Friday, February 27, 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.
7 trades on NQ, 3 winners
Day's net
−$7,650
All strategies, after costs
Trades
7
3 won, 4 lost
The market that day
- US Producer Prices Rise a Larger-Than-Forecast 0.5% on Services
A much hotter than expected inflation reading raised rate worries and pressured ES/NQ futures through the session.
Bloomberg
- Block CEO Jack Dorsey lays off nearly half of his staff because of AI and predicts most companies will make similar cuts in the next year
The layoffs stoked broader fears about AI's impact on jobs and the economy, weighing on tech-heavy futures.
Fortune
- CoreWeave CEO defends spending plans, tries to combat debt narrative as stock plummets 18%
Renewed doubts about AI infrastructure spending and profitability added to the tech-sector pressure dragging on 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
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
−$520
−25.50 pts
- Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:20 · Stop
−$1,580
−78.50 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
−$1,375
−68.25 pts
- Flow Against Breadth
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$145
+7.75 pts
- Global Confluence
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$145
+7.75 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$540
+27.50 pts
- Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
−$5,005
−249.75 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).