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The best indicator for Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)

We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.

Signaling LONG right now — Chande-Kroll Stop (fast) (Weekly) has been long for 22 bars. Signal computed on 2026-10-19, 4 days behind the price data on this page (it is rebuilt on a separate schedule).
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Key levels · as of 2026-10-23

Where Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) stands

673.82
last daily close (2026-10-23)
548.53
200-day simple moving average price 22.8% above
644.76
50-day simple moving average price 4.5% above
437.57–696.49
52-week range

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.

Trend · Weekly

Chande-Kroll Stop (fast)

On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) over ~46.7 years — beating buy-and-hold by 0.6% CAGR.

14.3%
CAGR
0.63
Sharpe
-62.8%
Max DD
49.4%
Win rate
2.6
Profit factor
+0.6%
vs Buy&Hold
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Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 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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Confluence · Weekly

Best multi-indicator combo

Supertrend (10,3)QQE

Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) — trailing buy-and-hold by 4.2% CAGR, out-of-sample. Fewer, higher-conviction trades than any single indicator.

8.7%
CAGR
0.49
Sharpe
52.3%
Win rate
109
Trades
-4.2%
vs Buy&Hold
Best by timeframe

The winner on each chart

Weekly
Chande-Kroll Stop (fast)
+0.6% · Sharpe 0.63
Daily
Trendlines with Breaks
-2.2% · Sharpe 0.6
Full results

Every indicator, ranked

Ranked by Sharpe (risk-adjusted return). Hypothetical, fees included.

#IndicatorTFCAGRSharpeMax DDWinTradesvs B&H
1Chande-Kroll Stop (fast) ✓Weekly14.3%0.63-62.8%49.4%1560.6%
2SMC: Order Block ✓Weekly12.8%0.62-47.1%44.0%50-0.9%
3Trendlines with Breaks ✓Daily11.6%0.6-60.4%54.3%94-2.2%
4T3 20/80 Cross ✓Daily10.6%0.58-50.7%56.7%67-3.1%
5Ease of Movement ✓Weekly11.3%0.58-54.1%50.4%113-2.4%
6McGinley 200 Trend ✓Daily13.7%0.57-71.2%29.4%17-0.0%
7Chande Kroll Stop ✓Weekly12.5%0.57-54.7%47.8%115-1.2%
8WMA 20/80 Cross ✓Daily10.4%0.56-56.3%47.3%110-3.3%
9DEMA 20/50 Cross ✓Weekly10.4%0.56-51.5%59.5%37-3.3%
10Vegas Tunnel ✓Weekly10.5%0.56-51.2%42.9%28-3.2%
11WMA 20/50 Cross ✓Daily10.3%0.55-49.5%49.7%147-3.5%
12SMA 10/40 Cross ✓Daily10.0%0.55-51.3%48.0%171-3.8%
13Williams Fractals ✓Weekly10.7%0.55-60.6%50.9%55-3.0%
14Ichimoku (fast) ✓Weekly10.4%0.55-47.9%58.3%103-3.3%

✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.

The leverage question

What it would take to beat buy & hold on Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)

0 of 694 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) outright. Another 241 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 391 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.

IndicatorBeats B&H unlevered Leverage neededLeverage survived
QQE—1.24×2.47×
Chande-Kroll Stop (fast)—1.58×2.99×
SMA 10/30 Cross—1.63×2.94×
RSI (50)—1.66×2.19×
CCI (100)—1.68×2.12×
EMA 100 Trend—1.69×2.12×

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

What this means

For Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Chande-Kroll Stop (fast) 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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