The best indicator for Yum! Brands (YUM)
We backtested 20 indicators across daily, weekly and hourly charts on real Yum! Brands (YUM) history. Here's what actually worked — risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, with costs.
CCI
On the daily chart, this is the strongest risk-adjusted edge we found for Yum! Brands (YUM) over ~28.7 years — trailing buy-and-hold by 4.5% 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 | CCI ✓ | Daily | 9.5% | 0.58 | -41.9% | 71.6% | 148 | -4.5% |
| 2 | Bollinger Mean-Reversion ✓ | Daily | 7.8% | 0.55 | -49.8% | 75.4% | 122 | -6.2% |
| 3 | SMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 9.0% | 0.51 | -38.4% | 56.5% | 23 | -5.1% |
| 4 | Stochastic ✓ | Daily | 7.5% | 0.5 | -48.3% | 71.6% | 141 | -6.5% |
| 5 | Holy Grail Confluence ✓ | Daily | 7.6% | 0.5 | -47.9% | 76.7% | 43 | -6.4% |
| 6 | EMA 50/200 Cross ✓ | Daily | 8.8% | 0.49 | -48.4% | 64.7% | 17 | -5.2% |
| 7 | Donchian Midline ✓ | Weekly | 7.6% | 0.48 | -42.6% | 51.3% | 76 | -6.2% |
| 8 | Williams %R ✓ | Daily | 7.4% | 0.47 | -52.9% | 68.3% | 186 | -6.7% |
| 9 | Williams %R ✓ | Weekly | 6.6% | 0.47 | -44.8% | 85.4% | 41 | -7.2% |
| 10 | WaveTrend (8/6/4) ✓ | Daily | 7.4% | 0.45 | -49.1% | 70.1% | 107 | -6.7% |
| 11 | Money Flow Index ✓ | Daily | 6.8% | 0.44 | -47.4% | 87.0% | 23 | -7.2% |
| 12 | Stochastic ✓ | Weekly | 5.3% | 0.41 | -44.8% | 80.0% | 25 | -8.5% |
| 13 | EMA 20/50 Cross ✓ | Daily | 6.1% | 0.39 | -43.0% | 42.7% | 75 | -8.0% |
| 14 | Donchian Breakout ✓ | Weekly | 4.9% | 0.38 | -50.7% | 64.3% | 28 | -8.9% |
✓ = held up out-of-sample. Hypothetical, costs included. See methodology.
For Yum! Brands (YUM), CCI 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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