The best indicator for Cybersecurity
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Cybersecurity history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Stochastic (10,3)
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Cybersecurity over ~11.6 years — beating buy-and-hold by 1.5% 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 | Stochastic (10,3) ✓ | Daily | 14.2% | 0.89 | -18.2% | 50.2% | 333 | 1.5% |
| 2 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 11.2% | 0.78 | -32.5% | 81.0% | 63 | -1.5% |
| 3 | Inside-Bar Breakout ✓ | Daily | 5.3% | 0.75 | -14.2% | 52.9% | 68 | -7.4% |
| 4 | Zero-Lag MACD ✓ | Daily | 10.6% | 0.74 | -20.4% | 51.9% | 231 | -2.2% |
| 5 | Force Index ✓ | Weekly | 10.2% | 0.73 | -18.0% | 48.6% | 35 | -2.1% |
| 6 | WMA 200 Trend ✓ | Daily | 9.9% | 0.71 | -20.5% | 51.4% | 37 | -2.9% |
| 7 | Elastic VW MA ✓ | Weekly | 10.7% | 0.71 | -22.0% | 57.1% | 21 | -1.7% |
| 8 | Adaptive Supertrend ✓ | Weekly | 10.4% | 0.7 | -17.9% | 70.6% | 17 | -2.0% |
| 9 | Disparity (50) ✓ | Weekly | 10.6% | 0.7 | -23.0% | 62.5% | 16 | -1.8% |
| 10 | Fisher Transform ✓ | Daily | 10.0% | 0.69 | -26.1% | 45.6% | 263 | -2.7% |
| 11 | RSI Trend (>50) ✓ | Weekly | 10.0% | 0.69 | -20.7% | 52.2% | 23 | -2.4% |
| 12 | Volatility Stop (ATR) ✓ | Weekly | 10.3% | 0.69 | -36.5% | 64.7% | 17 | -2.1% |
| 13 | McGinley 10/30 Cross ✓ | Daily | 10.6% | 0.68 | -33.6% | 50.0% | 20 | -2.1% |
| 14 | Gann HiLo Activator ✓ | Daily | 9.4% | 0.67 | -24.2% | 43.2% | 222 | -3.3% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Cybersecurity, Stochastic (10,3) 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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