Week in Review

The NAS100 finished the week nearly flat, while the bot recorded a second consecutive losing week. Both of the week's trades hit their stop losses. Here is the full breakdown of the numbers.

Nas100Bot Performance This Week

Weekly stats:
  • Total trades: 2
  • Profit: -6%
  • Win rate: 0%
  • Max drawdown: -6%

Two trades, two stop-outs. The hard stop loss did exactly what it is designed to do: limit each loss to a predefined amount instead of letting the position run into a larger drawdown. That discipline is the cost of protecting capital during adverse setups — it stings in the short term, but it is what keeps the system alive over hundreds of future trades.

Market Performance: Buy & Hold

Buying and holding the NAS100 over the same period returned +0.45% with a maximum drawdown of 1.54%. The market essentially went sideways this week while the bot's entries triggered into short-term weakness. That mismatch is a known characteristic of trend-following systems in choppy, range-bound conditions — the trades assume a directional move that does not materialize.

Return vs Drawdown

This week: -6% return with a 6% drawdown for the bot, versus +0.45% return with a 1.54% drawdown for buy and hold. The drawdown equals the return here because both trades ran to their stop losses — the worst-case outcome the strategy is sized to absorb on consecutive failures.

The Bigger Picture

Two consecutive losing weeks are normal for any systematic strategy, especially trend-following systems that accept frequent small losses in exchange for occasional large wins. The year-to-date return, while reduced by these weeks, remains in positive territory — exactly because the risk per trade is kept small enough to survive losing streaks without threatening the account.

How to Follow Along

We publish these weekly recaps — wins and losses alike — so you can see real, verifiable results from the same strategy you can download for free. Backtest it yourself on your own brokerage account, check the pricing page, or follow the setup guide to get started.

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Trading involves risk.