The best indicator for British Am Tobacco
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real British Am Tobacco history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where British Am Tobacco 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.
Connors RSI
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for British Am Tobacco over ~46.6 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 3.9% CAGR.
British Am Tobacco on the weekly 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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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 | Connors RSI ✓ | Weekly | 11.2% | 0.77 | -28.6% | 71.0% | 107 | -3.9% |
| 2 | Projection Bands ✓ | Daily | 11.1% | 0.66 | -51.5% | 64.9% | 402 | -3.9% |
| 3 | MA Envelope ✓ | Daily | 10.8% | 0.65 | -57.0% | 71.2% | 278 | -4.2% |
| 4 | VWAP Bands ✓ | Daily | 8.8% | 0.63 | -44.2% | 70.9% | 172 | -6.3% |
| 5 | Connors RSI-2 ✓ | Weekly | 8.5% | 0.63 | -43.3% | 76.8% | 99 | -6.5% |
| 6 | Markov Regime ✓ | Daily | 14.8% | 0.62 | -63.6% | 50.0% | 82 | -0.2% |
| 7 | Fibonacci Pivots ✓ | Weekly | 9.5% | 0.62 | -36.9% | 56.3% | 373 | -5.5% |
| 8 | Pivot Points (Standard) ✓ | Weekly | 9.1% | 0.6 | -37.2% | 56.0% | 343 | -6.0% |
| 9 | Connors RSI ✓ | Daily | 9.3% | 0.59 | -39.7% | 63.1% | 520 | -5.7% |
| 10 | SMC: Change of Character ✓ | Weekly | 11.4% | 0.59 | -47.2% | 70.0% | 20 | -3.7% |
| 11 | Trendlines with Breaks ✓ | Weekly | 11.0% | 0.58 | -47.5% | 81.2% | 16 | -4.0% |
| 12 | CCI (200) ✓ | Weekly | 10.9% | 0.57 | -49.7% | 42.1% | 19 | -4.2% |
| 13 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 7.6% | 0.56 | -56.8% | 72.6% | 175 | -7.4% |
| 14 | Keltner Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 7.2% | 0.56 | -59.0% | 76.4% | 157 | -7.8% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
What it would take to beat buy & hold on British Am Tobacco
8 of 715 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on British Am Tobacco outright. Another 166 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 348 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.
| Indicator | Beats B&H unlevered | Leverage needed | Leverage survived |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ehlers Cyber Cycle | 1 | 1.6× | 2.81× |
| Holy Grail Confluence | 1 | none needed | 2.25× |
| Connors RSI | 1 | none needed | 4.53× |
| Center of Gravity | 1 | none needed | 2.73× |
| Chande Forecast Osc. | 1 | none needed | 2.44× |
| Gann HiLo Activator | 1 | none needed | 2.99× |
Out-of-sample, costs included. A setup is only listed if the leverage it needs is less than the leverage its own worst drawdown survives — when it isn't, no amount of leverage gets there. Volatility drag isn't modelled, so these are the optimistic case. Every indicator, ranked this way
For British Am Tobacco, Connors RSI on the weekly timeframe gave the best balance of return and risk in our test. It still trailed buy-and-hold on raw return — 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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