Surge
NQ Breakout on days QQQ implied vol predicts a surge.
- QQQ implied-vol forecast
- Prior-day range breakout
- Opposite-side stop
- Close (MOC) exit
Backtest (7 yr)+$498,376
Win rate59.2%
Live paper P&L+$46,575
Live since2026-06-01
Daybreak
NQ The 30-minute opening range, traded long — and flat by five.
- 30-min opening range breakout
- Long only · 1 trade/day
- SL 2.25×OR / TP 0.75×OR
- Flat 17:00 ET
Backtest (7 yr)+$235,682
Win rate67.3%
Live paper P&L+$12,717
Live since2026-06-01
Backdraft
NQ First-15-minute momentum, traded only when dealers are short gamma.
- Prior-EOD net GEX < 0 gate
- 09:30→09:45 direction read
- Hold to the 16:00 close
- 1 trade/day · flat overnight
Backtest (7 yr)+$292,573
Win rate54.5%
Live paper P&L+$6,842
Live since2026-06-01
Bellwether
NQ Institutional positioning, distilled to one daily bias.
- CFTC COT positioning
- Kalman filtering
- Walk-forward validated
- Fixed-risk intraday execution
Backtest (12 mo)+$21,447
Win rate60.3%
Live paper P&L+$5,825
Live since2026-06-01
Ignition
NQ Intraday consolidation breakouts, structure-stopped.
- Intraday auction/balance
- Breakout acceptance
- Structure stop + fixed R:R
- Uncorrelated sleeve
Backtest (7 yr)+$170,304
Win rate47%
Live paper P&L+$928
Live since2026-06-01
Undertow
NQ Buy-the-dip mean reversion on NQ.
- Short-period RSI (oversold)
- Mean-reversion dip-buy
- Exit next close
- Long-only NQ
Backtest (7 yr)+$247,006
Win rate59.7%
Live paper P&L+$839
Live since2026-06-29
Riptide Day
NQ Riptide, flat overnight — for prop desks.
- Dealer gamma exposure (GEX)
- Mean-reversion fade
- Intraday, flat overnight
- Vol targeting
Backtest (7 yr)+$226,568
Win rate23.8%
Live paper P&L-$5,567
Live since2026-06-25
Aftershock Day
NQ Aftershock, flat overnight — for prop desks.
- Options expiration (OPEX)
- Charm/vanna hedge unwind
- Intraday, flat overnight
- Calendar drift
Backtest (7 yr)+$101,030
Win rate56.4%
Live paper P&L-$8,580
Live since2026-06-25
Slingshot
NQ Buy the pullback, ride the continuation — intraday.
- Impulse + displacement
- Pullback (limit) entry
- Continuation, fixed 2R
- Intraday, flat overnight
Backtest (7 yr)+$942,310
Win rate40.6%
Live paper P&L-$12,424
Live since2026-06-01
Riptide
NQ Fade overshoots when dealers are short gamma.
- Dealer gamma exposure (GEX)
- Mean-reversion fade
- Held overnight
- Vol targeting
Backtest (7 yr)+$359,598
Win rate25.8%
Live paper P&L-$18,453
Live since2026-06-20
Wickline
NQ The placebo that beat the strategy — pullbacks to ordinary candle lows.
- Wicked candle-low retest
- EMA-50 trend filter
- 1×ATR stop & target
- Intraday, flat overnight
Backtest (7 yr)+$543,728
Win rate59.7%
Live paper P&L-$18,875
Live since2026-06-01
Slipstream
NQ Long-only trend on NQ, vol-targeted.
- Time-series momentum
- Vol targeting
- High-vol regime gate
- Uncorrelated to Bellwether
Backtest (6 yr)+$306,119
Win rate34%
Live paper P&L-$26,605
Live since2026-06-01
Aftershock
NQ Long the week after options expiry.
- Options expiration (OPEX)
- Charm/vanna hedge unwind
- Calendar drift
- Held overnight
Backtest (7 yr)+$155,250
Win rate50.2%
Live paper P&L-$35,665
Live since2026-06-01
Live results are paper-traded on real tickstream market data (1 contract, incl. commission and
slippage assumptions). Past performance — simulated or live — does not guarantee future results.
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