Monday, February 2, 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, 3 winners
Day's net
−$2,360
All strategies, after costs
Trades
6
3 won, 3 lost
The market that day
- Manufacturing PMI® at 52.6%; January 2026 ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report
The much-stronger-than-expected factory data signaled the first growth in U.S. manufacturing in a year, lifting ES and NQ at the open.
PR Newswire (Institute for Supply Management)
- Fed's Bostic: Inflation is to stay high and is a source of concern
A sitting Fed president flagging persistent inflation added uncertainty about the rate path, a factor index futures track closely.
investingLive
- Friday's jobs report will be delayed because of the partial government shutdown
Pushing back the week's main jobs data removed a near-term catalyst traders had been positioning around, adding to the session's uncertainty.
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 → 13:00 · Time exit
−$1,170
−58.00 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
−$1,535
−76.25 pts
- Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:00 · Time exit
+$360
+18.50 pts
- Global Confluence
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$15
+1.25 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
−$185
−8.75 pts
- Late-Morning Momentum
long NQ · 11:00 → 15:45 · Time exit
+$155
+8.25 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).