The best indicator for Cardano (ADA)
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Cardano (ADA) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Cardano (ADA) stands
Computed from our own daily OHLCV history, not quoted from a third party. Moving averages use closing prices; "52-week" is the last 252 trading sessions.
Elder Ray (Bull/Bear Power)
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Cardano (ADA) over ~12.9 years — beating buy-and-hold by 62.0% CAGR.
Cardano (ADA) on the daily chart
The timeframe our backtest found best for this asset. The chart is live market data; the results above are hypothetical and historical.
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Best multi-indicator combo
Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Cardano (ADA) — beating buy-and-hold by 8.6% CAGR, out-of-sample. Fewer, higher-conviction trades than any single indicator.
The winner on each chart
Every indicator, ranked
Ranked by Sharpe (risk-adjusted return). Hypothetical, fees included.
| # | Indicator | TF | CAGR | Sharpe | Max DD | Win | Trades | vs B&H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elder Ray (Bull/Bear Power) ✓ | Daily | 79.2% | 1.08 | -54.5% | 39.9% | 188 | 62.0% |
| 2 | Regularized EMA ✓ | Daily | 76.1% | 1.04 | -79.4% | 39.5% | 185 | 58.8% |
| 3 | Adaptive Supertrend ✓ | Daily | 72.9% | 1.01 | -76.9% | 31.7% | 82 | 55.7% |
| 4 | TRIMA 30 Trend ✓ | Daily | 57.9% | 1.0 | -62.1% | 41.6% | 77 | 40.7% |
| 5 | MAMA / FAMA | Daily | 70.9% | 0.99 | -75.9% | 40.0% | 55 | 53.6% |
| 6 | Williams %R (21) | Daily | 59.9% | 0.99 | -84.4% | 36.2% | 149 | 42.7% |
| 7 | Chop Zone (EMA-34 angle) ✓ | Daily | 47.5% | 0.99 | -48.9% | 42.0% | 50 | 30.3% |
| 8 | Geometric MA ✓ | Daily | 57.5% | 0.98 | -78.0% | 40.7% | 135 | 40.3% |
| 9 | KAMA 30 Trend ✓ | Daily | 68.2% | 0.98 | -71.0% | 40.8% | 125 | 51.0% |
| 10 | Elder Bull Power ✓ | Daily | 67.4% | 0.97 | -77.7% | 38.8% | 237 | 50.2% |
| 11 | PMax ✓ | Daily | 66.2% | 0.96 | -75.2% | 47.1% | 17 | 49.0% |
| 12 | Stochastic Fast (5,3) ✓ | Daily | 67.3% | 0.96 | -75.9% | 45.8% | 417 | 50.1% |
| 13 | Heikin-Ashi + EMA ✓ | Daily | 56.1% | 0.96 | -71.8% | 34.4% | 131 | 38.9% |
| 14 | FRAMA 200 Trend ✓ | Daily | 47.9% | 0.96 | -62.1% | 44.2% | 285 | 30.7% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
The question doesn't apply here. Buy-and-hold on Cardano (ADA) lost money across the out-of-sample window in 1157 of 1157 tests, so there is no positive benchmark to lever toward — clearing a negative bar is a much weaker claim than beating a real one, and we keep the two apart rather than counting it as a win. How we compute that
For Cardano (ADA), Elder Ray (Bull/Bear Power) on the daily timeframe gave the best balance of return and risk in our test. It beat buy-and-hold — but remember: this is a hypothetical backtest of a standard rule, not a recommendation. Markets change. See the methodology and disclaimer.
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