NQ OCTOQUANT

NQ OctoQuant — 8 algorithms, one goal: steady growth on the Nasdaq-100

NQ OctoQuant is a fully automated portfolio of 8 independent algorithmic strategies trading the Nasdaq-100 (US100). Each strategy is specialised in a different moment of the market — overnight, the New York open, the morning and the afternoon — so when one steps back, another takes over. Low correlation between strategies means the bad days of one are often offset by the others.

How it trades

• 100% rule-based: entries, exits and stops are coded, no emotional decisions
• Stop loss on every single trade, always placed with the broker
• No martingale, no grid, no averaging down, no hedging
• Fixed small risk per trade, sized on account balance
• Mostly intraday: positions are opened and closed within the New York session, with one short overnight strategy and one swing strategy (1–5 days)
• A few trades per day on average, on US100 only

Why 8 strategies?
Buying and holding the Nasdaq means living through drops of 30% or more. NQ OctoQuant aims to capture the index's opportunities with much smaller drawdowns, spreading risk across 8 different behaviours of the market instead of a single bet.

Research behind it
Every strategy was developed on market data from 2020 onwards, validated on years not used to build it, stress-tested against higher costs, execution delays and parameter changes, and compared with thousands of random entries. Ideas that did not pass were discarded.