Meridian Nasdaq Intraday and Overnight
- Experts
- Version: 1.0
- Activations: 5
A fully automated two-book portfolio for E-mini (NQ) and Micro E-mini (MNQ) Nasdaq-100 futures. Two independent, rules-based strategies trade separate parts of the day and never hold a position at the same time, so one account funds both. Combining them cut maximum drawdown by about 36% compared with running each on its own.
Research backtest
MNQ, January 2021 - September 2026 (5.7 years), $200,000 fixed capital, no compounding, net of commission and slippage.
- Net profit: $384,833 (33.7% a year on capital, not compounded)
- Profit factor: 1.29
- Win rate: 56.66% over 1,352 trades
- Sharpe 1.81, Sortino 2.35
- Maximum drawdown: $33,082 (16.5% of capital)
- Profitable months: 50 of 69
- Profitable in all 6 calendar years, including 2022, when the Nasdaq-100 fell about 33%
- Walk-forward test: profitable out-of-sample in all 6 years
Built for real accounts
- No martingale, grid, averaging down or hedging
- Never increases size to recover losses
- US session times handled automatically, including daylight saving
- Netting and hedging accounts
Setup
- MT5 broker offering CME futures. Attach to the front-month NQ or MNQ contract (1 MNQ = 1/10 NQ) and move it to the new contract at each quarterly roll.
- Any chart timeframe. VPS recommended.
- Sizing: % risk of balance, fixed risk or fixed contracts.
- Strategy Tester: set the server time-zone inputs to your broker's. Live trading detects it automatically.
