The best indicator for Xylem Inc. (XYL)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Xylem Inc. (XYL) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
Donchian Breakout
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Xylem Inc. (XYL) over ~14.6 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 5.4% 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 | Donchian Breakout ✓ | Daily | 7.0% | 0.51 | -30.2% | 47.5% | 59 | -5.4% |
| 2 | MACD ✓ | Weekly | 7.4% | 0.5 | -32.1% | 53.6% | 28 | -4.6% |
| 3 | Stochastic | Daily | 6.3% | 0.48 | -33.4% | 69.6% | 69 | -6.1% |
| 4 | ADX / DMI ✓ | Daily | 5.5% | 0.44 | -26.1% | 43.3% | 90 | -6.9% |
| 5 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Weekly | 5.5% | 0.47 | -38.8% | 71.4% | 14 | -6.5% |
| 6 | Money Flow Index | Daily | 7.0% | 0.54 | -40.9% | 91.7% | 12 | -5.4% |
| 7 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 6.1% | 0.42 | -35.2% | 36.4% | 33 | -6.4% |
| 8 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 6.4% | 0.42 | -37.3% | 66.0% | 53 | -6.0% |
| 9 | Williams %R | Daily | 5.6% | 0.41 | -34.2% | 75.8% | 91 | -6.8% |
| 10 | Stochastic | Weekly | 4.8% | 0.4 | -38.8% | 81.2% | 16 | -7.2% |
| 11 | Heikin-Ashi Trend | Weekly | 5.6% | 0.39 | -35.4% | 56.6% | 143 | -6.4% |
| 12 | RSI Trend (>50) ✓ | Daily | 5.4% | 0.38 | -31.2% | 45.1% | 182 | -7.0% |
| 13 | EMA-10 Trend ✓ | Weekly | 5.6% | 0.38 | -29.6% | 50.0% | 60 | -6.4% |
| 14 | ADX / DMI ✓ | Weekly | 4.4% | 0.36 | -23.4% | 52.2% | 23 | -7.6% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Xylem Inc. (XYL), Donchian Breakout 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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