The best indicator for Plug Power
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Plug Power history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Premier Stochastic
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Plug Power over ~26.6 years — beating buy-and-hold by 27.7% CAGR.
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 | Premier Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 13.3% | 0.49 | -89.7% | 36.7% | 226 | 27.7% |
| 2 | Pring's Special K ✓ | Daily | 13.5% | 0.49 | -78.8% | 44.8% | 154 | 27.9% |
| 3 | VIDYA 10/30 Cross ✓ | Daily | 12.8% | 0.47 | -95.4% | 38.5% | 26 | 27.2% |
| 4 | TSI (13,7) ✓ | Daily | 11.3% | 0.47 | -93.5% | 35.3% | 201 | 25.7% |
| 5 | Elastic VW MA ✓ | Weekly | 16.5% | 0.47 | -95.7% | 27.9% | 43 | 30.8% |
| 6 | DeMarker (21) ✓ | Daily | 9.6% | 0.46 | -98.6% | 40.7% | 231 | 24.0% |
| 7 | ROC (5) ✓ | Weekly | 13.7% | 0.46 | -98.5% | 32.3% | 127 | 28.0% |
| 8 | Linear Regression Slope ✓ | Daily | 9.9% | 0.45 | -88.5% | 36.0% | 164 | 24.3% |
| 9 | Inverse Fisher RSI ✓ | Daily | 9.8% | 0.45 | -92.6% | 30.8% | 221 | 24.2% |
| 10 | Correlation Trend ✓ | Daily | 9.9% | 0.45 | -88.5% | 36.0% | 164 | 24.3% |
| 11 | WMA 10/30 Cross ✓ | Daily | 9.2% | 0.45 | -90.7% | 34.2% | 152 | 23.6% |
| 12 | KAMA 10/30 Cross ✓ | Daily | 10.5% | 0.45 | -98.5% | 24.3% | 74 | 24.9% |
| 13 | Fisher Transform ✓ | Weekly | 12.9% | 0.45 | -90.6% | 37.1% | 124 | 27.2% |
| 14 | RSI (7) ✓ | Weekly | 14.4% | 0.45 | -95.4% | 34.0% | 94 | 28.7% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Plug Power, Premier Stochastic 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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