The best indicator for United Kingdom (EWU)
We backtested 366 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real United Kingdom (EWU) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Keltner Mean-Reversion
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for United Kingdom (EWU) over ~30.2 years — beating buy-and-hold by 0.9% CAGR.
Best multi-indicator combo
Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for United Kingdom (EWU) — trailing buy-and-hold by 4.0% 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 | Keltner Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 6.9% | 0.57 | -37.4% | 78.8% | 118 | 0.9% |
| 2 | Connors RSI-2 ✓ | Daily | 6.6% | 0.54 | -34.1% | 64.9% | 336 | 0.6% |
| 3 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 6.0% | 0.49 | -38.2% | 69.7% | 142 | 0.0% |
| 4 | MA Envelope ✓ | Daily | 6.3% | 0.49 | -37.4% | 71.2% | 146 | 0.3% |
| 5 | VWAP Bands ✓ | Daily | 5.8% | 0.49 | -40.1% | 73.8% | 122 | -0.2% |
| 6 | Fibonacci Bands ✓ | Daily | 6.0% | 0.49 | -38.2% | 69.7% | 142 | 0.0% |
| 7 | Pivot Points (Standard) ✓ | Weekly | 6.1% | 0.49 | -35.3% | 55.7% | 235 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Fibonacci Pivots ✓ | Weekly | 6.0% | 0.47 | -46.0% | 57.1% | 252 | -0.0% |
| 9 | Demand Index ✓ | Daily | 6.6% | 0.46 | -46.6% | 61.4% | 389 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Awesome Oscillator ✓ | Weekly | 5.4% | 0.46 | -29.9% | 53.6% | 28 | -0.5% |
| 11 | Relative Momentum Index ✓ | Weekly | 5.5% | 0.46 | -28.5% | 54.2% | 24 | -0.5% |
| 12 | Andean Oscillator ✓ | Weekly | 4.6% | 0.46 | -23.4% | 64.5% | 31 | -1.3% |
| 13 | EMA 9/26 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 5.3% | 0.46 | -34.8% | 54.5% | 22 | -0.6% |
| 14 | Supertrend (7,3) ✓ | Weekly | 5.0% | 0.46 | -18.5% | 77.8% | 18 | -1.0% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For United Kingdom (EWU), Keltner Mean-Reversion 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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