Tuesday, March 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.
6 trades on NQ, 5 winners
Day's net
+$4,490
All strategies, after costs
Trades
6
5 won, 1 lost
The market that day
- Dow tumbles more than 750 points to new closing low for 2026, fueled by inflation woes; Fed holds steady on rates
The Fed's decision to hold rates steady, paired with inflation warnings, triggered a broad afternoon selloff that pushed both ES and NQ futures to session lows.
CNBC
- Stock market today: Dow sinks 750 points, S&P 500, Nasdaq slide after Fed decision as Powell touts inflation worries
Powell's press-conference remarks on slower-than-hoped inflation progress drove ES and NQ futures to fresh lows as the news conference went on.
Yahoo Finance
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
+$1,325
+66.75 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$545
+27.75 pts
- Flow Against Breadth
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$1,090
+55.00 pts
- Global Confluence
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$1,090
+55.00 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
−$1,055
−52.25 pts
- Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
+$1,495
+75.25 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).