Friday, August 21, 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.

5 trades on NQ, 3 winners

Day's net

+$4,225

All strategies, after costs

Trades

5

3 won, 2 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 +0.43%Nasdaq-100 +0.35%

Longer-dated Treasury yields rise as Bessent's bond buyback rally fizzles out
Rising long-term Treasury yields reignited borrowing-cost worries that pressured both S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures.
CNBC
Bitcoin surges 22% for the week as investor optimism floods back
A broad rebound in risk appetite tied to bitcoin's rally helped lift tech-heavy Nasdaq futures.
CNBC
Stock Market Today (Aug. 21, 2026): S&P 500, Russell 2000 jump after tumultuous week for Treasurys
Easing bond-market stress after the Treasury's buyback announcement helped both ES and NQ bounce off the week's lows.
Yahoo Finance

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

Flow Against Breadth
short NQ · 10:30 → 11:30 · Stop
−$1,905
−94.75 pts
Global Confluence
short NQ · 10:30 → 11:30 · Stop
−$1,905
−94.75 pts
Breadth Rotation
long NQ · 10:30 → 11:41 · Target
+$3,675
+184.25 pts
Triple Relative Strength
long NQ · 10:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$2,060
+103.50 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
+$2,300
+115.50 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Flow Against Breadth	short NQ	10:30 → 11:30	Stop	−94.75	−$1,905
Global Confluence	short NQ	10:30 → 11:30	Stop	−94.75	−$1,905
Breadth Rotation	long NQ	10:30 → 11:41	Target	+184.25	+$3,675
Triple Relative Strength	long NQ	10:30 → 14:00	Time exit	+103.50	+$2,060
Crude Crosscurrent	long NQ	10:30 → 16:00	Time exit	+115.50	+$2,300

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).