The best indicator for Unilever
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Unilever history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Unilever 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.
Demand Index
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Unilever over ~46.5 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 2.2% CAGR.
Unilever 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 | Demand Index ✓ | Daily | 9.6% | 0.61 | -44.1% | 64.1% | 548 | -2.2% |
| 2 | Demand Index ✓ | Weekly | 8.5% | 0.61 | -45.8% | 77.2% | 123 | -3.4% |
| 3 | QQE ✓ | Weekly | 10.9% | 0.6 | -50.5% | 50.7% | 140 | -1.0% |
| 4 | Projection Bands ✓ | Weekly | 7.2% | 0.6 | -34.6% | 73.0% | 89 | -4.7% |
| 5 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 7.8% | 0.58 | -43.9% | 70.9% | 247 | -4.0% |
| 6 | MA Envelope ✓ | Daily | 7.3% | 0.56 | -38.5% | 72.5% | 236 | -4.5% |
| 7 | VIDYA 200 Trend ✓ | Daily | 10.8% | 0.56 | -57.2% | 55.0% | 20 | -1.0% |
| 8 | SMC: Liquidity Sweep ✓ | Daily | 7.7% | 0.55 | -45.3% | 74.6% | 126 | -4.1% |
| 9 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 7.5% | 0.54 | -36.3% | 70.6% | 231 | -4.3% |
| 10 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 8.1% | 0.54 | -37.0% | 74.9% | 179 | -3.7% |
| 11 | Connors RSI-2 ✓ | Weekly | 5.9% | 0.54 | -28.8% | 70.1% | 107 | -6.1% |
| 12 | Connors RSI ✓ | Weekly | 6.3% | 0.54 | -24.8% | 71.3% | 108 | -5.6% |
| 13 | SMC: Equal Highs / Lows ✓ | Daily | 8.9% | 0.53 | -52.2% | 44.8% | 29 | -2.9% |
| 14 | MA Envelope ✓ | Weekly | 6.6% | 0.53 | -44.6% | 78.5% | 93 | -5.3% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
What it would take to beat buy & hold on Unilever
11 of 723 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Unilever outright. Another 84 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 87 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.
| Indicator | Beats B&H unlevered | Leverage needed | Leverage survived |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demand Index | 2 | none needed | 5.19× |
| DeMarker | 1 | 1.06× | 4.11× |
| Stochastic | 1 | 1.07× | 4.39× |
| WaveTrend (8/6/4) | 1 | 1.16× | 4.39× |
| MA Envelope | 1 | 1.35× | 5.37× |
| SMC: Liquidity Sweep | 1 | 1.41× | 4.54× |
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 Unilever, Demand Index on the daily timeframe gave the best balance of return and risk in our test. It still trailed buy-and-hold on raw return — 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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