The best indicator for Weyerhaeuser (WY)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Weyerhaeuser (WY) 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 Weyerhaeuser (WY) over ~53.1 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 0.9% 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 | 4.8% | 0.33 | -58.4% | 71.2% | 299 | -0.9% |
| 2 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Weekly | 6.9% | 0.33 | -72.9% | 87.5% | 16 | 1.2% |
| 3 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 4.9% | 0.32 | -61.1% | 67.8% | 214 | -0.9% |
| 4 | RSI Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 3.4% | 0.32 | -48.3% | 93.3% | 15 | -2.3% |
| 5 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 4.3% | 0.3 | -60.9% | 68.3% | 369 | -1.5% |
| 6 | CCI ✓ | Weekly | 5.4% | 0.29 | -59.1% | 79.3% | 58 | -0.3% |
| 7 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 4.5% | 0.26 | -66.4% | 78.9% | 57 | -1.2% |
| 8 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Weekly | 5.3% | 0.29 | -74.1% | 83.3% | 12 | -0.4% |
| 9 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 2.7% | 0.23 | -59.1% | 68.8% | 263 | -3.1% |
| 10 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 3.5% | 0.23 | -59.1% | 80.0% | 70 | -2.2% |
| 11 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Weekly | 3.3% | 0.23 | -81.9% | 76.7% | 43 | -2.4% |
| 12 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 2.1% | 0.21 | -75.3% | 66.0% | 47 | -3.7% |
| 13 | MACD ✓ | Weekly | 2.2% | 0.21 | -63.3% | 48.6% | 111 | -3.5% |
| 14 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 2.5% | 0.2 | -62.7% | 77.3% | 44 | -3.2% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Weyerhaeuser (WY), 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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