The best indicator for McCormick & Company (MKC)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real McCormick & Company (MKC) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
WaveTrend (8/6/4)
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for McCormick & Company (MKC) over ~53.3 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 1.0% 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 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 8.5% | 0.54 | -50.3% | 72.9% | 214 | -1.0% |
| 2 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 7.5% | 0.53 | -47.5% | 71.4% | 262 | -2.0% |
| 3 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 7.6% | 0.51 | -52.1% | 74.4% | 332 | -1.9% |
| 4 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 5.1% | 0.48 | -27.2% | 84.4% | 45 | -4.3% |
| 5 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 6.4% | 0.46 | -49.8% | 73.6% | 258 | -3.1% |
| 6 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Weekly | 6.0% | 0.44 | -45.0% | 88.1% | 42 | -3.4% |
| 7 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 6.9% | 0.42 | -48.5% | 55.0% | 20 | -2.5% |
| 8 | CCI ✓ | Weekly | 5.2% | 0.42 | -46.7% | 78.4% | 51 | -4.2% |
| 9 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Weekly | 3.9% | 0.41 | -31.8% | 86.7% | 15 | -5.5% |
| 10 | Heikin-Ashi Trend | Daily | 5.6% | 0.38 | -90.9% | 43.8% | 2394 | -3.8% |
| 11 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 3.6% | 0.35 | -32.0% | 73.6% | 91 | -5.9% |
| 12 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 4.2% | 0.35 | -40.0% | 75.9% | 87 | -5.3% |
| 13 | Money Flow Index | Daily | 4.1% | 0.33 | -60.8% | 67.5% | 83 | -5.4% |
| 14 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 3.6% | 0.32 | -50.3% | 70.9% | 220 | -5.9% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For McCormick & Company (MKC), WaveTrend (8/6/4) 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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