The best indicator for HTX DAO (HTX)
We backtested 366 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real HTX DAO (HTX) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Buy & hold won
No indicator we tested beat simply holding HTX DAO (HTX) out-of-sample. Honest answer: for this one, the edge is patience.
Best multi-indicator combo
Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for HTX DAO (HTX) — trailing buy-and-hold by 0.4% CAGR, out-of-sample. Fewer, higher-conviction trades than any single indicator.
Every indicator, ranked
Ranked by Sharpe (risk-adjusted return). Hypothetical, fees included.
| # | Indicator | TF | CAGR | Sharpe | Max DD | Win | Trades | vs B&H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Projection Bands | Daily | 288.7% | 1.43 | -50.0% | 36.4% | 11 | 292.4% |
| 2 | Pivot Points (Standard) | Daily | 288.9% | 1.43 | -50.0% | 40.0% | 10 | 292.5% |
| 3 | Fibonacci Pivots | Daily | 288.9% | 1.43 | -50.0% | 40.0% | 10 | 292.5% |
| 4 | Camarilla Pivots | Daily | 233.1% | 1.32 | -50.0% | 30.0% | 10 | 236.8% |
| 5 | MA Envelope | Daily | 275.0% | 1.44 | -12.1% | 44.4% | 9 | 278.6% |
| 6 | Instantaneous Trendline | Daily | 7.9% | 0.53 | -67.2% | 11.8% | 17 | 11.5% |
| 7 | Laguerre RSI | Daily | 49.1% | 0.76 | -0.6% | 25.0% | 8 | 52.8% |
| 8 | Detrended Price Osc. | Daily | -0.5% | 0.44 | -75.2% | 8.3% | 12 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Ehlers Cyber Cycle | Daily | -4.6% | 0.35 | -57.1% | 13.6% | 22 | -1.0% |
| 10 | Lorentzian Classification | Daily | 12.0% | 0.52 | -1.2% | 0.0% | 10 | 15.6% |
| 11 | Williams Alligator | Daily | 7.9% | 0.51 | -50.2% | 10.0% | 10 | 11.6% |
| 12 | Relative Vigor Index | Daily | -0.5% | 0.44 | -50.9% | 18.2% | 11 | 3.1% |
| 13 | Demand Index | Daily | 12.1% | 0.59 | -50.1% | 25.0% | 8 | 15.7% |
| 14 | Heikin-Ashi Trend | Daily | -0.8% | 0.31 | -50.8% | 11.8% | 17 | 2.8% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
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