The best indicator for Public Storage (PSA)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Public Storage (PSA) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
SMA 50/200 Cross
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Public Storage (PSA) over ~45.6 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 2.1% 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 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 9.4% | 0.55 | -46.3% | 48.3% | 29 | -2.1% |
| 2 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 8.1% | 0.52 | -52.7% | 66.7% | 21 | -3.3% |
| 3 | Donchian Breakout ✓ | Weekly | 7.5% | 0.52 | -51.5% | 51.7% | 29 | -3.9% |
| 4 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 8.2% | 0.5 | -61.2% | 40.0% | 30 | -3.3% |
| 5 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 7.0% | 0.49 | -46.2% | 67.2% | 201 | -4.5% |
| 6 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 7.1% | 0.47 | -51.9% | 66.7% | 294 | -4.3% |
| 7 | ADX / DMI ✓ | Weekly | 5.7% | 0.46 | -36.0% | 50.7% | 69 | -5.7% |
| 8 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 6.5% | 0.42 | -55.4% | 69.9% | 166 | -5.0% |
| 9 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 4.6% | 0.38 | -41.1% | 65.7% | 172 | -6.8% |
| 10 | Heikin-Ashi Trend ✓ | Weekly | 4.9% | 0.36 | -39.9% | 51.5% | 435 | -6.4% |
| 11 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 4.5% | 0.35 | -45.2% | 79.4% | 63 | -6.9% |
| 12 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 4.0% | 0.35 | -42.9% | 76.9% | 39 | -7.4% |
| 13 | RSI Trend (>50) ✓ | Weekly | 4.4% | 0.33 | -56.7% | 48.1% | 133 | -7.0% |
| 14 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 2.4% | 0.31 | -40.0% | 76.8% | 56 | -9.1% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Public Storage (PSA), SMA 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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