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Thursday, May 28, 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, 4 winners

Day's net

+$4,075

All strategies, after costs

Trades

7

4 won, 3 lost

The market that day

S&P 500 +0.02%
  1. Core inflation hit an annual rate of 3.3% in April, as expected, Fed's preferred gauge shows

    An in-line inflation reading removed a tail-risk for futures, letting ES and NQ stabilize near records.

    CNBC

  2. Stock Market News for May 28, 2026

    A pause in the AI-driven rally, with chip-linked names pulling back, kept the Nasdaq-heavy NQ choppy and mostly flat.

    Yahoo Finance

  3. GDP (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits, 1st Quarter 2026

    A downward revision to first-quarter growth added a growth-scare note that limited index gains during the session.

    Bureau of Economic Analysis

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).