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Trading System Signals on 03-05-2026

The Nasdaq was sloppy in today's session and continues to trade back and forth around 25,000. With a gap down it quickly moved higher to Wednesday's close, followed by afternoon price action trading down towards Tuesday's close. The market then focused on 25,000 for the close of the session like it was a magnet, regardless of any headlines. Before trading down through 25,000 in today's session, it bounced off of 25,000 about 5 times.


The VIX continues a slow trend higher hitting 25 and closing at its highest close since November with Crude Oil trading above 80 and the Dow trading down as much as -1000.


While the VIX daily ranges slowly expand and trend higher, the stock index churn at these levels has become extreme. There were some nice reversals in the stock indexes today but the setups were out of sync with the market and the strategies struggled across the board in today's trade.


Down days can be beneficial for drawdown entry alerts. We have several drawdown entry alerts for new and existing portfolios. Waiting for these entry points on new portfolios can be beneficial for managing risk at worse case drawdowns.


Drawdown Entry Alerts:

current drawdown/max drawdown - based on end of day from portfolio calculator

27 Portfolio NQ = 31,225/69,550

Two System Portfolio NQ = 7,510/17,390

Seven System Portfolio NQ = 9,850/26,960


These are levels to start trading or add positions. Waiting for additional drawdowns to the half way point of the historical worse case drawdown could also be beneficial.


Hypothetical Trading System Signals on 03-05-2026

27 Portfolio NQ = -$20,415

Diversified Portfolio 57 (NQ Only) = -$13,315

Seven System Portfolio NQ = -$7,405

Stock Index Portfolio 37 = -$14,790

Stock Index Portfolio 18 = -$12,225

Two System Portfolio NQ = -$3,025

Silver Portfolio = +$675

50K Portfolio (Micros) = -$1,624 (without Gold and Silver)

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