The best indicator for General Mills (GIS)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real General Mills (GIS) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
EMA 50/200 Cross
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for General Mills (GIS) over ~46.2 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 2.2% 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 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 8.7% | 0.55 | -34.4% | 62.5% | 24 | -2.2% |
| 2 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 6.2% | 0.54 | -35.9% | 72.8% | 239 | -4.7% |
| 3 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 5.5% | 0.53 | -29.8% | 70.8% | 65 | -5.3% |
| 4 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 5.3% | 0.52 | -24.5% | 73.5% | 49 | -5.6% |
| 5 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 9.0% | 0.55 | -33.1% | 71.4% | 14 | -1.8% |
| 6 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 5.8% | 0.49 | -42.8% | 70.3% | 316 | -5.1% |
| 7 | CCI | Daily | 5.8% | 0.49 | -54.0% | 75.2% | 226 | -5.1% |
| 8 | CCI ✓ | Weekly | 4.6% | 0.48 | -30.1% | 80.4% | 46 | -6.3% |
| 9 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 7.1% | 0.47 | -43.2% | 58.1% | 31 | -3.8% |
| 10 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 4.4% | 0.46 | -31.0% | 74.7% | 194 | -6.5% |
| 11 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 5.5% | 0.46 | -30.9% | 73.9% | 46 | -5.4% |
| 12 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 3.3% | 0.45 | -23.1% | 76.7% | 30 | -7.5% |
| 13 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Weekly | 3.8% | 0.38 | -46.9% | 85.7% | 35 | -7.0% |
| 14 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) | Daily | 4.4% | 0.37 | -53.0% | 73.1% | 160 | -6.5% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For General Mills (GIS), EMA 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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