Friday, July 31, 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.
8 trades on NQ, 3 winners
Day's net
−$12,495
All strategies, after costs
Trades
8
3 won, 5 lost
The market that day
- Amazon Stock Surges As AWS Growth Outpaces Heavy AI Spending
Amazon's earnings beat and fast AWS growth drove a sharp jump in its shares, lifting megacap weight and pulling Nasdaq-100 futures (NQ) higher.
Forbes
- Why Is Apple (AAPL) Stock Down Today? Services Miss Sparks Post-Earnings Selloff
A services and China revenue miss sent Apple shares sharply lower, dragging on Nasdaq-100 futures (NQ) even as other megacaps rallied.
FX Leaders
- Treasury yields climbed Friday as officials call for rate hikes
Hawkish Fed commentary pushed bond yields up, pressuring broader equity futures and capping gains in both ES and NQ during 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
- Breadth Rotation
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
+$2,335
+117.25 pts
- Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 13:01 · Stop
−$2,925
−145.75 pts
- Flow Against Breadth
short NQ · 10:30 → 13:24 · Stop
−$3,895
−194.25 pts
- Global Confluence
short NQ · 10:30 → 13:24 · Stop
−$3,895
−194.25 pts
- Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 13:33 · Stop
−$4,605
−229.75 pts
- Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$3,580
+179.50 pts
- Late-Morning Momentum
short NQ · 11:00 → 15:45 · Time exit
−$3,370
−168.00 pts
- Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
+$280
+14.50 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).