OU Reversion — NQ Asia KZ (15m): A LIVE mean-reversion Strategy for NQ
A sharper NQ Asia fade — highest PF (2.02) of the 15m reversion sleeves.
Market: NQ Timeframe: 15-min Session: Asia KZ (20:00-24:00 ET)
How it works
On NQ 15m, fade a >=3 sigma stretch from a fast 40-bar mean during the Asian kill zone. A quicker trigger than the flagship Asia sleeve — bigger winners, a touch more drawdown.
- Entry: NQ >=3 sigma from the 40-bar mean during 20:00-24:00 ET, ADX < 25.
- Exit: Revert to the mean; ATR-based stop (1.5x ATR).
- Risk: 0.25% of account per trade, 1 micro.
Backtested performance
NQ — the numbers
| Profit Factor | 2.02 |
| System Quality (SQN) | 2.27 |
| Win Rate | 45% |
| Max Drawdown | -3.7% |
| Net Return (1 micro, $50k) | +7.9% |
| Trades | 53 |
| Years Tested | 10 |
When it works
- Deep overnight overshoots
- PF 2.02 — the winners are large
- Quiet Asian ranges
When it fails
- Overnight trend/BOJ events
- Fewer trades (fast, deep trigger)
- -3.7% drawdown, largest of the Asia fades
Why it has an edge
A faster, deeper trigger captures the sharpest overnight snapbacks.
How we validate it
Every sleeve is backtested on 8+ years of Sierra Chart NQ/ES data with realistic costs (2-tick slippage + $0.74/side commission), sized at 0.25% risk on a $50k account, and stress-tested per calendar year. Micros only (MNQ/MES). The 14 kill-zone sleeves were mined from a 10-year ES+NQ session sweep and are scored by Van Tharp SQN. Signals are tracked live every session.
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Educational content only, not financial advice. Backtested results are hypothetical and do not guarantee future performance. Futures carry substantial risk and most short-term traders lose money. Test on your own data and trade your own plan.