The best indicator for Trade Desk (The) (TTD)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Trade Desk (The) (TTD) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Heikin-Ashi Trend
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Trade Desk (The) (TTD) over ~9.7 years — beating buy-and-hold by 0.6% 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 | Heikin-Ashi Trend ✓ | Daily | 22.2% | 0.65 | -65.1% | 47.7% | 472 | 0.6% |
| 2 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) | Daily | 20.4% | 0.63 | -76.5% | 73.0% | 37 | -1.2% |
| 3 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 13.2% | 0.58 | -41.9% | 81.2% | 16 | -8.4% |
| 4 | Williams %R | Weekly | 20.2% | 0.66 | -50.2% | 75.0% | 12 | -2.2% |
| 5 | RSI Trend (>50) | Daily | 13.0% | 0.49 | -81.1% | 36.8% | 125 | -8.6% |
| 6 | Rate of Change | Daily | 12.2% | 0.48 | -80.4% | 40.5% | 153 | -9.4% |
| 7 | Rate of Change | Weekly | 12.2% | 0.47 | -72.4% | 56.0% | 25 | -10.2% |
| 8 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 10.7% | 0.46 | -57.1% | 68.9% | 45 | -10.8% |
| 9 | EMA 20/50 Cross | Daily | 10.7% | 0.45 | -70.0% | 36.8% | 19 | -10.9% |
| 10 | CCI | Daily | 10.1% | 0.44 | -72.5% | 67.3% | 49 | -11.4% |
| 11 | Stochastic | Daily | 8.8% | 0.41 | -82.0% | 66.0% | 53 | -12.8% |
| 12 | Donchian Midline | Daily | 8.5% | 0.41 | -82.5% | 36.0% | 125 | -13.1% |
| 13 | EMA-10 Trend | Weekly | 7.6% | 0.38 | -72.8% | 46.7% | 45 | -14.9% |
| 14 | MACD | Daily | 4.8% | 0.34 | -82.3% | 44.0% | 91 | -16.8% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Trade Desk (The) (TTD), Heikin-Ashi Trend on the daily timeframe gave the best balance of return and risk in our test. It beat buy-and-hold — 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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