Monday, August 17, 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, 1 winner

Day's net

−$12,340

All strategies, after costs

Trades

7

1 won, 6 lost

Hypothetical results.

Every figure here is hypothetical: simulated entries and exits from our engine. One contract per strategy, after two ticks a round trip for commission and slippage. Nothing here is advice or a recommendation to trade.

These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.

The market that day

S&P 500 −0.52%

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq fall as oil rises amid US-Iran tensions, 30-year yield hits highest level in decades
Rising oil prices and the 30-year Treasury yield hitting its highest level since 2007 pressured both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq through the session.
Yahoo Finance
Nvidia backing $105 billion in financing for OpenAI data center in Ohio
A huge new AI financing deal from Nvidia, a top Nasdaq-100 weight, buoyed chip and AI-linked names and influenced the Nasdaq's moves that day.
CNBC
Micron Stock Inches Closer to $1,000 Per Share, but Time Is Running Out for a Stock Split in 2026
Micron's milestone climb on strong AI memory-chip demand added to tech-sector strength that feeds into the Nasdaq's moves.
The Motley Fool

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

Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 11:06 · Stop
−$1,675
−83.25 pts
Breadth Rotation
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
−$300
−14.50 pts
Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:12 · Stop
−$1,005
−49.75 pts
Flow Against Breadth
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:14 · Stop
−$1,340
−66.50 pts
Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:17 · Stop
−$1,675
−83.25 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 12:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$2,310
+116.00 pts
Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
−$8,655
−432.25 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	10:30 → 11:06	Stop	−83.25	−$1,675
Breadth Rotation	long NQ	10:30 → 13:00	Time exit	−14.50	−$300
Day & Night Relay	long NQ	10:30 → 13:12	Stop	−49.75	−$1,005
Flow Against Breadth	long NQ	10:30 → 13:14	Stop	−66.50	−$1,340
Triple Relative Strength	long NQ	10:30 → 13:17	Stop	−83.25	−$1,675
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	12:30 → 16:00	Time exit	+116.00	+$2,310
Day & Night Relay	long NQ	15:00 → 09:30	Time exit	−432.25	−$8,655

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).