The best indicator for Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL)
We backtested 366 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
CCI (100)
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL) over ~30.7 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 0.5% CAGR.
Best multi-indicator combo
Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL) — trailing buy-and-hold by 6.9% 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 | CCI (100) ✓ | Weekly | 8.4% | 0.47 | -53.3% | 41.2% | 17 | -0.5% |
| 2 | SMA 100 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 7.2% | 0.44 | -53.2% | 50.0% | 20 | -1.6% |
| 3 | DeMarker (14) ✓ | Weekly | 7.2% | 0.44 | -46.6% | 46.4% | 69 | -1.6% |
| 4 | Vegas Tunnel ✓ | Daily | 6.7% | 0.43 | -47.9% | 35.3% | 116 | -2.2% |
| 5 | Stochastic Fast (5,3) ✓ | Weekly | 7.2% | 0.43 | -53.7% | 50.7% | 207 | -1.7% |
| 6 | CMO (21) ✓ | Weekly | 7.0% | 0.43 | -63.7% | 39.3% | 56 | -1.9% |
| 7 | Relative Volatility Index ✓ | Weekly | 7.2% | 0.42 | -64.1% | 45.9% | 111 | -1.6% |
| 8 | Supertrend (14,4) ✓ | Weekly | 6.9% | 0.44 | -33.6% | 64.3% | 14 | -2.0% |
| 9 | Negative Volume Index ✓ | Daily | 6.9% | 0.41 | -56.4% | 48.9% | 94 | -2.0% |
| 10 | VIDYA 200 Trend ✓ | Daily | 7.8% | 0.41 | -68.5% | 38.5% | 26 | -1.1% |
| 11 | Chande Kroll Stop ✓ | Weekly | 7.8% | 0.41 | -64.1% | 42.4% | 85 | -1.1% |
| 12 | Twiggs Money Flow ✓ | Weekly | 7.2% | 0.41 | -64.2% | 44.6% | 92 | -1.6% |
| 13 | Donchian Midline ✓ | Weekly | 6.6% | 0.4 | -53.7% | 43.2% | 81 | -2.3% |
| 14 | Williams %R (28) ✓ | Weekly | 6.5% | 0.4 | -65.6% | 40.6% | 64 | -2.3% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL), CCI (100) 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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