Thursday, May 21, 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.

5 trades on NQ, 3 winners

Day's net

+$8,710

All strategies, after costs

Trades

5

3 won, 2 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 +0.17%Nasdaq-100 +0.20%

Stock Market Today (May 21, 2026): Russell 2000, Dow rise on bogus report that Iran and U.S. draft resolution is "near"
An unconfirmed report of a near US-Iran resolution eased oil and geopolitical worries, lifting the risk appetite that supported both ES and NQ.
TheStreet
Why is IBM stock surging today?
IBM's sharp jump on a new government quantum-computing deal helped lift the broader market mood that underpins ES, the S&P 500 futures contract.
Investing.com
Here we go again with Nvidia falling on earnings. What the sellers are missing
Nvidia's drop despite beating earnings estimates weighed on tech sentiment, a headwind NQ, the Nasdaq-100 futures contract, had to work against.
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

Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 11:47 · Stop
−$1,910
−95.00 pts
Breadth Rotation
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
+$1,360
+68.50 pts
Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:54 · Target
+$7,050
+353.00 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:54 · Target
+$7,050
+353.00 pts
Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
−$4,840
−241.50 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Day & Night Relay	short NQ	10:30 → 11:47	Stop	−95.00	−$1,910
Breadth Rotation	long NQ	10:30 → 13:00	Time exit	+68.50	+$1,360
Triple Relative Strength	long NQ	10:30 → 13:54	Target	+353.00	+$7,050
Crude Crosscurrent	long NQ	10:30 → 13:54	Target	+353.00	+$7,050
Day & Night Relay	short NQ	15:00 → 09:30	Time exit	−241.50	−$4,840

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).