Friday, January 16, 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.
9 trades on NQ, 2 winners
Day's net
+$3,295
All strategies, after costs
Trades
9
2 won, 7 lost
The market that day
- Trump tells Hassett he wants to keep him where he is; Warsh Fed chair odds jump
Trump's remarks raised the odds of a more hawkish Fed chair, pushing bond yields up and weighing on both ES and NQ into the close.
CNBC
- PNC Shares Rise to Four-Year High as Revenue Beats Estimates
A big bank earnings beat gave an early lift to financial stocks, supporting the broader tone in ES.
Bloomberg
- Regions Financial Slides as Tax Hit Overshadows Solid Full-Year Results
A tax-driven earnings miss at a regional bank added to mixed bank-earnings signals pulling on ES.
Investing.com
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
long NQ · 10:30 → 10:42 · Stop
−$1,330
−66.00 pts
- Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 11:31 · Stop
−$1,350
−67.00 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$945
+47.75 pts
- Flow Against Breadth
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
−$865
−42.75 pts
- Global Confluence
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
−$865
−42.75 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
−$325
−15.75 pts
- Late-Morning Momentum
short NQ · 11:00 → 15:45 · Time exit
−$575
−28.25 pts
- Breadth Rotation
long NQ · 12:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
−$820
−40.50 pts
- Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
+$8,480
+424.50 pts
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).