The best indicator for Chainlink (LINK)
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Chainlink (LINK) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Chainlink (LINK) 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.
Center of Gravity
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Chainlink (LINK) over ~8.9 years — beating buy-and-hold by 28.5% CAGR.
Chainlink (LINK) 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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Best multi-indicator combo
Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Chainlink (LINK) — beating buy-and-hold by 0.1% 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 | Center of Gravity ✓ | Weekly | 92.6% | 1.14 | -65.5% | 52.1% | 48 | 28.5% |
| 2 | Price Momentum Oscillator ✓ | Daily | 69.3% | 1.1 | -71.3% | 47.8% | 92 | 31.2% |
| 3 | Ehlers Cyber Cycle ✓ | Weekly | 91.7% | 1.08 | -78.4% | 52.5% | 40 | 27.6% |
| 4 | CCI (14) ✓ | Daily | 63.4% | 1.03 | -64.2% | 45.9% | 172 | 25.3% |
| 5 | Zero-Lag MACD ✓ | Daily | 57.9% | 1.02 | -85.7% | 53.4% | 266 | 19.8% |
| 6 | Vortex (7) ✓ | Daily | 60.0% | 1.01 | -65.7% | 43.3% | 215 | 21.9% |
| 7 | Zero-Lag MACD ✓ | Weekly | 67.3% | 1.0 | -74.0% | 51.5% | 33 | 3.2% |
| 8 | TEMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 54.0% | 0.99 | -68.5% | 54.0% | 63 | 15.9% |
| 9 | Disparity Index ✓ | Daily | 58.2% | 0.99 | -61.4% | 43.6% | 225 | 20.1% |
| 10 | ALMA 30 Trend ✓ | Daily | 56.2% | 0.99 | -51.5% | 43.8% | 192 | 18.0% |
| 11 | Chande Momentum Osc. ✓ | Daily | 57.5% | 0.98 | -67.1% | 42.3% | 241 | 19.4% |
| 12 | Triangular MA ✓ | Daily | 57.1% | 0.98 | -70.7% | 41.9% | 172 | 19.0% |
| 13 | Cascade Z-Score ✓ | Daily | 53.5% | 0.98 | -67.0% | 41.2% | 97 | 15.4% |
| 14 | VWAP Trend ✓ | Daily | 55.8% | 0.97 | -73.1% | 43.9% | 187 | 17.7% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
The question doesn't apply here. Buy-and-hold on Chainlink (LINK) lost money across the out-of-sample window in 416 of 416 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 Chainlink (LINK), Center of Gravity 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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