The best indicator for Kusama
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Kusama history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Kusama stands
Computed from our own daily OHLCV history, not quoted from a third party. Moving averages use closing prices; "52-week" is the last 252 trading sessions.
CCI (14)
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Kusama over ~6.8 years — beating buy-and-hold by 92.4% CAGR.
Kusama on the weekly chart
The timeframe our backtest found best for this asset. The chart is live market data; the results above are hypothetical and historical.
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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 | CCI (14) ✓ | Weekly | 108.0% | 1.16 | -78.4% | 26.7% | 15 | 92.4% |
| 2 | Disparity Index ✓ | Weekly | 98.4% | 1.11 | -77.0% | 33.3% | 18 | 82.8% |
| 3 | Regularized EMA ✓ | Weekly | 99.0% | 1.1 | -80.4% | 47.1% | 17 | 83.4% |
| 4 | Q-Stick ✓ | Weekly | 88.3% | 1.06 | -80.4% | 43.5% | 23 | 72.7% |
| 5 | ROC (5) ✓ | Weekly | 88.4% | 1.06 | -77.6% | 37.5% | 32 | 72.8% |
| 6 | RSI (9) ✓ | Weekly | 86.7% | 1.05 | -77.3% | 37.5% | 16 | 71.1% |
| 7 | Smoothed Heikin-Ashi ✓ | Weekly | 82.6% | 1.04 | -80.4% | 35.3% | 17 | 67.0% |
| 8 | Balance of Power | Weekly | 83.9% | 1.03 | -79.5% | 23.5% | 17 | 68.3% |
| 9 | Volume Zone Oscillator | Weekly | 82.1% | 1.03 | -82.1% | 39.4% | 33 | 66.5% |
| 10 | Elder Bull Power ✓ | Weekly | 82.9% | 1.03 | -79.1% | 52.4% | 21 | 67.3% |
| 11 | J_TPO ✓ | Weekly | 94.8% | 1.1 | -79.3% | 42.9% | 14 | 79.2% |
| 12 | Cutler's RSI ✓ | Weekly | 110.6% | 1.17 | -77.7% | 38.5% | 13 | 95.0% |
| 13 | ROC (14) ✓ | Weekly | 110.6% | 1.17 | -77.7% | 38.5% | 13 | 95.0% |
| 14 | CMO (14) ✓ | Weekly | 110.6% | 1.17 | -77.7% | 38.5% | 13 | 95.0% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
The question doesn't apply here. Buy-and-hold on Kusama lost money across the out-of-sample window in 331 of 331 tests, so there is no positive benchmark to lever toward — clearing a negative bar is a much weaker claim than beating a real one, and we keep the two apart rather than counting it as a win. How we compute that
For Kusama, CCI (14) 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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