The best indicator for Campbell's Company (The) (CPB)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Campbell's Company (The) (CPB) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Stochastic
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Campbell's Company (The) (CPB) over ~53.3 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 1.1% 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 ✓ | Daily | 5.7% | 0.44 | -41.2% | 67.9% | 287 | -1.1% |
| 2 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 5.0% | 0.42 | -38.3% | 71.7% | 92 | -1.8% |
| 3 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 3.6% | 0.41 | -36.4% | 82.9% | 76 | -3.2% |
| 4 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 4.5% | 0.41 | -47.4% | 75.1% | 233 | -2.3% |
| 5 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 5.9% | 0.4 | -52.8% | 34.8% | 23 | -0.8% |
| 6 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 5.2% | 0.36 | -61.9% | 47.5% | 40 | -1.6% |
| 7 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 4.4% | 0.34 | -61.8% | 66.2% | 210 | -2.4% |
| 8 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 4.5% | 0.33 | -58.8% | 33.3% | 39 | -2.3% |
| 9 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 3.7% | 0.31 | -58.5% | 70.6% | 269 | -3.1% |
| 10 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 3.2% | 0.28 | -50.9% | 63.3% | 346 | -3.6% |
| 11 | Money Flow Index | Daily | 3.2% | 0.28 | -58.1% | 71.0% | 62 | -3.6% |
| 12 | Donchian Breakout ✓ | Weekly | 3.1% | 0.27 | -40.1% | 42.5% | 40 | -3.6% |
| 13 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 2.4% | 0.26 | -27.0% | 66.7% | 45 | -4.3% |
| 14 | Rate of Change ✓ | Weekly | 2.6% | 0.23 | -46.1% | 44.3% | 183 | -4.1% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Campbell's Company (The) (CPB), Stochastic 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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