The best indicator for Worldcoin (WLD)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Worldcoin (WLD) 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 Worldcoin (WLD) over ~6.1 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 77.2% 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 | 12.8% | 0.56 | -85.8% | 40.0% | 260 | -77.2% |
| 2 | MACD ✓ | Daily | 7.5% | 0.52 | -91.2% | 36.0% | 50 | -82.5% |
| 3 | Heikin-Ashi Trend ✓ | Weekly | 381.3% | 0.49 | -77.8% | 33.3% | 36 | 233.5% |
| 4 | ADX / DMI ✓ | Daily | 149.2% | 0.41 | -85.6% | 35.1% | 37 | 59.3% |
| 5 | Rate of Change ✓ | Daily | 118.5% | 0.41 | -84.6% | 38.9% | 90 | 28.6% |
| 6 | Stochastic | Daily | 81.7% | 0.4 | -96.7% | 54.8% | 31 | -8.3% |
| 7 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | -16.3% | 0.31 | -92.2% | 50.0% | 22 | -106.3% |
| 8 | EMA-10 Trend ✓ | Weekly | -1.2% | 0.33 | -71.8% | 40.0% | 15 | -149.0% |
| 9 | Donchian Breakout ✓ | Daily | -6.0% | 0.28 | -82.2% | 40.9% | 22 | -95.9% |
| 10 | RSI Trend (>50) ✓ | Daily | -12.6% | 0.27 | -93.7% | 37.7% | 61 | -102.5% |
| 11 | Money Flow Index | Daily | 76.8% | 0.4 | -92.9% | 50.0% | 10 | -13.2% |
| 12 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 6.2% | 0.33 | -70.3% | 62.5% | 8 | -83.7% |
| 13 | EMA-10 Trend ✓ | Daily | -20.0% | 0.15 | -95.0% | 36.0% | 111 | -109.9% |
| 14 | Williams %R | Daily | -21.0% | 0.1 | -93.9% | 64.7% | 34 | -111.0% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Worldcoin (WLD), Heikin-Ashi Trend 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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