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The best indicator for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH)

We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.

Signaling SHORT right now — its only tested short edge (Accelerator Oscillator) is signaling short — a rare case where shorting this beat staying flat (+1.8% CAGR). Signal as of 2026-09-10.
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Where Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) stands

14.85
last daily close (2026-09-09)
19.82
200-day simple moving average price 25.1% below
18.50
50-day simple moving average price 19.7% below
14.79–26.94
52-week range

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.

Momentum · Daily

Accelerator Oscillator

On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) over ~13.4 years — beating buy-and-hold by 17.7% CAGR.

15.6%
CAGR
0.56
Sharpe
-50.5%
Max DD
42.8%
Win rate
1.49
Profit factor
+17.7%
vs Buy&Hold
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) 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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Confluence · Daily

Best multi-indicator combo

StochasticWaddah Attar Explosion

Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) — beating buy-and-hold by 8.4% CAGR, out-of-sample. Fewer, higher-conviction trades than any single indicator.

6.4%
CAGR
0.48
Sharpe
49.2%
Win rate
61
Trades
+8.4%
vs Buy&Hold
Best by timeframe

The winner on each chart

Daily
Accelerator Oscillator
+17.7% · Sharpe 0.56
Weekly
Zero-Lag MACD
+16.2% · Sharpe 0.54
Full results

Every indicator, ranked

Ranked by Sharpe (risk-adjusted return). Hypothetical, fees included.

#IndicatorTFCAGRSharpeMax DDWinTradesvs B&H
1Accelerator Oscillator Daily15.6%0.56-50.5%42.8%18717.7%
2Zero-Lag MACD Weekly14.1%0.54-47.9%57.1%5616.2%
3Zero-Lag MACD Weekly14.1%0.54-47.9%57.1%5616.2%
4RSI Mean-Reversion Daily9.4%0.48-50.9%83.3%2411.5%
5Klinger Oscillator Daily11.9%0.48-55.0%45.0%31314.0%
6Williams %R Weekly10.5%0.47-50.7%68.4%1912.6%
7TEMA 10/30 Cross Daily11.2%0.46-52.2%41.5%14213.3%
8CCI Weekly11.0%0.46-61.3%66.7%1513.0%
9Fisher Center-of-Gravity Weekly8.9%0.46-50.8%55.6%7210.9%
10WaveTrend (8/6/4) Weekly16.6%0.57-60.8%66.7%1218.7%
11Ehlers Cyber Cycle Weekly10.5%0.44-52.1%46.4%6912.6%
12MACD Daily9.7%0.43-58.8%38.7%12411.7%
13Derivative Oscillator Daily8.9%0.43-44.9%49.4%23111.0%
14Volume Zone Oscillator Daily9.7%0.43-57.0%46.5%32511.8%

= held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.

The leverage question

What it would take to beat buy & hold on Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH)

164 of 585 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) outright. Another 28 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 41 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.

IndicatorBeats B&H unlevered Leverage neededLeverage survived
Fisher Transform2none needed2.08×
Klinger Oscillator2none needed2.51×
Least Squares MA2none needed2.66×
Waddah Attar Explosion2none needed4.64×
Chande Forecast Osc.2none needed2.25×
B-Xtrender2none needed2.75×

Out-of-sample, costs included. A setup is only listed if the leverage it needs is less than the leverage its own worst drawdown survives — when it isn't, no amount of leverage gets there. Volatility drag isn't modelled, so these are the optimistic case. Every indicator, ranked this way

What this means

For Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), Accelerator Oscillator 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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