Friday, October 23, 2026 Recorded live

Recorded live: each trade as our engine generated it during this session. Still hypothetical: no order was filled.

Oil surge and tech jitters pull stocks lower; our strategies mostly lost on NQ trades

Oil prices jumped on Middle East tension worries, adding to a tech-stock pullback that had started the day before, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both closed lower. Our strategies traded Nasdaq futures nine times, with six long bets and three short bets; most lost, three got stopped out, and the rest closed at their scheduled exit time.

Day's net

−$7,920

All strategies, after costs

Trades

9

2 won, 7 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%Nasdaq-100 −0.02%

Oil Prices Rise as Inventory Draws and Middle East Tensions Support Crude
Crude's jump on Middle East supply fears stoked inflation worries that weighed on broad stock index futures.
FXEmpire
Cybersecurity Stocks Rise as Evercore Survey Flags Strengthening Demand: Okta, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Climb 4%
Strength in security software names helped offset some of the Nasdaq-100's tech-driven weakness during the session.
24/7 Wall St.
Stock Market Midday, Oct. 23: Energy Surges on Oil Price Spike, Cybersecurity Stocks Gain
Captured the session's tug-of-war between surging energy shares and lingering tech caution that kept index futures choppy.
The Motley Fool

Headline, summary and 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

Day & Night Relay
short NQ · 10:30 → 10:40 · Stop
−$1,915
−95.25 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 10:30 → 10:50 · Stop
−$2,980
−148.50 pts
Breadth Rotation
long NQ · 10:30 → 13:00 · Time exit
+$1,200
+60.50 pts
Flow Against Breadth
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
−$45
−1.75 pts
Global Confluence
long NQ · 10:30 → 15:30 · Time exit
−$45
−1.75 pts
Crude Crosscurrent
long NQ · 10:30 → 16:00 · Time exit
−$425
−20.75 pts
Late-Morning Momentum
long NQ · 11:00 → 13:15 · Stop
−$2,810
−140.00 pts
Triple Relative Strength
short NQ · 12:30 → 14:00 · Time exit
+$115
+6.25 pts
Day & Night Relay
long NQ · 15:00 → 09:30 · Time exit
−$1,015
−50.25 pts

Strategy	Trade	In → out (ET)	Exit	Points	Net
Day & Night Relay	short NQ	10:30 → 10:40	Stop	−95.25	−$1,915
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	10:30 → 10:50	Stop	−148.50	−$2,980
Breadth Rotation	long NQ	10:30 → 13:00	Time exit	+60.50	+$1,200
Flow Against Breadth	long NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	−1.75	−$45
Global Confluence	long NQ	10:30 → 15:30	Time exit	−1.75	−$45
Crude Crosscurrent	long NQ	10:30 → 16:00	Time exit	−20.75	−$425
Late-Morning Momentum	long NQ	11:00 → 13:15	Stop	−140.00	−$2,810
Triple Relative Strength	short NQ	12:30 → 14:00	Time exit	+6.25	+$115
Day & Night Relay	long NQ	15:00 → 09:30	Time exit	−50.25	−$1,015

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).