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QQQ seasonal strategy
Hold QQQ from November to May, then stay in cash. Replay its historical signals and fills.
From 2016-11-01 to 2026-10-30, this rule made 10 trades and returned +130.9%. Buying and holding SPY returned +258.1% over the same dates. The largest drop from a past high was 28.6%.
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The rule
This rule aims to hold QQQ from November to May and sit in cash the rest of the year. The first trading day in November signals a buy, and the first trading day in May signals a sale. Both fill at the next trading day’s close.
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Did it beat SPY?
How it did over time
Strategy in orange-red. SPY buy and hold in light.
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The same result in an AI chat
This is how the result looks when an AI agent such as Claude or ChatGPT runs it. It uses the same engine report.
Strategy equity in orange-red, SPY in light. Historical test only.
Every trade
10 trades and 20 fills, straight from the engine report. Each fill shows the day the signal fired, the day it filled, and why. This run used 0 bps fees and 0 bps slippage on each fill, except when a modeled option expires. A basis point (bps) is one hundredth of one percent.
| Signal date | Fill date | Ticker | Side | Price | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-01 | 2016-11-02 | QQQ | Buy | $115.18 | entry |
| 2017-05-01 | 2017-05-02 | QQQ | Sell | $137.43 | exit |
| 2017-11-01 | 2017-11-02 | QQQ | Buy | $151.81 | entry |
| 2018-05-01 | 2018-05-02 | QQQ | Sell | $161.82 | exit |
| 2018-11-01 | 2018-11-02 | QQQ | Buy | $169.38 | entry |
| 2019-05-01 | 2019-05-02 | QQQ | Sell | $188.11 | exit |
| 2019-11-01 | 2019-11-04 | QQQ | Buy | $200.10 | entry |
| 2020-05-01 | 2020-05-04 | QQQ | Sell | $215.22 | exit |
| 2020-11-02 | 2020-11-03 | QQQ | Buy | $274.65 | entry |
| 2021-05-03 | 2021-05-04 | QQQ | Sell | $330.14 | exit |
| 2021-11-01 | 2021-11-02 | QQQ | Buy | $389.05 | entry |
| 2022-05-02 | 2022-05-03 | QQQ | Sell | $318.82 | exit |
| 2022-11-01 | 2022-11-02 | QQQ | Buy | $265.68 | entry |
| 2023-05-01 | 2023-05-02 | QQQ | Sell | $319.38 | exit |
| 2023-11-01 | 2023-11-02 | QQQ | Buy | $363.44 | entry |
| 2024-05-01 | 2024-05-02 | QQQ | Sell | $426.90 | exit |
| 2024-11-01 | 2024-11-04 | QQQ | Buy | $486.01 | entry |
| 2025-05-01 | 2025-05-02 | QQQ | Sell | $488.83 | exit |
| 2025-11-03 | 2025-11-04 | QQQ | Buy | $619.25 | entry |
| 2026-05-01 | 2026-05-04 | QQQ | Sell | $672.88 | exit |
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Risk warning
Past results do not predict future returns. Not investment advice.