Thursday, January 8, 2026 Backtest

Backtest: the strategies re-run afterwards over this day's data, never recorded live. It overlaps the research that selected them, so it carries hindsight.

5 trades on NQ, 5 winners

Day's net

+$2,680

All strategies, after costs

Trades

5

5 won, 0 lost

Hypothetical results.

Every figure here is hypothetical: simulated entries and exits from our engine. One contract per strategy, after two ticks a round trip for commission and slippage. Nothing here is advice or a recommendation to trade.

These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.

The market that day

S&P 500 +0.01%

Defense stocks surge after Trump calls for $1.5 trillion military budget in 2027
The push for a much bigger military budget drove money into defense and value names and out of tech, pressuring Nasdaq futures while supporting the broader market.
CNBC
Apple Falls Behind Alphabet in Market Cap for First Time Since 2019
A top Nasdaq-100 component losing ground to a rival added to the day's tech weakness and weighed on Nasdaq futures.
Bloomberg
Markets & Stocks
Money rotating out of big tech and into small caps dragged on Nasdaq-100 futures through the session.
MarketMinute

News picked by AI from that day’s reporting; links go to the original stories. The trades and figures come straight from our engine.

The trades

Breadth Rotation
short NQ · 10:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
+$315
+16.25 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$1,290
+65.00 pts
Flow Against Breadth
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$400
+20.50 pts
Global Confluence
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$400
+20.50 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$275
+14.25 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	10:30 → 13:00	Time exit	+16.25	+$315
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	10:30 → 14:00	Time exit	+65.00	+$1,290
Flow Against Breadth	short NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	+20.50	+$400
Global Confluence	short NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	+20.50	+$400
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	10:30 → 16:00	Time exit	+14.25	+$275

How to read it: every strategy enters at the close of a 30-minute bar and leaves at its stop, its target, or its time exit, whichever comes first. Points are the move captured; net is one contract after two ticks of costs (NQ $20 a point, ES $50).