The best indicator for Visa Inc. (V)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Visa Inc. (V) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Williams %R
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Visa Inc. (V) over ~18.2 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 7.7% 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 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 11.9% | 0.68 | -35.3% | 73.9% | 119 | -7.7% |
| 2 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 11.0% | 0.66 | -35.0% | 72.4% | 76 | -8.7% |
| 3 | Donchian Breakout | Weekly | 9.2% | 0.64 | -37.5% | 64.3% | 14 | -9.4% |
| 4 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 8.9% | 0.59 | -36.3% | 76.7% | 73 | -10.7% |
| 5 | Donchian Midline | Weekly | 9.1% | 0.58 | -44.2% | 51.0% | 49 | -9.5% |
| 6 | RSI Trend (>50) | Weekly | 8.9% | 0.57 | -39.1% | 46.5% | 43 | -9.8% |
| 7 | ADX / DMI | Weekly | 6.8% | 0.57 | -26.2% | 52.2% | 23 | -11.9% |
| 8 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 6.7% | 0.55 | -20.3% | 81.0% | 21 | -11.9% |
| 9 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 8.8% | 0.53 | -41.8% | 74.7% | 87 | -10.8% |
| 10 | EMA 20/50 Cross | Daily | 8.3% | 0.51 | -38.0% | 48.8% | 41 | -11.3% |
| 11 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 8.7% | 0.5 | -46.9% | 79.7% | 64 | -10.9% |
| 12 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 6.6% | 0.45 | -33.2% | 72.7% | 22 | -13.0% |
| 13 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 15.7% | 0.8 | -36.4% | 100.0% | 8 | -3.9% |
| 14 | Bollinger Breakout ✓ | Weekly | 4.1% | 0.41 | -29.0% | 58.8% | 17 | -14.6% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Visa Inc. (V), Williams %R 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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