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The best indicator for Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL)

We backtested 382 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.

Signaling LONG right now — CCI (100) (Weekly) has been long for 7 bars. Signal computed on 2026-09-07, 2 days behind the price data on this page (it is rebuilt on a separate schedule).
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Key levels · as of 2026-09-09

Where Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL) stands

98.77
last daily close (2026-09-09)
91.75
200-day simple moving average price 7.7% above
89.05
50-day simple moving average price 10.9% above
66.74–118.37
52-week range

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.

Trend · Weekly

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.

8.4%
CAGR
0.47
Sharpe
-53.3%
Max DD
41.2%
Win rate
5.78
Profit factor
-0.5%
vs Buy&Hold
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Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL) 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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Confluence · Daily

Best multi-indicator combo

EMA 20/50 CrossDeMarker

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.

2.0%
CAGR
0.26
Sharpe
59.7%
Win rate
67
Trades
-6.9%
vs Buy&Hold
Best by timeframe

The winner on each chart

Weekly
CCI (100)
-0.5% · Sharpe 0.47
Daily
Vegas Tunnel
-2.2% · Sharpe 0.43
Full results

Every indicator, ranked

Ranked by Sharpe (risk-adjusted return). Hypothetical, fees included.

#IndicatorTFCAGRSharpeMax DDWinTradesvs B&H
1CCI (100) Weekly8.4%0.47-53.3%41.2%17-0.5%
2SMA 100 Trend Weekly7.2%0.44-53.2%50.0%20-1.6%
3DeMarker (14) Weekly7.2%0.44-46.6%46.4%69-1.6%
4Vegas Tunnel Daily6.7%0.43-47.9%35.3%116-2.2%
5Stochastic Fast (5,3) Weekly7.2%0.43-53.7%50.7%207-1.7%
6CMO (21) Weekly7.0%0.43-63.7%39.3%56-1.9%
7Relative Volatility Index Weekly7.2%0.42-64.1%45.9%111-1.6%
8Supertrend (14,4) Weekly6.9%0.44-33.6%64.3%14-2.0%
9Negative Volume Index Daily6.9%0.41-56.4%48.9%94-2.0%
10VIDYA 200 Trend Daily7.8%0.41-68.5%38.5%26-1.1%
11Chande Kroll Stop Weekly7.8%0.41-64.1%42.4%85-1.1%
12Twiggs Money Flow Weekly7.2%0.41-64.2%44.6%92-1.6%
13Donchian Midline Weekly6.6%0.4-53.7%43.2%81-2.3%
14Williams %R (28) Weekly6.5%0.4-65.6%40.6%64-2.3%

= held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.

The leverage question

What it would take to beat buy & hold on Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL)

326 of 630 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Estée Lauder Companies (The) (EL) outright. Another 24 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 29 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.

IndicatorBeats B&H unlevered Leverage neededLeverage survived
Sine-Weighted MA4none needed1.87×
Elder Ray (Bull/Bear Power)3none needed2.36×
RSI Trend (>50)2none needed2.23×
Rate of Change2none needed2.12×
Donchian Midline2none needed2.25×
Supertrend Fast (10,2)2none needed2.07×

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

What this means

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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