The best indicator for Yum! Brands (YUM)
We backtested 382 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Yum! Brands (YUM) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted over the full backtest, with costs, and checked out-of-sample.
Where Yum! Brands (YUM) 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.
MA Envelope
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Yum! Brands (YUM) over ~29.0 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 1.5% CAGR.
Yum! Brands (YUM) 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 Yum! Brands (YUM) — trailing buy-and-hold by 12.4% 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 | MA Envelope ✓ | Daily | 12.0% | 0.72 | -48.4% | 77.5% | 182 | -1.5% |
| 2 | Fisher Center-of-Gravity ✓ | Weekly | 8.8% | 0.64 | -43.5% | 61.8% | 152 | -4.5% |
| 3 | Connors RSI-2 ✓ | Daily | 9.2% | 0.62 | -38.3% | 67.5% | 326 | -4.4% |
| 4 | SMC: Liquidity Sweep ✓ | Daily | 11.6% | 0.62 | -44.0% | 78.5% | 107 | -1.9% |
| 5 | Markov Regime ✓ | Weekly | 12.2% | 0.62 | -50.9% | 47.1% | 17 | -1.1% |
| 6 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 8.5% | 0.61 | -40.7% | 86.4% | 44 | -4.8% |
| 7 | SMA 10/40 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 9.9% | 0.59 | -38.5% | 61.5% | 26 | -3.4% |
| 8 | TRIX (9) ✓ | Weekly | 9.5% | 0.58 | -43.2% | 64.0% | 25 | -3.8% |
| 9 | Net Volume ✓ | Weekly | 9.0% | 0.58 | -41.9% | 55.1% | 78 | -4.3% |
| 10 | Liquidity Flow Oscillator ✓ | Weekly | 9.0% | 0.58 | -41.9% | 55.1% | 78 | -4.3% |
| 11 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 9.5% | 0.57 | -41.9% | 72.0% | 150 | -4.1% |
| 12 | SMA 10/30 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 9.3% | 0.57 | -37.3% | 59.3% | 27 | -4.0% |
| 13 | Connors RSI ✓ | Daily | 8.6% | 0.56 | -43.7% | 66.6% | 341 | -4.9% |
| 14 | Stochastic RSI ✓ | Weekly | 7.9% | 0.56 | -43.6% | 76.1% | 46 | -5.5% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
What it would take to beat buy & hold on Yum! Brands (YUM)
3 of 669 tested setups beat buy-and-hold on Yum! Brands (YUM) outright. Another 147 could get there with leverage they would survive — but 229 would be liquidated by their own drawdown before they caught it.
| Indicator | Beats B&H unlevered | Leverage needed | Leverage survived |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detrended Price Osc. | 1 | none needed | 2.57× |
| Lorentzian Classification | 1 | none needed | 3.38× |
| SMC: Liquidity Sweep | 1 | none needed | 2.3× |
| QQE | — | 1.32× | 2.35× |
| MA Envelope | — | 1.67× | 2.46× |
| Connors RSI-2 | — | 1.9× | 2.56× |
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 Yum! Brands (YUM), MA Envelope 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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