The best indicator for Charles River Laboratories (CRL)
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Charles River Laboratories (CRL) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Charles River Laboratories (CRL) 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.
Morning Star
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Charles River Laboratories (CRL) over ~26.2 years — beating buy-and-hold by 0.2% CAGR.
Charles River Laboratories (CRL) 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 Charles River Laboratories (CRL) — trailing buy-and-hold by 1.3% 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 | Morning Star ✓ | Daily | 10.6% | 0.75 | -21.2% | 56.4% | 241 | 0.2% |
| 2 | Hammer ✓ | Daily | 6.8% | 0.65 | -32.4% | 63.3% | 147 | -3.6% |
| 3 | Delta Volume (CVD proxy) ✓ | Weekly | 11.7% | 0.56 | -59.6% | 56.5% | 62 | 1.3% |
| 4 | True Strength Index ✓ | Weekly | 9.5% | 0.52 | -46.3% | 54.5% | 55 | -0.8% |
| 5 | Chande-Kroll Stop (fast) ✓ | Daily | 11.2% | 0.51 | -52.4% | 42.0% | 431 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Ehlers Cyber Cycle ✓ | Weekly | 9.2% | 0.49 | -53.7% | 51.4% | 142 | -1.2% |
| 7 | MA Envelope ✓ | Weekly | 9.5% | 0.49 | -65.1% | 72.3% | 65 | -0.9% |
| 8 | MACD-V ✓ | Weekly | 8.6% | 0.49 | -46.5% | 45.3% | 53 | -1.7% |
| 9 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 8.5% | 0.48 | -76.2% | 77.3% | 128 | -1.9% |
| 10 | Deviation-Scaled MA ✓ | Daily | 9.4% | 0.48 | -55.0% | 45.3% | 697 | -1.0% |
| 11 | Pascal's Weighted MA ✓ | Daily | 7.8% | 0.48 | -41.5% | 46.8% | 346 | -2.6% |
| 12 | Camarilla Pivots ✓ | Weekly | 9.4% | 0.48 | -60.7% | 57.3% | 267 | -1.0% |
| 13 | KAMA 200 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 9.5% | 0.47 | -46.3% | 47.6% | 21 | -0.9% |
| 14 | SMC: Liquidity Sweep ✓ | Weekly | 8.1% | 0.46 | -57.3% | 80.0% | 15 | -2.3% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
What it would take to beat buy & hold on Charles River Laboratories (CRL)
99 of 644 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Charles River Laboratories (CRL) outright. Another 63 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 123 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 | 1.8× |
| Ehlers Cyber Cycle | 2 | none needed | 1.98× |
| Zero-Lag MACD | 2 | none needed | 1.75× |
| Fisher Center-of-Gravity | 2 | none needed | 3.36× |
| Stochastic Fast (5,3) | 2 | none needed | 2.16× |
| LSMA 200 Trend | 2 | none needed | 2.91× |
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 Charles River Laboratories (CRL), Morning Star 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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