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The Top 7 NQ Portfolio - Download Report


Which trading systems are working well now in 2026, and have also worked well in the past?


In such an unusual market, sometimes it can be difficult to answer that question.


2026 has been unique with its own set of challenges. We have seen individual equities diverge into two groups of overbought and oversold while the indexes that we trade remain range bound along with the precious metals surging and Bitcoin dropping. As we focus on the indexes, it is the one sector that has moved the least while generating many fast intra-day reversals in a relatively narrow range with sharp moves at extremes generating more slippage.


Markets change over time and I anticipate we will eventually break out of this "weird" regime, and the indexes will once again extend intra-day moves at least 10-20% of the time instead of dancing in a continuous reversal pattern (which has been highly beneficial for our mean reversion strategies such as the V-Reversal trading system).


Right now, we want to answer the question, Which trading systems are working well now in 2026, and have also worked well in the past? I have found strength when studying which trading systems are working now and, in the past. If the analysis is based on using existing strategies, without running the optimization tool or making adjustments to the individual existing strategies, we can find the answer to this question without biasing individual trading systems. The goal is to find the Top 7 trading strategies with less than a combined 30K drawdown.


Building libraries and databases of trading systems over the years and software tools that can help us sort and analyze the data is very helpful.


We have used Microsoft Excel Portfolio Calculator for many years. Lately we have used the Portfolio Metrics Python Web app which is included in the video discussion along with the Multicharts Portfolio Trader.


The Portfolio Metrics web app has been updated through February 18, 2026 and now includes a correlation matrix in the latest update (v184).


Five of the seven strategies use profit targets while Pulse and Gap Continuation are more "home run" based strategies that hold until the end of the day. All strategies are E-mini Nasdaq daytrade.


The Portfolio Metrics tool allows us to print a report. The Top 7 NQ Hypothetical Report report can be downloaded below. It includes $25 round turn slippage and commission and still has $142.11 average trade profit.



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