Does 200 WMA Filter help OBV-MACD?
Stocks ยท 90 backtest runs ยท As of 6 Jul 2026 ยท Methodology
HurtsDSR โ confirmed
This filter reduces median CAGR by more than 1 percentage point โ either more false signals or too many blocked trades.
CAGR Comparison
Baseline CAGR
7.5%
no filter
Filtered CAGR
6.0%
200 WMA Filter
ฮ CAGR
-1.50%
Sample
90
runs
Baseline Net CAGR
7.0%
after costs
Filtered Net CAGR
5.6%
after costs
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Baseline Sharpe
0.409
median
Filtered Sharpe
0.327
ฮ Sharpe
-0.08
DSR
99.6%
confirmed โฅ90%
How does this filter work?
BUY signals only when price > 200-week MA
DSR Methodology
DSR = PSR(SRฬโ) per Bailey & Lรณpez de Prado (2014). SRฬโ = 0.5399 (expected best Sharpe from 7 random filter trials).
Testing multiple filters on the same data increases the chance of finding a good result by luck. DSR measures whether this result clears the multiple-testing threshold. Pass threshold: DSR โฅ 90%. Current: 99.6%.
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