The best indicator for every asset.
Proven by backtest.
Everyone sells indicators. We tested them. IndicatorEdge backtests the top technical indicators across every major asset and timeframe to show you what actually works — per asset, with the numbers, and honest about where nothing beats buy-and-hold.
| Asset | Indicator | TF | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solana | Ehlers Cyber Cycle | W | +107.4% |
| Cardano | Elder Ray (Bull/Bear Power) | D | +62.0% |
| Avalanche | Squeeze Momentum | D | +61.8% |
| Dogecoin | Price Momentum Oscillator | D | +57.6% |
| XRP | HMA 9/21 Cross | D | +52.1% |
| Polkadot | Relative Vigor Index | W | +44.4% |
| Ethereum | WMA 30 Trend | D | +29.1% |
The book — every asset traded by its best indicator
A model desk: each of the 871 assets traded by its own backtested best indicator — 368 long, 498 flat right now. We run it forward in public against buy-and-hold. Hypothetical / backtested — not advice.
What actually works, per asset
Everyone sells the same indicators for everything. We tested which one actually wins on each asset — and which timeframe.
Where an indicator beat buy & hold
Risk-adjusted, out-of-sample, costs included. Click any for the full backtest.
We're honest about what doesn't work
No curve-fitting, no cherry-picked windows, no 90%-win-rate fantasies. Standard settings, realistic fees, and an out-of-sample test every strategy has to survive. When nothing beats buy-and-hold, we tell you.
- Real price history. We pull real OHLCV market data (multiple years to multiple decades per asset, depending on availability) for every asset and timeframe.
- Standard settings — no curve-fitting. Every indicator is tested with its standard, textbook parameters. We deliberately do NOT tune settings per asset, because that's how backtests get faked. This is a fair fight.
- One canonical rule per indicator. Each indicator gets one sensible, conventional long/flat strategy (e.g. trend indicators stay long while bullish; oscillators buy oversold and exit overbought).
- Realistic costs. Every trade pays ~0.08% per side for commission and slippage, so the numbers aren't a frictionless fantasy.
- Out-of-sample validation. We split the history and re-test on data the strategy never 'saw.' An indicator only counts as a real edge for an asset if it held up out-of-sample — that's our guard against overfitting.
542 of 871 assets had an indicator that beat buy-and-hold on return, out-of-sample. For most of the rest — especially the big indices — holding won on raw return, though the best indicator still cut risk sharply. We label both, honestly, on every page. That's the difference between research and a sales pitch.
What peer-reviewed research says about “smart money” concepts
Educational information only — not investment advice. Hypothetical backtested results; past performance does not guarantee future results. Trading involves risk of loss.
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