Tuesday, August 18, 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, 5 winners

Day's net

+$8,580

All strategies, after costs

Trades

6

5 won, 1 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 −0.60%Nasdaq-100 −1.30%

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq fall as chip stocks sell off, bond yields rattle markets
A sharp selloff in chipmaker shares weighed heavily on the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100, pulling NQ futures lower.
Yahoo Finance
Stock Market Today (Aug. 18, 2026): Nasdaq, S&P 500 slip as 30-year Treasury yield hits highest point in nearly two decades
Surging long-term bond yields stoked borrowing-cost worries that pressured both ES and NQ futures.
TheStreet

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
short NQ · 10:30 → 11:01 · Target
+$2,790
+140.00 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$2,050
+103.00 pts
Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:00 · Time exit
+$1,940
+97.50 pts
Flow Against Breadth
short NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
+$1,365
+68.75 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
short NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$1,645
+82.75 pts
Breadth Rotation
short NQ · 12:30 → 12:54 · Stop
−$1,210
−60.00 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	10:30 → 11:01	Target	+140.00	+$2,790
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	10:30 → 14:00	Time exit	+103.00	+$2,050
Day & Night Relay	short NQ	10:30 → 15:00	Time exit	+97.50	+$1,940
Flow Against Breadth	short NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	+68.75	+$1,365
Crude Crosscurrent	short NQ	10:30 → 16:00	Time exit	+82.75	+$1,645
Breadth Rotation	short NQ	12:30 → 12:54	Stop	−60.00	−$1,210

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).