NQ

NQ 5-Min ORB

1m

Morning opening-range breakout system on NQ. Highest signal count — ~22 signals/month. Breakeven stop at 1R profit. Signal workhorse.

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WHEN TO EXPECT SIGNALS · Fires 9:35 AM – 10:30 AM ET
This is a day-trade bot: it hunts its setup only during this morning window on regular market days. Outside the window it stays flat — no overnight or afternoon entries. Every signal is intraday-only and auto-expires by the 4 PM ET close — no positions held overnight.
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Compatibility with your prop firm

How this bot fits your prop firm. Risk shown per 1 contract at current ATR-based stop distance. Switch contract size to see micro variant numbers.

Apex Trader Funding $25K
Standard (NQ) CAUTION

Risk: $228/trade · 45.6% of $500 daily · Suggest 1 ct

Micro (MNQ) FIT

Risk: $23/trade · 4.6% of $500 daily · Suggest 4 ct

1 NQ risks $228 (45.6% of $500). Workable, but limits you to 1-2 contracts max.

TopStep $50K
Standard (NQ) FIT

Risk: $228/trade · 22.8% of $1,000 daily · Suggest 2 ct

Micro (MNQ) FIT

Risk: $23/trade · 2.3% of $1,000 daily · Suggest 5 ct

PitBull Traders $25K
Standard (NQ) FIT

Risk: $228/trade · Suggest 2 ct

Micro (MNQ) FIT

Risk: $23/trade · Suggest 3 ct

My Funded Futures $50K
Standard (NQ) FIT

Risk: $228/trade · Suggest 3 ct

Micro (MNQ) FIT

Risk: $23/trade · Suggest 32 ct

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Live Track Record

Based on 94 live signals — too few to confirm an edge either way. Treat the out-of-sample backtest below as the stronger evidence, and watch this record accumulate.

This bot's live record is currently net negative. A profit factor below 1.00 means losses have outweighed gains across these 94 signals. We publish it either way — wins and losses alike.

Why we still run it: this is an opening-range breakout system, which needs days that pick a direction and hold it. Over the last 20 sessions, only 55% of NQ days closed near their high or low — a mixed tape, and the condition this setup is designed to lose in. The out-of-sample backtest below covers 152 trades across more varied conditions. We would rather show you a losing stretch than bench a system for behaving exactly as designed.

-$223.32 / ct Avg Profit / Contract
0.85 Profit Factor
45.7% Win Rate
26 Profits / 51 Expenses / 17 Partial 94 Trades
Apr 13 – Sep 18 Live Period

Dollar values shown per single standard contract. Micro contracts (MES, MNQ) have proportionally smaller values. Past bot performance does not guarantee future results. Not financial advice.

Equity Curve

Cumulative P&L per contract over time. Each point is a scored trade.

Monthly Breakdown

Month Trades Win Rate PF Avg / Contract Total / Contract
Sep 2026 13 46.2% 1 -$5.26 -$68.33
Aug 2026 19 31.6% 0.68 -$496.75 -$9,438.34
Jul 2026 19 47.4% 0.67 -$617.54 -$11,733.33
Jun 2026 17 35.3% 0.61 -$830.39 -$14,116.66
May 2026 15 66.7% 2.17 +$936.78 +$14,051.66
Apr 2026 11 54.5% 1.03 +$28.48 +$313.33
OOS Backtest Validation ▼ Click to expand

Out-of-sample validation from offline backtesting (70/30 split).

$1,908 Expectancy
1.27 Profit Factor
51.3% Win Rate
152 Trades
Aug 2025 - Mar 2026 (OOS) Period

Indicators & Configuration

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Active Signal

No active signal right now. Signals fire during market hours when indicator conditions align.

Signal Snapshot

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Snapshot captured at signal fire time. Data is delayed ~15 min.

Signal History

Entry Exit Dir Entry $ Exit $ Outcome P&L / Contract
Sep 18, 9:49am Sep 18, 10:12am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Sep 17, 9:49am Sep 17, 10:38am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Sep 16, 9:46am Sep 16, 11:10am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Sep 15, 9:40am Sep 15, 10:11am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Sep 14, 9:44am Sep 14, 10:00am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Sep 11, 9:45am Sep 11, 10:48am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Sep 10, 9:49am Sep 10, 10:48am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Sep 9, 9:59am Sep 9, 10:28am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Sep 8, 9:52am Sep 8, 3:56pm SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Sep 4, 9:40am Sep 4, 10:42am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Sep 3, 9:40am Sep 3, 11:34am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Sep 2, 9:42am Sep 2, 9:52am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Sep 1, 9:41am Sep 1, 9:48am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 31, 9:40am Aug 31, 3:56pm SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 28, 9:43am Aug 28, 10:12am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 27, 9:47am Aug 27, 9:58am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 26, 9:45am Aug 26, 10:27am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 25, 9:47am Aug 25, 10:01am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 24, 9:48am Aug 24, 3:56pm SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 21, 9:41am Aug 21, 11:52am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 20, 9:40am Aug 20, 9:51am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 19, 9:40am Aug 19, 10:00am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Aug 18, 9:41am Aug 18, 10:06am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 17, 9:40am Aug 17, 11:04am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 14, 9:40am Aug 14, 9:45am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 13, 9:40am Aug 13, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Aug 12, 9:41am Aug 12, 3:56pm SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Aug 11, 9:40am Aug 11, 2:40pm SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Aug 10, 9:51am Aug 10, 10:05am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 5, 9:52am Aug 5, 10:12am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Aug 4, 9:48am Aug 4, 11:48am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Aug 3, 9:55am Aug 3, 11:02am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jul 31, 9:50am Jul 31, 10:12am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jul 29, 10:00am Jul 29, 10:52am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jul 28, 9:55am Jul 28, 11:36am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 27, 10:30am Jul 27, 3:56pm SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Jul 24, 9:55am Jul 24, 10:30am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jul 21, 10:20am Jul 21, 10:56am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 20, 9:55am Jul 20, 10:06am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 17, 9:50am Jul 17, 10:10am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 16, 9:55am Jul 16, 3:56pm SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Jul 15, 9:50am Jul 15, 10:16am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Jul 14, 10:15am Jul 14, 10:44am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 13, 9:50am Jul 13, 10:26am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Jul 10, 10:05am Jul 10, 10:42am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 9, 9:50am Jul 9, 10:32am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 8, 9:50am Jul 8, 10:58am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 7, 10:05am Jul 7, 12:24pm SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Jul 6, 10:20am Jul 6, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Jul 2, 10:00am Jul 2, 10:38am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jul 1, 10:15am Jul 1, 3:04pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 30, 9:50am Jun 30, 12:04pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jun 26, 10:20am Jun 26, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 24, 10:30am Jun 24, 10:56am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 23, 10:05am Jun 23, 2:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 22, 9:50am Jun 22, 10:38am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 18, 9:50am Jun 18, 10:34am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 17, 10:15am Jun 17, 10:20am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 16, 9:50am Jun 16, 10:30am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 15, 9:55am Jun 15, 11:42am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jun 12, 10:00am Jun 12, 10:14am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 11, 9:55am Jun 11, 10:12am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jun 10, 9:50am Jun 10, 10:44am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jun 9, 9:55am Jun 9, 10:10am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 8, 10:10am Jun 8, 10:46am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Jun 5, 9:55am Jun 5, 11:34am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Jun 2, 10:10am Jun 2, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Jun 1, 9:55am Jun 1, 10:10am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
May 29, 9:50am May 29, 10:10am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
May 28, 10:25am May 28, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
May 26, 10:15am May 26, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
May 21, 10:10am May 21, 10:30am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
May 20, 9:55am May 20, 10:06am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
May 19, 9:50am May 19, 10:16am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
May 15, 10:25am May 15, 2:16pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
May 14, 9:50am May 14, 12:16pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
May 12, 9:55am May 12, 10:08am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
May 8, 9:55am May 8, 11:46am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
May 7, 9:50am May 7, 10:26am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
May 6, 9:55am May 6, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
May 5, 9:50am May 5, 2:02pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
May 4, 9:55am May 4, 11:30am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
May 1, 9:50am May 1, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Apr 29, 10:05am Apr 29, 3:56pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Apr 28, 9:50am Apr 28, 10:48am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Apr 24, 9:50am Apr 24, 10:04am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Apr 23, 9:55am Apr 23, 12:14pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Apr 22, 10:20am Apr 22, 1:32pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Apr 21, 10:15am Apr 21, 11:10am LONG ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Apr 17, 10:15am Apr 17, 1:34pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PARTIAL ███
Apr 16, 10:00am Apr 16, 11:18am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
Apr 15, 10:30am Apr 15, 11:26am LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Apr 14, 9:55am Apr 14, 12:00pm LONG ███.██ ███.██ PROFIT ███
Apr 13, 9:50am Apr 13, 9:55am SHORT ███.██ ███.██ EXPENSE ███
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