The best indicator for WEC Energy Group (WEC)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real WEC Energy Group (WEC) 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 WEC Energy Group (WEC) over ~46.2 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 4.7% 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 | 8.0% | 0.75 | -24.9% | 71.0% | 293 | -4.7% |
| 2 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 9.5% | 0.63 | -33.5% | 50.0% | 16 | -3.0% |
| 3 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 6.4% | 0.62 | -28.7% | 74.8% | 226 | -6.3% |
| 4 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 7.2% | 0.59 | -39.1% | 70.9% | 179 | -5.5% |
| 5 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 8.2% | 0.57 | -40.5% | 58.1% | 31 | -4.5% |
| 6 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 5.2% | 0.56 | -26.9% | 85.7% | 56 | -7.4% |
| 7 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 7.6% | 0.53 | -46.4% | 37.9% | 29 | -5.1% |
| 8 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 4.6% | 0.5 | -22.1% | 71.1% | 187 | -8.1% |
| 9 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 4.9% | 0.5 | -37.0% | 80.0% | 55 | -7.7% |
| 10 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 3.8% | 0.49 | -30.3% | 83.8% | 37 | -8.6% |
| 11 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 4.4% | 0.47 | -29.9% | 76.4% | 55 | -8.1% |
| 12 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 3.3% | 0.46 | -24.2% | 77.6% | 58 | -9.4% |
| 13 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 4.9% | 0.45 | -36.4% | 74.4% | 219 | -7.8% |
| 14 | Donchian Breakout ✓ | Weekly | 4.5% | 0.42 | -56.4% | 66.7% | 39 | -8.0% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For WEC Energy Group (WEC), 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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