Backtested and hypothetical results, shown for educational purposes only — not investment advice. Past performance does not indicate future results.
NE NEO — Stretched, weak edge$17.32 · 2026-09-11
NEO shows only a faint, unreliable daily reversal bias.
Current stretch: RSI(2) at 14 is leaning oversold, 2 down days in a row — but the daily edge here is thin.
| Rule | Days held | Avg / day | Win rate | Total | CAGR | Sharpe | Max DD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ■ After a DOWN close | 2,425 (43%) | +0.521% | 49.4% | +2,010,032% | +55.4% | 1.12 | -85.7% |
| ■ After an UP close | 2,525 (45%) | -0.110% | 43.9% | -100% | -23.4% | -0.23 | -99.9% |
| ■ Bottom 10% RSI(2) | 566 (10%) | +1.099% | 50.5% | +23,207% | +27.4% | 1.00 | -43.3% |
| ■ Top 10% RSI(2) | 566 (10%) | -0.601% | 42.9% | -99% | -19.3% | -0.44 | -99.4% |
How to read this ▾
Some assets mean-revert at short horizons (a sharp move tends to partly reverse); others trend (a move tends to continue). At the daily close-to-close horizon the reversal shows up cleanly and consistently in the broad equity indices and mostly breaks down elsewhere — commodities, crypto, and individual stocks carry their own momentum. The names above are the ones where it holds up.
RSI(2) is a 2-day momentum oscillator — below ~10 is short-term oversold, above ~90 overbought. Distance from the 50-day average is measured in standard deviations (z-score). Streak counts consecutive up or down closes. For each, we show what happened over the next 1–5 days, historically.
The strategy table pairs each dip-buy rule against its opposite — day-after-a-down-close vs day-after-an-up-close, and the bottom vs top RSI(2) decile. Both legs of a pair are held one day and trade a similar number of days, so raw returns compare fairly (unlike buy & hold, which wins on total return simply by always being invested). Avg / day — mean return on the days the rule is in the market — is the cleanest apples-to-apples number. Frictionless: no commissions or slippage. A character test, not a tradeable system. Past behaviour is not a forecast.