Week in Review
A quieter week on the NAS100, and another difficult one for the bot. One trade taken, one stopped out — a -3% week for the strategy while the market drifted slightly higher. Here is the full breakdown.
Nas100Bot Performance This Week
- Total trades: 1
- Profit: -3%
- Win rate: 0%
- Max drawdown: -3%
One trade, one stop-out. The -3% loss hit the predefined risk level exactly — no slippage beyond the planned exit, no need for manual intervention. The system's hard stop losses are designed to cap losses at predictable levels, and that is precisely what happened here.
Market Performance: Buy & Hold
Buying and holding the NAS100 over the same period returned +0.15% with a maximum drawdown of 2%. The market closed essentially flat with modest intra-week volatility — not enough directional movement to trigger the strategy's entry conditions profitably.
Return vs Drawdown
This week: -3% return with a 3% drawdown for the bot, versus +0.15% return with a 2% drawdown for buy and hold. The drawdown matches the return here because the single losing trade ran to its stop — the worst-case outcome the strategy is sized to handle.
The Bigger Picture
Three consecutive losing weeks do happen in trend-following systems — they are the cost of being positioned for the large directional moves that make up the yearly return. Each individual loss is kept small by design, which is why the year-to-date performance remains positive despite these stretches. The strategy is built to survive many losing trades and pay off across the longer cycle.
How to Follow Along
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Past performance is not indicative of future results. Trading involves risk.