The best indicator for Grab
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Grab history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Pivot Points (Standard)
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Grab over ~5.6 years — beating buy-and-hold by 44.6% CAGR.
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 | Pivot Points (Standard) ✓ | Weekly | 24.2% | 0.83 | -28.2% | 48.9% | 47 | 44.6% |
| 2 | Order-Flow Reversion ✓ | Daily | 21.5% | 0.78 | -46.5% | 70.8% | 24 | 41.4% |
| 3 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 18.7% | 0.72 | -46.5% | 73.1% | 26 | 38.7% |
| 4 | Fibonacci Bands ✓ | Daily | 18.7% | 0.72 | -46.5% | 73.1% | 26 | 38.7% |
| 5 | VWAP Bands ✓ | Daily | 20.0% | 0.7 | -59.1% | 63.0% | 27 | 40.0% |
| 6 | Fibonacci Pivots ✓ | Weekly | 14.7% | 0.57 | -51.3% | 50.0% | 50 | 35.1% |
| 7 | Connors RSI-2 ✓ | Daily | 12.7% | 0.54 | -53.0% | 55.7% | 70 | 32.6% |
| 8 | Projection Bands ✓ | Daily | 13.9% | 0.53 | -60.3% | 58.8% | 51 | 33.9% |
| 9 | Keltner Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 13.2% | 0.65 | -44.7% | 91.7% | 12 | 33.2% |
| 10 | Connors RSI ✓ | Daily | 12.3% | 0.51 | -59.9% | 62.2% | 74 | 32.3% |
| 11 | Elder Impulse ✓ | Weekly | 11.1% | 0.49 | -23.0% | 52.2% | 23 | 31.5% |
| 12 | Lorentzian Classification ✓ | Weekly | 8.1% | 0.49 | -32.7% | 61.5% | 26 | 28.5% |
| 13 | Predictive Ranges | Daily | 10.8% | 0.46 | -40.2% | 38.2% | 34 | 30.8% |
| 14 | Jurik MA (approx.) ✓ | Weekly | 10.0% | 0.44 | -28.2% | 36.8% | 19 | 30.4% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Grab, Pivot Points (Standard) on the weekly 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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