The best indicator for APA Corporation (APA)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real APA Corporation (APA) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Stochastic
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for APA Corporation (APA) over ~47.2 years — beating buy-and-hold by 2.2% CAGR.
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 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 8.7% | 0.42 | -55.7% | 71.4% | 56 | 2.2% |
| 2 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 7.5% | 0.4 | -48.2% | 70.5% | 44 | 1.0% |
| 3 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Weekly | 7.4% | 0.38 | -62.5% | 70.3% | 37 | 1.0% |
| 4 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 6.6% | 0.37 | -55.7% | 75.8% | 66 | 0.2% |
| 5 | CCI ✓ | Weekly | 6.4% | 0.36 | -59.6% | 78.7% | 47 | -0.0% |
| 6 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 3.7% | 0.28 | -88.3% | 65.8% | 73 | -3.0% |
| 7 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 3.4% | 0.27 | -88.4% | 64.9% | 322 | -3.3% |
| 8 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 3.3% | 0.26 | -66.1% | 67.7% | 65 | -3.4% |
| 9 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 2.7% | 0.24 | -80.4% | 41.7% | 24 | -3.7% |
| 10 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 2.3% | 0.23 | -89.7% | 68.3% | 224 | -4.4% |
| 11 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 2.1% | 0.22 | -90.6% | 67.1% | 246 | -4.6% |
| 12 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) | Daily | 1.7% | 0.22 | -89.7% | 63.9% | 166 | -5.0% |
| 13 | Donchian Midline ✓ | Daily | 1.9% | 0.21 | -76.0% | 38.8% | 640 | -4.8% |
| 14 | EMA 50/200 Cross | Daily | 1.3% | 0.2 | -92.1% | 32.4% | 34 | -5.4% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For APA Corporation (APA), Stochastic on the weekly 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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