Wednesday, January 21, 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.

10 trades on NQ, 1 winner

Day's net

−$13,480

All strategies, after costs

Trades

10

1 won, 9 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 +1.16%

S&P 500 has its best day in two months after Trump backs off Greenland tariffs
Trump's reversal on threatened tariffs sparked a broad risk-on rally that pushed ES and NQ sharply higher during the session.
NBC News
E.U. halts approval of U.S. trade deal after Trump's Greenland tariff threat
The EU's suspension of the trade pact added trade-tension uncertainty that kept futures volatile earlier in the session.
NBC News
Fed Governor Lisa Cook seems safe from Trump firing after Supreme Court arguments
Signals that the Fed's independence would hold reassured investors and supported the rally in ES and NQ.
CNBC

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 → 10:36 · Stop
−$1,300
−64.50 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 10:51 · Stop
−$2,105
−104.75 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 10:51 · Stop
−$2,105
−104.75 pts
Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 10:30 → 11:42 · Stop
−$1,325
−65.75 pts
Global Confluence
long NQ · 10:30 → 11:44 · Stop
−$1,760
−87.50 pts
Late-Morning Momentum
long NQ · 11:00 → 11:37 · Stop
−$1,850
−92.00 pts
Breadth Rotation
short NQ · 12:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
−$815
−40.25 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 12:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
−$1,555
−77.25 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 12:30 → 14:27 · Stop
−$2,455
−122.25 pts
Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
+$1,790
+90.00 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	10:30 → 10:36	Stop	−64.50	−$1,300
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	10:30 → 10:51	Stop	−104.75	−$2,105
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	10:30 → 10:51	Stop	−104.75	−$2,105
Day & Night Relay	long NQ	10:30 → 11:42	Stop	−65.75	−$1,325
Global Confluence	long NQ	10:30 → 11:44	Stop	−87.50	−$1,760
Late-Morning Momentum	long NQ	11:00 → 11:37	Stop	−92.00	−$1,850
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	12:30 → 13:00	Time exit	−40.25	−$815
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	12:30 → 14:00	Time exit	−77.25	−$1,555
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	12:30 → 14:27	Stop	−122.25	−$2,455
Day & Night Relay	long NQ	15:00 → 09:30	Time exit	+90.00	+$1,790

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).