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The 366 indicators we tested — standard ones traders use plus a few custom edges — ranked by how often each is the best fit for an asset.

Fibonacci Pivots

24 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.08

Fisher Transform

20 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.21

Camarilla Pivots

19 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.01

Projection Bands

17 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

Intraday Momentum Index

16 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

15 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.39

14 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

14 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.41

Detrended Price Osc.

13 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.18

12 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

11 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

10 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

FRAMA 10/30 Cross

10 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

10 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Keltner Mean-Reversion

9 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

Pivot Points (Standard)

9 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.08

8 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

SMA 20/50 Cross

7 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

Historical Volatility Regime

7 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.2

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.19

WaveTrend (8/6/4)

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

TEMA 20/50 Cross

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

McGinley 200 Trend

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.36

Negative Volume Index

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

Ultimate Oscillator

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

TRIMA 200 Trend

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

KAMA 10/30 Cross

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.36

McGinley 30 Trend

6 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.2

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.19

Positive Volume Index

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Williams Fractals

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

McGinley 100 Trend

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

Supertrend (14,4)

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

Twiggs Money Flow

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

Parabolic SAR (fast)

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

Money Flow Index

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

5 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

DEMA 20/50 Cross

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

SMC: Order Block

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.11

Stochastic Fast (5,3)

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.09

Bollinger Mean-Reversion

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

SMC: Change of Character

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

Volume Flow Indicator

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Ehlers Roofing Filter

4 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

Advance Trend Pressure

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.14

Relative Volume Spike

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.09

Volume Oscillator

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.12

Center of Gravity

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.07

Fisher Center-of-Gravity

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.09

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.16

ADX Strong Trend

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.19

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.2

Stoch RSI (fast)

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.11

Volume Zone Oscillator

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

Ehlers Cyber Cycle

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

Lorentzian Classification

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.0

Supertrend Fast (10,2)

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.36

Chandelier Exit

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

Gator Oscillator

3 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.08

McGinley Dynamic

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

Linear Regression Slope

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

Predictive Ranges

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

Trend Intensity Index

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

Holy Grail Confluence

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.09

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

Ichimoku TK Cross

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.36

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

Donchian 10 Break

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

Chande-Kroll Stop (fast)

3 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

Bandpass Oscillator

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.06

Nadaraya-Watson Envelope

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.15

2 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.18

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

SMC: Equal Highs / Lows

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

WMA 20/50 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.1

Ehlers Relative Vigor

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.15

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

Choppiness Index

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.04

2 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.08

2 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.11

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.11

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.0

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.11

Jurik MA (approx.)

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.08

Vertical Horizontal Filter

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.1

Williams Alligator

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.07

Fractal Adaptive MA

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.05

TEMA 10/30 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

Hull MA 100 Trend

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

Instantaneous Trendline

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

FRAMA 100 Trend

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.14

Trend Regularity Adaptive MA

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

Standard Error Bands

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.04

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

SMA 10/30 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Chaikin Oscillator

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Supertrend (20,3)

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.18

Andean Oscillator

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

VIDYA 10/30 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.39

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

SMC: Break of Structure

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.36

WMA 10/40 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

Supertrend (7,3)

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

Know Sure Thing

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

Gann HiLo Activator

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.18

Williams %R (50)

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

Order-Flow Reversion

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Donchian 100 Break

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

EMA 13/48 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

McGinley 10/30 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

Hull MA 20/80 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

SMA 15/60 Cross

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

Stochastic Momentum Index

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

Least Squares MA

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.16

2 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

Donchian Breakout

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

Ichimoku (fast)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

Bollinger 10 (x1.5) Break

1 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.15

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.15

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.36

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

Adaptive Supertrend

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

1 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.04

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

Exponential Hull MA

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.11

Murrey Math Lines

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

Holt Double-Exp MA

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.07

Balance of Power

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

Heikin-Ashi Trend

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.02

Keltner 10 (x1.5)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.12

VuManChu Cipher B

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.11

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

Acceleration Bands

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.06

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

EMA 10/40 Cross

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.36

Pascal's Weighted MA

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

Keltner 50 (x2.0)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.12

Bullish Engulfing

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.1

Relative Volatility Index

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

Perfect Trend Line

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.07

Bollinger 50 (x2.5) Break

1 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.09

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

Chande Kroll Stop

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

RSI Mean-Reversion

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.19

Williams %R (7)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.12

Ehlers Decycler

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

Keltner Breakout

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.18

EMA 20/80 Cross

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

Williams %R (28)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

True Strength Index

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

Relative Momentum Index

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

LSMA 10/30 Cross

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

SMC: Fair Value Gap

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

Ease of Movement

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.21

1 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.12

Chande Forecast Osc.

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.1

Donchian 20 Break

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.08

SMA 50/200 Cross

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.39

DEMA 10/30 Cross

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

Even Better Sinewave

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

RSI Trend (>50)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Stochastic Slow (21,5)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

Markov Regime (Confirmed)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

Price Volume Trend

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

Supertrend (10,3)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

On-Balance Volume

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.21

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

EMA Cascade Rider

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

SMA 20/80 Cross

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

Hull MA 15/60 Cross

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

Ehlers SuperSmoother

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.06

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.14

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

Accelerator Oscillator

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

Three White Soldiers

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.11

UT Bot (ATR Trailing)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.19

Arnaud Legoux MA

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.14

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Waddah Attar Explosion

1 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.02

EMA 20/50 Cross

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

Stochastic (20,5)

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.13

Trend-Gated Asymmetric

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.16

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

Guppy Multiple MA

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

Accumulation/Distribution

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

1 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.21

EMA 50/200 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.39

Bollinger Breakout

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.21

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.15

Donchian Midline

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

Awesome Oscillator

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.36

Chande Momentum Osc.

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.2

Percentage Price Osc.

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Relative Vigor Index

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

Bollinger Squeeze

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.15

Chaikin Money Flow

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.27

Kaufman Adaptive MA

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.19

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

Zero-Lag EMA Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

Schaff Trend Cycle

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.06

Random Walk Index

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

Klinger Oscillator

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.2

Disparity Index

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.2

Pretty Good Oscillator

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.19

Smoothed Heikin-Ashi

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

Sine-Weighted MA

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.13

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

Squeeze Momentum

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.09

Gaussian Channel

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.19

Ehlers TrendFlex

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.35

Inverse Fisher RSI

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.3

Derivative Oscillator

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.04

Premier Stochastic

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

Accumulation Swing Index

0 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.12

Chaikin Volatility

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.07

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.12

Deviation-Scaled MA

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.1

Correlation Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

Ehlers Stochastic

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.14

Triangular Hull MA

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.12

Smoothed MA (Wilder)

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

Regularized EMA

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.2

Volume-Weighted EMA

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

WMA 10/30 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

ZLEMA 10/30 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

ALMA 10/30 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

Aroon Oscillator

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

Pring's Special K

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.12

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.18

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

Ultimate Osc (4,8,16)

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.06

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Elder Bull Power

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.18

Bullish Marubozu

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.02

Trade Volume Index

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Fibonacci Bands

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

Std Error Channel

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

Keltner 20 Break

0 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.06

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

Heikin-Ashi + EMA

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.33

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

Hull MA 30 Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.11

Hull MA 200 Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

VIDYA 100 Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

VIDYA 200 Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.34

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.17

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

ZLEMA 100 Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.22

ZLEMA 200 Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

TRIMA 100 Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

FRAMA 200 Trend

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.14

EMA 15/60 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

SMA 10/40 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

WMA 15/60 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.37

WMA 20/80 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

Hull MA 10/40 Cross

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.24

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.21

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.29

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

Williams %R (21)

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.25

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.21

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.21

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.15

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

Disparity (100)

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

Stochastic (10,3)

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.1

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

Supertrend (7,2)

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

Supertrend (10,2)

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.32

Bollinger 30 (x2.0) Break

0 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.08

0 best fits · avg Sharpe -0.04

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.38

Random Walk Index

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.23

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.12

SMC: Liquidity Sweep

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.28

Cascade Z-Score

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.26

Liquidity Flow Oscillator

0 best fits · avg Sharpe 0.31