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Tuesday, May 26, 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.

9 trades on NQ, 2 winners

Day's net

−$5,685

All strategies, after costs

Trades

9

2 won, 7 lost

The market that day

S&P 500 +0.61%
  1. Micron hits $1 trillion market cap for the first time as stock surges 19%

    A huge single-day jump in a major chipmaker after a bullish analyst upgrade helped drive tech-heavy Nasdaq futures sharply higher and lifted broader index sentiment.

    CNBC

  2. Stock Market Today, May 26: Soaring Tech Stocks Push S&P 500 and Nasdaq to New Highs

    Growing hope for a deal to ease Middle East tensions lifted risk appetite broadly, supporting gains in S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures.

    The Motley Fool

  3. Consumer Confidence Dipped in May as Inflation Intensifies

    A weaker-than-expected consumer confidence reading hit the tape mid-morning, giving traders a data point that fed into index futures swings around that time.

    Advisor Perspectives

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

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).