The best indicator for Truist Financial (TFC)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Truist Financial (TFC) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Stochastic
On the weekly chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Truist Financial (TFC) over ~46.4 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 3.9% 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 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 6.7% | 0.46 | -48.4% | 89.4% | 47 | -3.9% |
| 2 | CCI ✓ | Weekly | 6.6% | 0.45 | -53.4% | 87.0% | 46 | -4.0% |
| 3 | Heikin-Ashi Trend ✓ | Weekly | 6.9% | 0.44 | -65.3% | 45.9% | 425 | -3.7% |
| 4 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Weekly | 6.8% | 0.43 | -54.6% | 82.9% | 35 | -3.8% |
| 5 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 5.9% | 0.41 | -54.0% | 81.0% | 63 | -4.6% |
| 6 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 5.3% | 0.4 | -41.1% | 85.0% | 40 | -5.2% |
| 7 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 5.7% | 0.38 | -52.8% | 54.5% | 22 | -4.9% |
| 8 | MACD ✓ | Daily | 5.7% | 0.37 | -77.8% | 48.7% | 450 | -4.8% |
| 9 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 5.8% | 0.35 | -66.6% | 67.3% | 52 | -4.7% |
| 10 | EMA-10 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 4.9% | 0.35 | -46.6% | 44.9% | 214 | -5.6% |
| 11 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 4.3% | 0.31 | -53.6% | 66.5% | 212 | -6.2% |
| 12 | MACD ✓ | Weekly | 4.2% | 0.31 | -48.9% | 43.0% | 93 | -6.4% |
| 13 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 4.3% | 0.3 | -64.0% | 46.2% | 39 | -6.2% |
| 14 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 4.3% | 0.3 | -67.8% | 40.4% | 114 | -6.2% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Truist Financial (TFC), Stochastic 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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