NQ Stack
NQ core: Connors RSI Reclaim + Supertrend Flip 1h (both Tier A, zero entry-day overlap) with half-size VZO taking the leftovers. An RMI-extended set is shown as the in-sample best; DPO and Kalman are tested and left out.
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Set: NQ Stack core: Connors > Supertrend 1h > VZO ½. One position at a time, earliest entry wins; closed-trade basis; backtest, hypothetical, in-sample. The set the NQ Stack leads with: two Tier A strategies plus half-size VZO (Tier B) taking whatever is left. VZO also blocks 8 Supertrend signals (45 solo vs 37 taken). Closed DD is about $5k under the cap. Taken trades (the split between strategies depends on priority order; GC totals do not): NQ Connors RSI 52 ($35,125); NQ Supertrend Flip 37 ($32,205); NQ VZO 156 ($38,918).
Stack members
| Strategy | Mkt / TF | Net | PF | Trades | Max DD (TV) | Net ÷ DD | Year 1 net / PF | Year 2 net / PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NQ Connors RSI Reclaim Tier A Watch | NQ 30m | $35,710 | 1.981 | 53 | -$11,717.50 | 3.05× | $8,560 / 1.32 | $27,150 / 3.8 |
| NQ Supertrend Flip Tier A Pass | NQ 1h | $35,400 | 2.385 | 45 | -$8,237.50 | 4.3× | $22,905 / 2.53 | $12,495 / 2.18 |
| NQ Volume Zone Oscillator Cross Tier B · fragile Flagged | NQ 30m | ≈$40,010 | 1.559 | 190 | ≈-$11,771 | 3.4× | $10,495 / 1.26 | $29,515 / 1.95 |
Includes Tier B (fragile) strategies — flagged on their pages and in the table.
Max DD is TradingView's headline figure per 1 full-size contract (≈ = rounded 'about' value); year splits are from the saved trade lists (net / PF). NQ Stack sizing: VZO runs at half size (0.5 NQ ≈ 5 MNQ; modeled as 0.5× the 1-NQ list, not a separate run). Mechanics: one position at a time, first come first served; priority only breaks ties.
How the NQ sets compare
Three honest options. The core is what the stack leads with; the in-sample best is shown because it ranks highest, not because it is more likely to repeat; the Tier A pair is the safest fallback (and the only one with no Tier B member).
Tier A pair: Connors 30m > Supertrend 1h
Safer fallback — the two Tier A strategies never traded on the same day in this window (0% entry-day overlap, nothing blocked). Only 98 trades.
NQ Stack core: Connors > Supertrend 1h > VZO ½
The set the NQ Stack leads with: two Tier A strategies plus half-size VZO (Tier B) taking whatever is left. VZO also blocks 8 Supertrend signals (45 solo vs 37 taken). Closed DD is about $5k under the cap.
In-sample best: Connors > Supertrend > VZO ½ > RMI 15m
TV4REAL's recommendation: highest PF among larger stable sets, lowest DD of all 24 priority orders. But it was picked from 372 subsets on the same window; RMI and VZO are single-timeframe; 64% of its profit came in year 2.
Priority on NQ does change the totals (these strategies exit differently): the listed order has the lowest drawdown of all 24 orders of the four-strategy set, not the highest profit. The Connors/Supertrend zero overlap is a small-sample observation, not a guarantee.
Optional extension (in-sample best set)
RMI Reclaim 15m is the only add-on that adds real value on top of the core (+$27,705 over 37 taken trades). It is single-timeframe (15m only), has 49 trades and a near-flat year 1 (PF 1.11), and its recent form is mixed.
| Strategy | Mkt / TF | Net | PF | Trades | Max DD (TV) | Net ÷ DD | Year 1 net / PF | Year 2 net / PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NQ RMI Reclaim Tier B · fragile Flagged | NQ 15m | $48,895 | 2.433 | 49 | -$11,932.50 | 4.1× | $2,255 / 1.11 | $46,640 / 4.44 |
Tested and left out
Adding DPO 15m and Kalman 30m to the core lifts net to $112,565 but drops PF from 1.93 to 1.55, takes closed DD to $14,655 (barely under the $15k cap — it clears the cap in only 12 of 120 priority orders), and DPO's taken trades net −$785. They stay flagged and are not part of any Stacked Edge number.
| Strategy | Mkt / TF | Net | PF | Trades | Max DD (TV) | Net ÷ DD | Year 1 net / PF | Year 2 net / PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NQ DPO Zero Cross Tier B · fragile Flagged | NQ 15m | $68,300 | 1.568 | 174 | -$13,248 | 5.16× | $6,640 / 1.12 | $61,660 / 1.96 |
| NQ Kalman Trend Cross Tier B · fragile Flagged | NQ 30m | $48,515 | 1.494 | 132 | -$11,302.50 | 4.29× | -$3,875 / 0.92 | $52,390 / 2.01 |
Combined sets tested
What the Instrument Stack includes
- Written rules for every member strategy; follow-along posts with a skipped-setup log
- Weekly validation report; monthly stack update
- Discord role for this stack