The best indicator for News Corp (Class A) (NWSA)
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real News Corp (Class A) (NWSA) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where News Corp (Class A) (NWSA) 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.
Zero-Lag MACD
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for News Corp (Class A) (NWSA) over ~13.3 years — beating buy-and-hold by 6.4% CAGR.
News Corp (Class A) (NWSA) 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 News Corp (Class A) (NWSA) — trailing buy-and-hold by 3.6% 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 | Zero-Lag MACD ✓ | Weekly | 12.3% | 0.67 | -39.3% | 52.7% | 55 | 6.4% |
| 2 | Stochastic RSI ✓ | Weekly | 8.0% | 0.63 | -26.0% | 73.9% | 23 | 2.1% |
| 3 | Gator Oscillator ✓ | Weekly | 4.7% | 0.6 | -14.8% | 53.8% | 39 | -1.1% |
| 4 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 10.6% | 0.63 | -35.9% | 78.6% | 14 | 4.9% |
| 5 | Order-Flow Reversion ✓ | Daily | 7.2% | 0.52 | -35.9% | 67.8% | 59 | 1.6% |
| 6 | Relative Volume Spike ✓ | Daily | 4.0% | 0.51 | -13.0% | 61.4% | 44 | -1.6% |
| 7 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 7.6% | 0.51 | -39.2% | 75.0% | 16 | 1.8% |
| 8 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 7.2% | 0.5 | -35.9% | 65.2% | 69 | 1.6% |
| 9 | Fibonacci Bands ✓ | Daily | 7.2% | 0.5 | -35.9% | 65.2% | 69 | 1.6% |
| 10 | Ehlers Roofing Filter ✓ | Daily | 7.0% | 0.45 | -29.8% | 57.1% | 56 | 1.4% |
| 11 | Connors RSI-2 ✓ | Weekly | 5.7% | 0.45 | -31.7% | 69.7% | 33 | -0.1% |
| 12 | Projection Bands ✓ | Weekly | 6.7% | 0.45 | -31.7% | 76.0% | 25 | 0.9% |
| 13 | Order-Flow Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 7.1% | 0.56 | -31.7% | 83.3% | 12 | 1.2% |
| 14 | Bollinger Breakout | Daily | 5.6% | 0.44 | -27.6% | 45.5% | 55 | -0.1% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
What it would take to beat buy & hold on News Corp (Class A) (NWSA)
2 of 539 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on News Corp (Class A) (NWSA) outright. Another 170 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 132 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.
| Indicator | Beats B&H unlevered | Leverage needed | Leverage survived |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connors RSI-2 | 1 | 4.28× | 8.2× |
| Detrended Price Osc. | 1 | none needed | 4.65× |
| Zero-Lag MACD | — | 1.38× | 5.91× |
| QQE | — | 1.13× | 3.64× |
| FRAMA 100 Trend | — | 2.85× | 4.94× |
| Connors RSI | — | 2.87× | 8.2× |
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
For News Corp (Class A) (NWSA), Zero-Lag MACD 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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