OU Reversion — NQ London KZ (1h): A LIVE mean-reversion Strategy for NQ
The hourly London fade — highest win rate (65%) of the NQ reversion sleeves.
Market: NQ Timeframe: 1-hour Session: London KZ (02:00-05:00 ET)
How it works
On the NQ hourly, fade a >=2.5 sigma stretch from a 40-bar mean during the London kill zone. Wider mean window, shallower trigger — catches the slower hourly reverts.
- Entry: NQ >=2.5 sigma from the 40-bar mean during 02:00-05:00 ET, ADX < 25.
- Exit: Revert to the mean; ATR-based stop (3x ATR).
- Risk: 0.25% of account per trade, 1 micro.
Backtested performance
NQ — the numbers
| Profit Factor | 1.57 |
| System Quality (SQN) | 1.88 |
| Win Rate | 65% |
| Max Drawdown | -1.7% |
| Net Return (1 micro, $50k) | +5% |
| Trades | 60 |
| Years Tested | 10 |
When it works
- Slow, ranging London hours
- 65% win rate — the highest of the NQ reverts
- Shallow drawdown (-1.7%)
When it fails
- London trend continuation
- News that breaks the range
- Fewer signals on the hourly
Why it has an edge
The slower hourly clock filters noise, so the reverts hit more often.
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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