The best indicator for Crown Castle (CCI)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Crown Castle (CCI) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Money Flow Index
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Crown Castle (CCI) over ~27.8 years — beating buy-and-hold by 3.2% 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 | SMA 50/200 Cross | Daily | 11.9% | 0.55 | -53.9% | 50.0% | 20 | 2.5% |
| 2 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 12.7% | 0.55 | -88.3% | 87.5% | 32 | 3.2% |
| 3 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 10.5% | 0.48 | -82.2% | 77.0% | 139 | 1.0% |
| 4 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 10.4% | 0.48 | -78.4% | 89.6% | 48 | 1.0% |
| 5 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 12.9% | 0.58 | -53.4% | 50.0% | 12 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 10.0% | 0.46 | -86.0% | 74.0% | 192 | 0.6% |
| 7 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 10.2% | 0.45 | -88.8% | 69.0% | 113 | 0.8% |
| 8 | EMA-10 Trend | Daily | 7.7% | 0.39 | -64.0% | 40.3% | 657 | -1.8% |
| 9 | ADX / DMI | Weekly | 6.2% | 0.39 | -66.5% | 35.7% | 28 | -3.2% |
| 10 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 6.5% | 0.37 | -83.1% | 69.8% | 116 | -3.0% |
| 11 | Rate of Change | Weekly | 6.6% | 0.36 | -48.3% | 52.1% | 119 | -2.8% |
| 12 | ADX / DMI ✓ | Daily | 5.5% | 0.34 | -52.6% | 40.1% | 157 | -4.0% |
| 13 | Donchian Breakout | Weekly | 5.3% | 0.34 | -55.0% | 42.9% | 21 | -4.1% |
| 14 | RSI Trend (>50) | Weekly | 5.2% | 0.33 | -61.9% | 40.9% | 88 | -4.2% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Crown Castle (CCI), Money Flow Index 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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