The best indicator for Darden Restaurants (DRI)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Darden Restaurants (DRI) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Williams %R
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Darden Restaurants (DRI) over ~31.0 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 5.0% 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 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 9.4% | 0.51 | -59.1% | 66.5% | 206 | -5.0% |
| 2 | CCI ✓ | Weekly | 8.9% | 0.5 | -55.5% | 87.5% | 32 | -5.2% |
| 3 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 7.5% | 0.43 | -66.6% | 69.8% | 159 | -6.9% |
| 4 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 7.2% | 0.43 | -68.8% | 65.6% | 154 | -7.2% |
| 5 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 7.8% | 0.43 | -58.8% | 71.4% | 28 | -6.6% |
| 6 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 7.6% | 0.43 | -40.7% | 71.4% | 14 | -6.5% |
| 7 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 7.1% | 0.4 | -43.1% | 56.5% | 23 | -7.3% |
| 8 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 6.8% | 0.39 | -53.2% | 37.5% | 24 | -7.6% |
| 9 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 6.7% | 0.38 | -65.5% | 69.6% | 112 | -7.7% |
| 10 | Rate of Change ✓ | Weekly | 6.1% | 0.38 | -41.7% | 50.5% | 105 | -7.9% |
| 11 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 4.7% | 0.34 | -68.1% | 75.6% | 45 | -9.7% |
| 12 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Weekly | 5.6% | 0.34 | -68.0% | 81.8% | 22 | -8.5% |
| 13 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 4.8% | 0.32 | -60.1% | 75.0% | 24 | -9.3% |
| 14 | MACD ✓ | Weekly | 4.3% | 0.31 | -47.8% | 53.0% | 66 | -9.8% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Darden Restaurants (DRI), Williams %R 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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