The best indicator for Maker
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Maker history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Where Maker 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.
Vortex (7)
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Maker over ~12.5 years — beating buy-and-hold by 24.2% CAGR.
Maker on the daily 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 | Vortex (7) ✓ | Daily | 37.5% | 0.8 | -60.9% | 38.0% | 234 | 24.2% |
| 2 | ADX Strong Trend ✓ | Daily | 32.2% | 0.78 | -50.4% | 41.4% | 58 | 18.9% |
| 3 | Price Momentum Oscillator | Daily | 33.7% | 0.76 | -80.0% | 43.8% | 89 | 20.5% |
| 4 | TEMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 31.6% | 0.75 | -70.6% | 47.5% | 59 | 18.3% |
| 5 | Ichimoku (fast) ✓ | Daily | 32.2% | 0.74 | -73.6% | 43.6% | 140 | 19.0% |
| 6 | Projection Bands ✓ | Weekly | 30.7% | 0.74 | -67.9% | 76.5% | 17 | 16.4% |
| 7 | Ease of Movement ✓ | Daily | 30.9% | 0.73 | -62.3% | 39.6% | 139 | 17.7% |
| 8 | MACD-V ✓ | Daily | 30.3% | 0.73 | -72.6% | 37.7% | 114 | 17.0% |
| 9 | DeMarker (14) ✓ | Daily | 31.4% | 0.73 | -65.5% | 42.0% | 131 | 18.2% |
| 10 | Accumulation Swing Index ✓ | Weekly | 37.6% | 0.73 | -73.6% | 41.6% | 101 | 23.3% |
| 11 | Swing Index ✓ | Weekly | 37.6% | 0.73 | -73.6% | 41.6% | 101 | 23.3% |
| 12 | Know Sure Thing ✓ | Daily | 28.3% | 0.71 | -72.7% | 42.9% | 84 | 15.0% |
| 13 | Coral Trend | Daily | 30.7% | 0.71 | -75.9% | 46.4% | 69 | 17.5% |
| 14 | QQE MOD | Daily | 27.1% | 0.71 | -69.7% | 43.8% | 130 | 13.8% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
The question doesn't apply here. Buy-and-hold on Maker lost money across the out-of-sample window in 436 of 436 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 Maker, Vortex (7) 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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