The best indicator for Deere & Company (DE)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Deere & Company (DE) 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 Deere & Company (DE) over ~54.0 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 5.6% 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 | 7.8% | 0.48 | -56.9% | 70.7% | 287 | -5.6% |
| 2 | MACD ✓ | Weekly | 7.9% | 0.46 | -51.2% | 54.6% | 108 | -5.4% |
| 3 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 6.9% | 0.42 | -56.1% | 72.9% | 362 | -6.6% |
| 4 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 7.1% | 0.42 | -73.0% | 69.7% | 201 | -6.3% |
| 5 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Weekly | 6.6% | 0.42 | -63.5% | 85.4% | 41 | -6.7% |
| 6 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 5.8% | 0.38 | -58.9% | 68.7% | 259 | -7.7% |
| 7 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 5.6% | 0.35 | -67.7% | 38.3% | 47 | -7.8% |
| 8 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 5.5% | 0.35 | -68.3% | 37.6% | 133 | -7.9% |
| 9 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 4.9% | 0.34 | -56.8% | 71.0% | 69 | -8.4% |
| 10 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 4.4% | 0.33 | -60.7% | 72.2% | 79 | -9.0% |
| 11 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 5.3% | 0.33 | -66.2% | 54.1% | 37 | -8.0% |
| 12 | Donchian Midline ✓ | Daily | 4.7% | 0.32 | -52.8% | 36.0% | 745 | -8.7% |
| 13 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 4.2% | 0.32 | -62.4% | 71.7% | 53 | -9.1% |
| 14 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 4.7% | 0.31 | -69.9% | 44.7% | 47 | -8.7% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Deere & Company (DE), 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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