Backtested · 16 years of NQ data

The 9:30 Setup

One repeatable move around the open resolves the same way ~76% of the time, backtested across 16 years. Get the free one-page cheat sheet: the rule, the numbers, and the one day it fails.

Backtested figures are hypothetical results, not live trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Full disclosures at the bottom of this page.

• ✓The exact 3-step rule: the level to mark, the trigger to wait for, and the side you trade.
• ✓~62% hit within the first hour, ~76% by the close.
• ✓Stable across 16 years: held in both halves of the sample, not one lucky stretch.
• ✓The trend-day exception: the ~1 in 4 days it breaks, and how to flag them in advance.

Education only. Not financial advice. Figures are from historical backtesting on NQ futures; backtested / hypothetical results have inherent limitations and do not guarantee future results. Trading futures carries substantial risk of loss.