The best indicator for Snap
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Snap history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Where Snap 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.
Stochastic RSI
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Snap over ~9.4 years — beating buy-and-hold by 29.8% CAGR.
Snap 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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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 | Accumulation/Distribution | Weekly | 19.0% | 0.59 | -67.3% | 35.0% | 20 | 36.8% |
| 2 | Negative Volume Index | Daily | 14.2% | 0.58 | -58.5% | 55.6% | 18 | 31.2% |
| 3 | Stochastic RSI ✓ | Weekly | 12.0% | 0.58 | -36.5% | 60.0% | 15 | 29.8% |
| 4 | Relative Vigor Index ✓ | Weekly | 18.1% | 0.57 | -76.5% | 44.4% | 36 | 35.9% |
| 5 | HMA 9/21 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 18.0% | 0.57 | -75.4% | 38.5% | 26 | 35.8% |
| 6 | Delta Volume (CVD proxy) | Weekly | 17.5% | 0.57 | -66.9% | 36.8% | 19 | 35.2% |
| 7 | Momentum ✓ | Weekly | 16.5% | 0.55 | -57.8% | 37.9% | 29 | 34.3% |
| 8 | ROC (10) ✓ | Weekly | 16.5% | 0.55 | -57.8% | 37.9% | 29 | 34.3% |
| 9 | Momentum (10) ✓ | Weekly | 16.5% | 0.55 | -57.8% | 37.9% | 29 | 34.3% |
| 10 | Ehlers Relative Vigor ✓ | Weekly | 15.1% | 0.52 | -82.4% | 35.1% | 37 | 32.9% |
| 11 | Parabolic SAR (fast) ✓ | Weekly | 14.3% | 0.51 | -61.4% | 54.8% | 31 | 32.0% |
| 12 | VuManChu Cipher B ✓ | Weekly | 12.0% | 0.51 | -45.8% | 76.5% | 17 | 29.8% |
| 13 | Volume Zone Oscillator ✓ | Weekly | 13.3% | 0.49 | -65.4% | 41.7% | 36 | 31.0% |
| 14 | Bollinger 10 (x1.5) Break ✓ | Weekly | 10.2% | 0.49 | -25.9% | 39.3% | 28 | 28.0% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
The question doesn't apply here. Buy-and-hold on Snap lost money across the out-of-sample window in 428 of 428 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 Snap, Stochastic 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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