The best indicator for Pool Corporation (POOL)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Pool Corporation (POOL) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
RSI Trend (>50)
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Pool Corporation (POOL) over ~30.8 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 4.4% 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 | RSI Trend (>50) ✓ | Weekly | 15.7% | 0.69 | -53.4% | 54.0% | 63 | -4.4% |
| 2 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 11.5% | 0.66 | -60.5% | 81.2% | 48 | -8.7% |
| 3 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 14.2% | 0.61 | -64.0% | 35.3% | 17 | -6.1% |
| 4 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 12.7% | 0.57 | -60.3% | 52.6% | 19 | -7.5% |
| 5 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 7.1% | 0.56 | -37.3% | 95.0% | 20 | -13.0% |
| 6 | Donchian Breakout ✓ | Weekly | 10.7% | 0.55 | -62.1% | 50.0% | 24 | -9.4% |
| 7 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 11.2% | 0.53 | -60.3% | 50.7% | 69 | -9.0% |
| 8 | Donchian Midline ✓ | Weekly | 10.6% | 0.52 | -60.2% | 60.7% | 84 | -9.5% |
| 9 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 8.0% | 0.49 | -46.9% | 77.1% | 35 | -12.2% |
| 10 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 6.6% | 0.46 | -50.2% | 69.6% | 115 | -13.6% |
| 11 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 7.6% | 0.46 | -58.0% | 64.5% | 138 | -12.7% |
| 12 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 7.5% | 0.44 | -51.9% | 71.0% | 186 | -12.7% |
| 13 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 7.3% | 0.43 | -43.7% | 69.9% | 143 | -13.0% |
| 14 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 5.3% | 0.42 | -30.3% | 75.6% | 41 | -15.0% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Pool Corporation (POOL), RSI Trend (>50) on the weekly 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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