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The best indicator for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)

We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.

Signaling FLAT right now — Trend-Gated Asymmetric (Daily) is out of the market. Signal as of 2026-09-10.
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Key levels · as of 2026-09-09

Where Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) stands

27.91
last daily close (2026-09-09)
27.34
200-day simple moving average price 2.1% above
27.14
50-day simple moving average price 2.8% above
12.26–29.98
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 · Daily

Trend-Gated Asymmetric

On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) over ~20.9 years — beating buy-and-hold by 2.2% CAGR.

8.7%
CAGR
0.59
Sharpe
-44.0%
Max DD
36.7%
Win rate
1.97
Profit factor
+2.2%
vs Buy&Hold
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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) 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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Confluence · Daily

Best multi-indicator combo

HalfTrendMACDVortex

Going long only when all 3 agree was the strongest confluence setup we found for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) — trailing buy-and-hold by 0.4% CAGR, out-of-sample. Fewer, higher-conviction trades than any single indicator.

6.1%
CAGR
0.36
Sharpe
42.1%
Win rate
197
Trades
-0.4%
vs Buy&Hold
Best by timeframe

The winner on each chart

Daily
Trend-Gated Asymmetric
+2.2% · Sharpe 0.59
Weekly
Ulcer Index
+3.3% · Sharpe 0.51
Full results

Every indicator, ranked

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

#IndicatorTFCAGRSharpeMax DDWinTradesvs B&H
1Trend-Gated Asymmetric Daily8.7%0.59-44.0%36.7%792.2%
2Vegas Tunnel Daily9.7%0.54-54.9%29.2%483.2%
3Ulcer Index Weekly9.7%0.51-65.3%37.9%293.3%
4SMC: Liquidity Sweep Daily11.0%0.51-62.6%67.1%764.5%
5TRIMA 200 Trend Daily8.7%0.48-78.6%33.3%362.2%
6Volume Flow Indicator Daily9.6%0.47-73.5%39.2%513.1%
7VIDYA 10/30 Cross Daily8.7%0.47-58.1%27.3%222.2%
8Pring's Special K Daily7.2%0.47-63.3%42.9%1680.8%
9Morning Star Weekly7.3%0.46-38.6%57.1%420.9%
10MAMA / FAMA Weekly9.2%0.45-75.2%36.0%252.8%
11LSMA 200 Trend Weekly8.7%0.45-64.8%71.4%212.2%
12Chop Zone (EMA-34 angle) Weekly6.8%0.45-54.8%50.0%220.4%
13Standard Error Bands Daily4.3%0.44-25.5%49.0%49-2.1%
14KAMA 100 Trend Weekly8.3%0.44-62.9%37.9%291.9%

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

The leverage question

What it would take to beat buy & hold on Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)

140 of 576 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) outright. Another 0 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 1 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.

IndicatorBeats B&H unlevered Leverage neededLeverage survived
Sine-Weighted MA2none needed1.22×
RSI Trend (>50)1none needed1.37×
Rate of Change1none needed1.23×
EMA-10 Trend1none needed1.3×
Donchian Midline1none needed1.25×
Parabolic SAR1none needed1.25×

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 Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Trend-Gated Asymmetric 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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