The best indicator for PayPal (PYPL)
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real PayPal (PYPL) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where PayPal (PYPL) 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.
Laguerre RSI
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for PayPal (PYPL) over ~11.3 years — beating buy-and-hold by 7.5% CAGR.
PayPal (PYPL) 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 PayPal (PYPL) — beating buy-and-hold by 12.2% 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 | Laguerre RSI ✓ | Weekly | 11.4% | 0.7 | -29.6% | 70.6% | 17 | 7.5% |
| 2 | TRIMA 200 Trend ✓ | Daily | 13.0% | 0.67 | -31.5% | 36.0% | 25 | 9.4% |
| 3 | Hammer ✓ | Weekly | 9.2% | 0.69 | -29.3% | 64.3% | 14 | 5.3% |
| 4 | DeMarker ✓ | Weekly | 15.1% | 0.81 | -31.9% | 81.8% | 11 | 11.2% |
| 5 | Three White Soldiers ✓ | Weekly | 10.4% | 0.58 | -35.1% | 69.2% | 26 | 6.5% |
| 6 | Volume Flow Indicator ✓ | Daily | 11.2% | 0.56 | -49.0% | 43.8% | 16 | 7.7% |
| 7 | LSMA 100 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 9.9% | 0.56 | -32.3% | 52.9% | 17 | 6.1% |
| 8 | CCI (50) | Weekly | 11.5% | 0.59 | -41.0% | 71.4% | 14 | 7.7% |
| 9 | Fibonacci Pivots ✓ | Daily | 10.6% | 0.54 | -47.9% | 53.8% | 468 | 7.0% |
| 10 | Keltner 50 (x2.0) | Weekly | 9.6% | 0.6 | -26.8% | 53.8% | 13 | 5.8% |
| 11 | Negative Volume Index | Daily | 11.2% | 0.5 | -70.0% | 45.5% | 22 | 7.6% |
| 12 | Vegas Tunnel ✓ | Daily | 8.8% | 0.5 | -46.9% | 45.7% | 35 | 5.2% |
| 13 | Vortex ✓ | Weekly | 9.8% | 0.5 | -40.9% | 43.5% | 23 | 5.9% |
| 14 | Pivot Points (Standard) ✓ | Daily | 9.0% | 0.49 | -48.1% | 52.7% | 438 | 5.4% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
The question doesn't apply here. Buy-and-hold on PayPal (PYPL) lost money across the out-of-sample window in 469 of 469 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 PayPal (PYPL), Laguerre RSI 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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