The best indicator for Chewy
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Chewy history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Chewy 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.
Fisher Center-of-Gravity
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Chewy over ~7.3 years — beating buy-and-hold by 30.7% CAGR.
Chewy 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 | Fisher Center-of-Gravity ✓ | Weekly | 22.5% | 0.73 | -28.0% | 50.0% | 32 | 30.7% |
| 2 | Volume Oscillator | Weekly | 13.1% | 0.66 | -29.9% | 66.7% | 15 | 21.4% |
| 3 | Zero-Lag MACD ✓ | Weekly | 18.6% | 0.62 | -42.6% | 58.3% | 24 | 26.9% |
| 4 | Gator Oscillator | Weekly | 7.2% | 0.52 | -24.7% | 36.8% | 19 | 15.4% |
| 5 | Median MA ✓ | Weekly | 12.2% | 0.52 | -49.3% | 46.7% | 15 | 20.4% |
| 6 | Delta Volume (CVD proxy) | Weekly | 12.4% | 0.5 | -48.5% | 40.7% | 27 | 20.6% |
| 7 | Detrended Price Osc. ✓ | Weekly | 12.8% | 0.49 | -57.2% | 55.3% | 38 | 21.0% |
| 8 | Piercing Line ✓ | Daily | 4.5% | 0.48 | -16.2% | 34.6% | 26 | 13.1% |
| 9 | DeMarker | Daily | 11.0% | 0.46 | -54.3% | 69.2% | 26 | 19.6% |
| 10 | Intraday Momentum Index ✓ | Daily | 11.4% | 0.46 | -58.5% | 68.4% | 19 | 20.0% |
| 11 | MACD-V ✓ | Daily | 9.4% | 0.42 | -48.6% | 43.9% | 66 | 18.0% |
| 12 | Hull MA 15/60 Cross ✓ | Daily | 9.6% | 0.42 | -54.6% | 42.0% | 50 | 18.1% |
| 13 | Stochastic Fast (5,3) | Daily | 9.0% | 0.41 | -52.9% | 39.2% | 232 | 17.5% |
| 14 | Accumulation/Distribution | Weekly | 8.7% | 0.41 | -57.7% | 46.2% | 26 | 16.9% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
What it would take to beat buy & hold on Chewy
140 of 342 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Chewy outright. Another 34 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 29 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.
| Indicator | Beats B&H unlevered | Leverage needed | Leverage survived |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detrended Price Osc. | 2 | none needed | 4.75× |
| KDJ | 2 | none needed | 2.25× |
| Stochastic Fast (5,3) | 2 | none needed | 2.39× |
| Perfect Trend Line | 2 | none needed | 2.27× |
| Rainbow MA | 2 | none needed | 2.34× |
| DeMarker (7) | 1 | 1.21× | 2.06× |
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 Chewy, Fisher Center-of-Gravity on the weekly 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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