Backtested and hypothetical results, shown for educational purposes only — not investment advice. Past performance does not indicate future results.
SP SPXU — No setup$35.10 · 2026-09-11
SPXU shows only a faint, unreliable daily reversal bias.
Nothing stretched right now — no short-term setup.
| Rule | Days held | Avg / day | Win rate | Total | CAGR | Sharpe | Max DD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ■ After a DOWN close | 2,369 (55%) | -0.132% | 44.7% | -98% | -21.0% | -0.56 | -98.6% |
| ■ After an UP close | 1,917 (44%) | -0.216% | 43.6% | -100% | -27.1% | -0.63 | -99.6% |
| ■ Bottom 10% RSI(2) | 433 (10%) | +0.031% | 48.5% | +6% | +0.3% | 0.08 | -32.2% |
| ■ Top 10% RSI(2) | 433 (10%) | -0.722% | 42.0% | -97% | -19.1% | -0.77 | -97.4% |
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.