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 over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
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.
Projection Bands
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Maker over ~8.9 years — beating buy-and-hold by 17.8% CAGR.
Maker 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 | Projection Bands ✓ | Weekly | 36.0% | 0.81 | -67.9% | 77.8% | 18 | 17.8% |
| 2 | ADX Strong Trend ✓ | Daily | 31.4% | 0.76 | -50.4% | 41.7% | 60 | 15.7% |
| 3 | Vortex (7) ✓ | Daily | 34.2% | 0.76 | -60.9% | 39.1% | 243 | 18.5% |
| 4 | Accumulation Swing Index ✓ | Weekly | 38.0% | 0.74 | -73.6% | 41.0% | 105 | 19.7% |
| 5 | Swing Index ✓ | Weekly | 38.0% | 0.74 | -73.6% | 41.0% | 105 | 19.7% |
| 6 | Ichimoku (fast) ✓ | Daily | 31.2% | 0.73 | -73.6% | 44.5% | 146 | 15.5% |
| 7 | Know Sure Thing ✓ | Daily | 29.1% | 0.72 | -72.7% | 41.4% | 87 | 13.4% |
| 8 | DeMarker (14) ✓ | Daily | 30.9% | 0.72 | -65.5% | 41.9% | 136 | 15.2% |
| 9 | Price Momentum Oscillator | Daily | 30.3% | 0.72 | -88.2% | 44.1% | 93 | 14.6% |
| 10 | Ease of Movement ✓ | Daily | 28.1% | 0.7 | -62.4% | 39.7% | 146 | 12.4% |
| 11 | DeMarker (7) ✓ | Daily | 29.1% | 0.7 | -66.2% | 42.4% | 210 | 13.4% |
| 12 | SMC: Fair Value Gap ✓ | Daily | 29.5% | 0.7 | -76.9% | 40.5% | 121 | 13.8% |
| 13 | Coral Trend | Daily | 28.3% | 0.69 | -81.2% | 47.3% | 74 | 12.6% |
| 14 | Center of Gravity | Weekly | 30.6% | 0.67 | -69.3% | 50.0% | 50 | 12.4% |
✓ = 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, Projection Bands 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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