3): Achieved 66.7% Win Rate and 3.70 Profit Factor, filtering morning opening volatility spikes while capturing clean multi-day legs.
• 4-Hour ST (18 / 2.9): Achieved 56.7% Win Rate, providing the most reliable medium-term swing momentum signal.
• 1-Day ST (24 / 4.4): Achieved the highest Daily Profit Factor (1.43), acting as the institutional baseline that prevents premature shakeouts on minor pullbacks.