The best indicator for Universal Health Services (UHS)
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Universal Health Services (UHS) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Universal Health Services (UHS) 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.
DMI Direction
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Universal Health Services (UHS) over ~45.2 years — beating buy-and-hold by 1.5% CAGR.
Universal Health Services (UHS) 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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Best multi-indicator combo
Going long only when all 2 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Universal Health Services (UHS) — trailing buy-and-hold by 2.2% 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 | DMI Direction ✓ | Daily | 13.3% | 0.63 | -56.6% | 40.5% | 432 | 1.5% |
| 2 | Ehlers Roofing Filter ✓ | Daily | 12.9% | 0.6 | -48.0% | 55.8% | 197 | 1.0% |
| 3 | Disparity (5) ✓ | Weekly | 12.7% | 0.6 | -66.3% | 50.2% | 279 | 0.8% |
| 4 | Chande-Kroll Stop (fast) ✓ | Weekly | 15.1% | 0.6 | -56.1% | 47.1% | 153 | 3.2% |
| 5 | Stoch RSI (fast) ✓ | Weekly | 12.5% | 0.59 | -45.5% | 45.9% | 233 | 0.6% |
| 6 | Force Index ✓ | Daily | 12.5% | 0.58 | -67.1% | 40.0% | 622 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Price Volume Trend ✓ | Daily | 13.1% | 0.58 | -68.8% | 39.6% | 432 | 1.3% |
| 8 | Accelerator Oscillator ✓ | Weekly | 11.9% | 0.58 | -43.0% | 51.9% | 131 | 0.0% |
| 9 | Ehlers Relative Vigor ✓ | Weekly | 12.0% | 0.58 | -57.7% | 56.1% | 187 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Elder Ray (Bull/Bear Power) ✓ | Weekly | 10.9% | 0.57 | -47.9% | 46.6% | 131 | -1.0% |
| 11 | Fractal Adaptive MA ✓ | Weekly | 11.1% | 0.57 | -50.7% | 50.7% | 268 | -0.8% |
| 12 | Rainbow MA ✓ | Weekly | 11.8% | 0.57 | -66.1% | 51.0% | 257 | -0.1% |
| 13 | Least Squares MA ✓ | Weekly | 11.3% | 0.56 | -41.3% | 49.5% | 184 | -0.6% |
| 14 | KDJ ✓ | Weekly | 11.2% | 0.56 | -47.5% | 49.1% | 218 | -0.7% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
What it would take to beat buy & hold on Universal Health Services (UHS)
4 of 719 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Universal Health Services (UHS) outright. Another 197 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 391 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.
| Indicator | Beats B&H unlevered | Leverage needed | Leverage survived |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parabolic SAR | 1 | 1.75× | 2.02× |
| Zero-Lag EMA Cross | 1 | none needed | 2.17× |
| TEMA 10/30 Cross | 1 | none needed | 2.34× |
| ZLEMA 10/30 Cross | 1 | none needed | 2.17× |
| QQE | — | 1.35× | 1.8× |
| Zero-Lag LSMA | — | 1.36× | 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
For Universal Health Services (UHS), DMI Direction 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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