vti / What works on VTI

Historical hit rates for every rank-panel rule on VTI, measured on daily bars (2024-08-27 โ†’ 2026-08-27, 502 bars, 339 firings). Not a buy or sell list.

What works on VTI

Rule Win 5d Win 1mo Win 3mo Count
ADX +DI/-DI cross (strong)BUY100.0%100.0%100.0%2
SMA 50/200 golden crossBUY100.0%100.0%100.0%1
RSI(14) cross 30BUY80.0%60.0%100.0%5
MFI cross 20BUY100.0%50.0%100.0%2
EMA 9/21 golden crossBUY80.0%66.7%87.5%10
Williams %R cross -80BUY57.7%80.0%77.3%27
CCI cross -100BUY50.0%73.7%83.3%20
MACD bullish crossBUY42.3%68.0%78.3%26
BB lower band bounceBUY35.3%62.5%81.2%17
Stoch %K/%D cross (oversold)BUY46.7%71.4%69.2%16
Squeeze fire (bullish)BUY33.3%33.3%66.7%3
Stoch %K/%D cross (overbought)SELL53.7%23.1%22.9%41
Williams %R cross -20SELL33.3%34.0%22.0%48
Squeeze fire (bearish)SELL66.7%20.0%25.0%6
CCI cross 100SELL35.3%27.3%23.3%34
EMA 9/21 death crossSELL30.0%30.0%25.0%10
MACD bearish crossSELL40.7%26.9%20.8%27
RSI(14) cross 70SELL31.2%12.5%13.3%16
BB upper band rejectSELL42.9%15.4%7.7%14
MFI cross 80SELL0.0%12.5%12.5%8
ADX -DI/+DI cross (strong)SELL0.0%0.0%0.0%5
SMA 50/200 death crossSELL0.0%0.0%0.0%1

Interactive chart with the same engine: /?symbol=VTI. Fresh triggers across mega-caps: /firing. Rule write-ups: ADX +DI/-DI cross (strong) ยท SMA 50/200 golden cross ยท RSI(14) cross 30.

Why it moved

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Honest caveats

  • Past โ‰  future. Everything here is a historical measurement on daily bars, not a prediction and not investment advice.
  • No costs modeled. Forward returns are close-to-close with no commissions, slippage or borrow.
  • Overlap bias. Signals that fire in clusters get credit for the same move more than once.
  • Small samples. A row with fewer than 10 firings is anecdote, not evidence.

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