Wednesday, January 28, 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.

6 trades on NQ, 4 winners

Day's net

+$3,595

All strategies, after costs

Trades

6

4 won, 2 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 −0.13%Nasdaq-100 −0.71%

Microsoft stock drops 7% on slowing cloud growth, light margin guidance
Microsoft is one of the heaviest Nasdaq-100 weights, so its post-earnings drop pulled NQ lower through the session.
CNBC
S&P 500 closes lower as Microsoft tanks, software shares slide: Live updates
A broad slide in software shares added to tech-sector weakness, keeping pressure on NQ alongside ES for most of the day.
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

Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 11:22 · Stop
−$1,300
−64.50 pts
Breadth Rotation
short NQ · 10:30 → 11:44 · Target
+$1,975
+99.25 pts
Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:00 · Time exit
+$1,185
+59.75 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$1,415
+71.25 pts
Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 12:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$880
+44.50 pts
Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
−$560
−27.50 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Triple Relative Strength	long NQ	10:30 → 11:22	Stop	−64.50	−$1,300
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	10:30 → 11:44	Target	+99.25	+$1,975
Day & Night Relay	short NQ	10:30 → 15:00	Time exit	+59.75	+$1,185
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	10:30 → 16:00	Time exit	+71.25	+$1,415
Triple Relative Strength	long NQ	12:30 → 14:00	Time exit	+44.50	+$880
Day & Night Relay	long NQ	15:00 → 09:30	Time exit	−27.50	−$560

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).