OU Reversion — NQ London KZ (15m): A LIVE mean-reversion Strategy for NQ
The NQ London fade with the highest quality score (SQN 2.71) of any single sleeve.
Market: NQ Timeframe: 15-min Session: London KZ (02:00-05:00 ET)
How it works
Same London-range fade as the flagship, tuned for NQ alone: >=3 sigma from a 60-bar mean, ADX < 25. The cleanest System Quality Number in the whole book.
- Entry: NQ >=3 sigma from the 60-bar mean during 02:00-05:00 ET, ADX < 25.
- Exit: Revert to the mean; ATR-based stop.
- Risk: 0.25% of account per trade, 1 micro.
Backtested performance
NQ — the numbers
| Profit Factor | 1.48 |
| System Quality (SQN) | 2.71 |
| Win Rate | 50% |
| Max Drawdown | -1.9% |
| Net Return (1 micro, $50k) | +7% |
| Trades | 116 |
| Years Tested | 10 |
When it works
- Ranging London sessions
- 50% win rate with positive expectancy
- Highest SQN (2.71) of any sleeve
When it fails
- London breakout/trend days
- Back-to-back extensions in one direction
- High-impact EU data inside the window
Why it has an edge
The most consistent risk-adjusted single sleeve — highest System Quality Number.
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.