Monday, July 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.
6 trades on NQ, 4 winners
Day's net
+$8,665
All strategies, after costs
Trades
6
4 won, 2 lost
The market that day
- Iran's Houthi allies declare maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, escalating threat to oil market
The threat to Red Sea shipping lifted oil prices and dampened risk appetite, pressuring ES and NQ futures.
CNBC
- Stock Market Today, July 20: AMC Surges on Earnings Beat and Record Revenue
A strong earnings beat gave the market a bright spot that helped offset broader weakness during the session.
The Motley Fool
- Google Shares Gain on Report of Chip to Boost AI Efficiency
News of a new AI efficiency chip lifted a major tech stock, helping support Nasdaq-linked futures.
Bloomberg
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 → 10:50 · Stop
−$2,230
−111.00 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$1,475
+74.25 pts
- Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:00 · Time exit
+$3,205
+160.75 pts
- Global Confluence
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$3,495
+175.25 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$4,895
+245.25 pts
- Breadth Rotation
long NQ · 12:30 → 12:41 · Stop
−$2,175
−108.25 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).