The best indicator for Dollar General (DG)
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Dollar General (DG) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Dollar General (DG) 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.
Money Flow Index
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Dollar General (DG) over ~16.8 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 1.8% CAGR.
Dollar General (DG) 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 Dollar General (DG) — trailing buy-and-hold by 4.6% 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 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 9.7% | 0.62 | -42.1% | 94.4% | 18 | -1.8% |
| 2 | McGinley 100 Trend ✓ | Daily | 12.3% | 0.59 | -38.6% | 34.1% | 41 | 0.8% |
| 3 | Williams %R (7) ✓ | Weekly | 10.1% | 0.59 | -25.6% | 50.0% | 76 | -1.4% |
| 4 | MBFX Timing ✓ | Weekly | 10.1% | 0.59 | -25.6% | 50.0% | 76 | -1.4% |
| 5 | Supertrend (14,4) ✓ | Daily | 10.1% | 0.58 | -26.6% | 59.5% | 37 | -1.4% |
| 6 | WMA 15/60 Cross ✓ | Daily | 10.2% | 0.58 | -35.7% | 47.1% | 51 | -1.4% |
| 7 | Even Better Sinewave | Weekly | 10.5% | 0.58 | -36.6% | 63.2% | 19 | -1.1% |
| 8 | TEMA 30 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 8.3% | 0.57 | -20.0% | 55.2% | 67 | -3.2% |
| 9 | WMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 9.6% | 0.56 | -39.0% | 49.1% | 53 | -1.9% |
| 10 | Volatility Stop (ATR) ✓ | Weekly | 9.6% | 0.56 | -39.3% | 76.2% | 21 | -2.0% |
| 11 | UT Bot (ATR Trailing) ✓ | Weekly | 9.2% | 0.55 | -25.9% | 52.7% | 55 | -2.3% |
| 12 | Trend Magic ✓ | Weekly | 9.6% | 0.55 | -33.5% | 48.2% | 56 | -2.0% |
| 13 | Disparity Index ✓ | Weekly | 9.5% | 0.54 | -38.3% | 52.6% | 57 | -2.0% |
| 14 | Smoothed Heikin-Ashi ✓ | Weekly | 9.4% | 0.54 | -38.0% | 45.8% | 59 | -2.1% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
The question doesn't apply here. Buy-and-hold on Dollar General (DG) lost money across the out-of-sample window in 552 of 552 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 Dollar General (DG), Money Flow Index on the daily 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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