The record
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Live since 30 October 2026·19 reads on the public record·posting began mid-session on the first day
| Posted (ET) | Read | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| The Close: result, Tue 3 Nov 2026 | No entry was possible. The rule is flat. | |
| The Open: session, Tue 3 Nov 2026 | The Open: 2 calls on Tue 3 Nov 2026, −68.75 points on our data before costs. | |
| The Open: call, Tue 3 Nov 2026, 11:30 ET | The Open went flat at 11:30 ET, −68.75 points on our data before costs. | |
| The Open: call, Tue 3 Nov 2026, 11:00 ET | The Open went long at 11:00 ET. | |
| The Map: morning map, Tue 3 Nov 2026 | Morning map for Tue 3 Nov 2026, posted before the open. NQ: neither level closed through. ES: neither level closed through. | |
| The Close: levels, Tue 3 Nov 2026 | No entry possible: no price is both above 28,605.50 and at or below 28,166.50. | |
| The Close: result, Mon 2 Nov 2026 | No entry was possible. The rule is flat. | |
| The Open: session, Mon 2 Nov 2026 | The Open: 4 calls on Mon 2 Nov 2026, −35.50 points on our data before costs. | |
| The Open: call, Mon 2 Nov 2026, 16:00 ET | The Open went flat at 16:00 ET, +124.50 points on our data before costs. | |
| The Open: call, Mon 2 Nov 2026, 15:30 ET | The Open went short at 15:30 ET. | |
| The Open: call, Mon 2 Nov 2026, 11:00 ET | The Open went flat at 11:00 ET, −160.00 points on our data before costs. | |
| The Open: call, Mon 2 Nov 2026, 10:30 ET | The Open went long at 10:30 ET. | |
| The Map: morning map, Mon 2 Nov 2026 | Morning map for Mon 2 Nov 2026, posted before the open. NQ: trigger closed through at 10:30 ET, then wrong-at level at 15:45 ET. ES: trigger closed through at 10:00 ET, then wrong-at level at 14:00 ET. | |
| The Close: levels, Mon 2 Nov 2026 | No entry possible: no price is both above 28,598.00 and at or below 28,541.25. | |
| The Map: Sunday map, for Mon 2 Nov 2026 | Sunday map for Mon 2 Nov 2026, posted before the futures reopened. | |
| The Close: result, Fri 30 Oct 2026 | The rule buys near the close if at or below 28,765.25. Not triggered. | |
| The Open: call, Fri 30 Oct 2026, 16:00 ET | The Open went flat at 16:00 ET. | |
| The Open: starting position, Fri 30 Oct 2026, 13:52 ET | The Open's starting position: short since 12:30 ET. | |
| The Close: levels, Fri 30 Oct 2026 | The rule buys near the close if at or below 28,765.25, above 28,588.00. |
The backtest, 2019 to 2026
Not the live record. Live posting began on 30 October 2026 and is in the table above. Everything below is a backtest of the same three rules, labelled as hypothetical results, with the full statement at the end of this page.
The backtest of The Open, The Close and The Map since 2019, every trade counted, as a running total. The Map joined in November 2023.
| Years positive | 8 of 8, every year since 2019 |
|---|---|
| Months positive | 78% |
| Net, all three, after costs | About $814,000 |
| Worst drawdown | About $35,000 |
| Year | The Open | The Close | The Map | Together |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (from June) | +$3k | +$15k | Not yet running | +$18k |
| 2020 | +$19k | +$26k | Not yet running | +$45k |
| 2021 | +$25k | +$38k | Not yet running | +$62k |
| 2022 | +$37k | −$10k | Not yet running | +$27k |
| 2023 | +$10k | +$25k | +$12k | +$47k |
| 2024 | +$37k | +$72k | +$44k | +$153k |
| 2025 | +$35k | +$67k | +$77k | +$179k |
| 2026 (to October) | +$35k | +$95k | +$151k | +$282k |
The Open and The Close: 1 NQ contract each at $20 a point, with $2.50 commission and 2 ticks of slippage on each side, on continuous Nasdaq-100 futures intraday bars, marked at each day's close. The Map: every trade on its entry chart at about $3,750 of risk a trade, the same proportion as 1 micro contract each with $375 a trade, after commission and slippage. Rounded to the nearest $1,000. The Map's figures come from the period it was built on; on 2021 to 2023 data it was about break-even.
Hypothetical results1, not actual trading. The full statement is at the end of this page.
Every trade of all three since 2019 is on the backtest page.