The best indicator for DuPont (DD)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real DuPont (DD) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
SMA 50/200 Cross
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for DuPont (DD) over ~54.0 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 2.7% 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 | 6.3% | 0.39 | -60.3% | 53.3% | 45 | -2.7% |
| 2 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 6.0% | 0.39 | -77.6% | 68.3% | 300 | -3.1% |
| 3 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 5.7% | 0.37 | -70.7% | 74.1% | 282 | -3.3% |
| 4 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 5.2% | 0.35 | -73.4% | 67.5% | 372 | -3.8% |
| 5 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 5.4% | 0.35 | -68.0% | 72.5% | 218 | -3.7% |
| 6 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 5.4% | 0.34 | -58.2% | 56.0% | 25 | -3.6% |
| 7 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 3.6% | 0.29 | -68.6% | 69.7% | 221 | -5.5% |
| 8 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 3.2% | 0.27 | -72.8% | 70.5% | 44 | -5.7% |
| 9 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 3.4% | 0.26 | -57.1% | 43.5% | 46 | -5.6% |
| 10 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 3.2% | 0.26 | -85.8% | 77.1% | 48 | -5.8% |
| 11 | MACD ✓ | Daily | 3.0% | 0.25 | -76.0% | 41.1% | 543 | -6.0% |
| 12 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 2.6% | 0.23 | -74.7% | 35.3% | 139 | -6.4% |
| 13 | EMA-10 Trend ✓ | Daily | 2.6% | 0.23 | -71.1% | 38.4% | 1260 | -6.4% |
| 14 | Donchian Midline ✓ | Daily | 2.7% | 0.23 | -70.9% | 38.0% | 729 | -6.3% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For DuPont (DD), SMA 50/200 Cross 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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