Friday, May 1, 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.
8 trades on NQ, 2 winners
Day's net
−$6,260
All strategies, after costs
Trades
8
2 won, 6 lost
The market that day
- Stock Market Today, May 1: Tech Stocks Soar on Apple Earnings
Apple's stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings and upbeat guidance lifted major tech shares, pulling Nasdaq futures higher.
The Motley Fool
- Manufacturing PMI® at 52.7%; April 2026 ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report
A sharp jump in the survey's prices-paid gauge stoked inflation worries that can weigh on rate-sensitive index futures.
PR Newswire (Institute for Supply Management)
- Trump to raise US tariffs on EU cars to 25%, accusing bloc of not complying with deal
A fresh tariff escalation added trade-policy uncertainty that can pressure broad index futures like ES and NQ.
Euronews
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 → 10:36 · Stop
−$1,520
−75.50 pts
- Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 10:30 → 10:36 · Stop
−$1,480
−73.50 pts
- Flow Against Breadth
long NQ · 10:30 → 10:36 · Stop
−$1,970
−98.00 pts
- Global Confluence
long NQ · 10:30 → 10:36 · Stop
−$1,970
−98.00 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$235
+12.25 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
−$695
−34.25 pts
- Late-Morning Momentum
long NQ · 11:00 → 15:45 · Time exit
+$1,170
+59.00 pts
- Breadth Rotation
long NQ · 12:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
−$30
−1.00 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).