Thursday, April 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.

10 trades on NQ, 3 winners

Day's net

−$955

All strategies, after costs

Trades

10

3 won, 7 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 +0.10%Nasdaq-100 +0.10%

U.S. oil prices soar 11% as Trump's Iran war speech stokes fears of further escalation
Trump's threat to hit Iran hard sent oil sharply higher and dragged ES/NQ futures down at the open.
CNBC
Markets rally hard on Iran's promise to play nice in Hormuz as its leaders pocket billions from the disruption
Iran's plan with Oman to keep the Strait of Hormuz open sparked the reversal that lifted ES/NQ off their lows into the close.
Fortune
US Initial Jobless Claims Fall to Just Shy of Two-Year Low
A stronger-than-expected labor reading added to the midday lift in index futures alongside the Hormuz news.
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

Breadth Rotation
short NQ · 10:30 → 10:33 · Stop
−$1,750
−87.00 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 10:35 · Stop
−$2,835
−141.25 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 10:35 · Stop
−$2,835
−141.25 pts
Flow Against Breadth
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$4,090
+205.00 pts
Global Confluence
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$4,090
+205.00 pts
Late-Morning Momentum
long NQ · 11:00 → 15:45 · Time exit
−$625
−30.75 pts
Breadth Rotation
short NQ · 12:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
−$725
−35.75 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 12:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
−$120
−5.50 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 12:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
−$2,720
−135.50 pts
Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
+$2,475
+124.25 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	10:30 → 10:33	Stop	−87.00	−$1,750
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	10:30 → 10:35	Stop	−141.25	−$2,835
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	10:30 → 10:35	Stop	−141.25	−$2,835
Flow Against Breadth	long NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	+205.00	+$4,090
Global Confluence	long NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	+205.00	+$4,090
Late-Morning Momentum	long NQ	11:00 → 15:45	Time exit	−30.75	−$625
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	12:30 → 13:00	Time exit	−35.75	−$725
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	12:30 → 14:00	Time exit	−5.50	−$120
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	12:30 → 16:00	Time exit	−135.50	−$2,720
Day & Night Relay	long NQ	15:00 → 09:30	Time exit	+124.25	+$2,475

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).