The best indicator for Reddit
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Reddit history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Where Reddit 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.
Volume Zone Oscillator
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Reddit over ~2.2 years — beating buy-and-hold by 65.1% CAGR.
Reddit 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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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 | On-Balance Volume | Daily | 142.2% | 1.83 | -25.1% | 48.5% | 33 | 76.1% |
| 2 | Volume Zone Oscillator ✓ | Daily | 131.2% | 1.77 | -24.2% | 51.1% | 45 | 65.1% |
| 3 | Ease of Movement | Daily | 126.9% | 1.69 | -36.4% | 57.6% | 33 | 60.8% |
| 4 | Trade Volume Index | Daily | 126.6% | 1.69 | -28.1% | 55.6% | 27 | 60.5% |
| 5 | Chandelier Exit | Daily | 138.1% | 1.68 | -33.8% | 56.2% | 16 | 72.0% |
| 6 | Bullish Harami ✓ | Daily | 89.2% | 1.64 | -24.0% | 60.0% | 20 | 23.1% |
| 7 | CCI (30) | Daily | 137.1% | 1.75 | -30.3% | 50.0% | 14 | 71.0% |
| 8 | Price Volume Trend | Daily | 121.6% | 1.63 | -36.3% | 52.9% | 17 | 55.5% |
| 9 | Premier Stochastic | Daily | 109.8% | 1.59 | -35.0% | 35.3% | 17 | 43.6% |
| 10 | Heikin-Ashi + EMA | Daily | 113.2% | 1.59 | -31.5% | 38.1% | 21 | 47.1% |
| 11 | Balance of Power ✓ | Daily | 109.3% | 1.55 | -44.1% | 59.3% | 27 | 43.2% |
| 12 | Disparity (20) | Daily | 108.6% | 1.55 | -30.1% | 51.9% | 27 | 42.5% |
| 13 | Williams %R (28) | Daily | 106.6% | 1.54 | -28.4% | 62.5% | 16 | 40.5% |
| 14 | Momentum | Daily | 105.0% | 1.53 | -35.5% | 45.2% | 31 | 38.9% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
The question doesn't apply here. Buy-and-hold on Reddit lost money across the out-of-sample window in 146 of 146 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 Reddit, Volume Zone 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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