The best indicator for Flare (FLR)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Flare (FLR) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Bollinger Breakout
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Flare (FLR) over ~4.9 years — beating buy-and-hold by 46.8% 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 | ADX / DMI | Daily | 19.0% | 0.57 | -61.6% | 24.1% | 29 | 49.2% |
| 2 | Bollinger Breakout ✓ | Daily | 16.6% | 0.55 | -51.1% | 50.0% | 18 | 46.8% |
| 3 | RSI Trend (>50) ✓ | Daily | 16.0% | 0.53 | -57.4% | 38.6% | 57 | 46.2% |
| 4 | Donchian Midline | Daily | 10.0% | 0.42 | -48.6% | 35.1% | 57 | 40.2% |
| 5 | Donchian Breakout | Daily | 2.2% | 0.27 | -62.9% | 30.8% | 13 | 32.4% |
| 6 | EMA-10 Trend | Weekly | 20.6% | 0.59 | -53.7% | 37.5% | 8 | 62.0% |
| 7 | Heikin-Ashi Trend | Weekly | 3.2% | 0.3 | -51.0% | 41.4% | 29 | 44.5% |
| 8 | Rate of Change | Daily | -2.8% | 0.18 | -62.3% | 49.4% | 81 | 27.4% |
| 9 | EMA-10 Trend | Daily | -5.3% | 0.13 | -64.9% | 37.7% | 106 | 24.9% |
| 10 | MACD | Daily | -17.6% | -0.1 | -76.1% | 36.7% | 49 | 12.6% |
| 11 | Williams %R | Daily | -31.5% | -0.52 | -89.7% | 56.0% | 25 | -1.3% |
| 12 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion | Daily | -26.0% | -0.54 | -83.6% | 52.6% | 19 | 4.2% |
| 13 | Heikin-Ashi Trend | Daily | -35.7% | -0.58 | -93.7% | 38.2% | 228 | -5.5% |
| 14 | Stochastic | Daily | -33.8% | -0.67 | -90.0% | 40.9% | 22 | -3.6% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Flare (FLR), Bollinger Breakout 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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