The best indicator for Willis Towers Watson (WTW)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Willis Towers Watson (WTW) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Stochastic
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Willis Towers Watson (WTW) over ~24.9 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 3.2% 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 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 6.5% | 0.46 | -42.4% | 71.7% | 127 | -3.2% |
| 2 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 6.2% | 0.46 | -28.6% | 75.0% | 40 | -3.5% |
| 3 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 6.1% | 0.43 | -46.9% | 69.0% | 158 | -3.5% |
| 4 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 5.9% | 0.4 | -56.1% | 73.9% | 92 | -3.8% |
| 5 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 4.3% | 0.4 | -18.3% | 70.6% | 17 | -5.3% |
| 6 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Weekly | 5.2% | 0.4 | -44.3% | 85.0% | 20 | -4.4% |
| 7 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 4.7% | 0.38 | -39.0% | 63.9% | 97 | -4.9% |
| 8 | CCI ✓ | Weekly | 4.2% | 0.34 | -44.7% | 85.7% | 28 | -5.4% |
| 9 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 3.0% | 0.29 | -31.5% | 70.3% | 37 | -6.7% |
| 10 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 3.4% | 0.28 | -55.7% | 76.2% | 21 | -6.2% |
| 11 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 2.9% | 0.25 | -53.0% | 67.3% | 113 | -6.7% |
| 12 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 2.6% | 0.23 | -38.8% | 45.5% | 22 | -7.0% |
| 13 | Donchian Breakout ✓ | Weekly | 2.0% | 0.21 | -44.3% | 63.2% | 19 | -7.6% |
| 14 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Weekly | 2.7% | 0.24 | -37.0% | 61.5% | 13 | -6.9% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Willis Towers Watson (WTW), Stochastic 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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