The best indicator for EUR/USD
We backtested 366 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real EUR/USD history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Fisher Transform
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for EUR/USD over ~23.2 years — beating buy-and-hold by 3.7% CAGR.
Best multi-indicator combo
Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for EUR/USD — beating buy-and-hold by 3.5% 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 | Fisher Transform ✓ | Daily | 3.6% | 0.5 | -50.8% | 35.2% | 565 | 3.7% |
| 2 | DMI Direction ✓ | Daily | 3.8% | 0.5 | -25.8% | 31.2% | 276 | 4.0% |
| 3 | Parabolic SAR (fast) ✓ | Daily | 3.0% | 0.43 | -48.0% | 38.1% | 428 | 3.2% |
| 4 | Ehlers Roofing Filter ✓ | Weekly | 2.0% | 0.36 | -10.9% | 57.1% | 21 | 2.2% |
| 5 | T3 8/21 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 1.8% | 0.35 | -12.9% | 68.4% | 19 | 2.0% |
| 6 | Ehlers TrendFlex | Weekly | 1.5% | 0.29 | -13.0% | 63.6% | 22 | 1.7% |
| 7 | Parabolic SAR ✓ | Daily | 2.0% | 0.28 | -37.4% | 34.2% | 284 | 2.2% |
| 8 | DeMarker (21) ✓ | Weekly | 1.5% | 0.28 | -12.4% | 43.6% | 39 | 1.8% |
| 9 | WMA 10/40 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 1.4% | 0.28 | -11.4% | 60.0% | 20 | 1.7% |
| 10 | Vortex (7) ✓ | Daily | 1.5% | 0.27 | -19.1% | 31.0% | 420 | 1.7% |
| 11 | Even Better Sinewave | Weekly | 1.4% | 0.27 | -12.8% | 45.5% | 22 | 1.6% |
| 12 | TRIMA 30 Trend | Weekly | 1.2% | 0.27 | -12.5% | 51.7% | 29 | 1.4% |
| 13 | Projection Bands ✓ | Daily | 1.5% | 0.26 | -23.9% | 55.3% | 215 | 1.6% |
| 14 | DEMA 20/50 Cross | Weekly | 1.3% | 0.26 | -13.0% | 43.8% | 16 | 1.6% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For EUR/USD, Fisher Transform 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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