T30 Strategy

Coming soon

RTH, from 9:30 AM ET· One trade is all it takes

It waits for the New York open, then takes at most one trade a day.

An automated intraday strategy for MNQ and NQ: at most one trade a day, after the New York open, and flat by the close.

NQ, 1 contract · 1 minute · Last 365 days: TradingView strategy tester

+$10,128

Net profit

1.79

Profit factor

$1,221

Max drawdown

43.8%

Winning trades

Backtest · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026 (1 year) · 1 NQ per trade · TradingView strategy tester, run 15 Oct 2026, $1.75 a side and 4 ticks of slippage per fill

Backtest at a glance

To 15 Oct 2026	Last 365 days	Last 90 days	Last 30 days
Net profit	+$10,127.50	+$6,117.00	+$3,953.50
Profit factor	1.79	3.73	8.12
Max drawdown	$1,221.25	$668.25	$402.25
Winning trades	43.8% (103 of 235)	46.6% (27 of 58)	47.4% (9 of 19)

How it trades

T30 Strategy trades the New York morning on MNQ or NQ, long or short. It is ready from the opening bell at 9:30 AM New York time, looks for one setup a day, and takes at most one trade.

Each trade's stop goes in with the entry, and the strategy manages the exit itself. It never holds a position overnight.

There are no setup settings to tune: the rules are built in. You choose the size and the alerts.

Your controls

Fixed size

A fixed number of contracts a trade: 1 by default.

Or size by risk

Contracts from your dollar risk per trade ($500 by default), up to a maximum (10 by default).

Telegram alerts

The start, every closed trade with its P&L and your balance, the stop and a licence change, sent to your own Telegram bot.

Its hours

Start it before 9:30 AM New York time and leave it running: it takes its trade and closes it the same day.

What you need

NinjaTrader 8 on Windows, with real-time data: MNQ or NQ on a 1-minute chart

A live or Sim account (Sim only during the free trial); it trades in real time only, not in Market Replay or the Strategy Analyzer

Running before 9:30 AM New York time on each day it should trade

An internet connection: the licence is checked when it starts and every hour

Test conditions

TradingView strategy tester on NQ with 1-minute bars: the last 365, 90 and 30 days to 15 Oct 2026.

1 NQ contract a trade, on the strategy's default settings. On MNQ, the micro contract, each point is worth a tenth as much.

Commission of $1.75 a contract on every fill, and 4 ticks of slippage on every fill.

Fills: high bar detail (about 24 ticks a bar), orders on bar close, a limit order filled only once the price trades a tick beyond it, and a one-tick delay on every order.

Run in TradingView ahead of the NinjaTrader release; live fills will differ.

More backtest views

The strategy tester's properties: commission, slippage and fills

Licence

Setting	What it does	Default
License key	Your licence key, from your account page. One computer at a time: move it with Switch device there.
Version	This strategy's version, sent with every licence check (read-only).	The installed version

Risk

Setting	What it does	Default
Risk type	FixedContracts: the Contracts below. DollarRisk: contracts from the Max dollar risk and the stop's distance, up to the Max position size.	FixedContracts
Contracts	Contracts a trade, when Risk type is FixedContracts.	1
Max dollar risk per trade	When Risk type is DollarRisk: the most to risk to the stop on a trade.	500
Max position size	When Risk type is DollarRisk: the most contracts on a trade.	10

Alerts

Setting	What it does	Default
Telegram alerts	Messages to your own Telegram bot: the start, every closed trade with its P&L and the balance, the stop, a licence change.	On

Also in All-Access

The same subscription unlocks every strategy.

Alpha StrategyAutomated MNQ futures strategy for NinjaTrader 8, with a day profit and loss limit, streak stops and a forced flatten.View details →Opening Range RaiderOpening range breakout strategy with multi-stage confirmation and SuperTrend integration.View details →

Risk disclosure

Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor; you can lose more than you deposit. Backtest results have inherent limitations: they do not represent actual trading, are prepared with the benefit of hindsight, and may not reflect the impact of liquidity, slippage or other market factors. No representation is made that any account will or is likely to achieve results similar to those shown. Past performance is not indicative of future results. AlgoEdgeTrade provides software, not investment advice. Full risk disclosure