Wednesday, May 20, 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, 7 winners
Day's net
+$15,525
All strategies, after costs
Trades
7
7 won, 0 lost
The market that day
- U.S. crude oil falls below $100 per barrel after Trump says Iran talks in final stages
A sharp oil drop on hopes of an Iran deal eased inflation worries and lifted risk appetite, helping push ES and NQ higher.
CNBC
- 30-year Treasury yield tumbles from highest in nearly two decades as oil prices slide
Falling bond yields reduced pressure on stocks, especially growth-heavy names tracked by NQ.
CNBC
- Nvidia earnings takeaways: Data center revenue nearly doubles, report is strong but stock slides
Markets traded cautiously into the close as traders positioned ahead of this closely watched tech earnings report, a key swing factor for 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
+$1,050
+53.00 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$1,840
+92.50 pts
- Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:00 · Time exit
+$1,825
+91.75 pts
- Flow Against Breadth
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$2,620
+131.50 pts
- Global Confluence
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$2,620
+131.50 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$3,740
+187.50 pts
- Late-Morning Momentum
long NQ · 11:00 → 15:45 · Time exit
+$1,830
+92.00 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).