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Tuesday, February 17, 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, 4 winners

Day's net

+$1,195

All strategies, after costs

Trades

9

4 won, 5 lost

The market that day

S&P 500 +0.10%
  1. AI Whac-a-Mole takes over the stock market. JPMorgan says these stocks are insulated

    Spreading worries that AI tools could disrupt software and other industries kept pressure on Nasdaq futures during the session.

    CNBC

  2. Citigroup Named Top Bank Stock Pick by Morgan Stanley Analysts

    The upgrade helped drive gains in bank stocks that supported the S&P 500 and offset software-sector weakness.

    Bloomberg

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

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).