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Friday, July 24, 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, 2 winners

Day's net

−$7,470

All strategies, after costs

Trades

6

2 won, 4 lost

The market that day

S&P 500 +0.05%
  1. Stock Market Today, July 24: Intel Reverses Gains on Foundry and AI Spending Concerns

    Chipmakers carry heavy weight in the Nasdaq-100, so the sharp reversal in a major chip stock dragged NQ futures lower during the session.

    The Motley Fool

  2. Oil falls on report Pakistan is pushing for new U.S.-Iran talks with China's backing

    Easing fears of a wider Middle East conflict eased oil-driven inflation worries and lifted risk appetite, helping ES and NQ futures bounce off session lows.

    CNBC

  3. CNBC Daily Open: Nations reject Trump's 'arbitrary' tariffs

    New tariffs covering most U.S. imports took effect that day, adding trade-policy uncertainty that kept index futures choppy through the session.

    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

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).