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Nitro Trades Candle Range Theory (CRT)
None of the coded versions I tested made clear money on the two markets. These tests only cover the written rules, not judgment calls.
Source Nitro TradesVideo published Sep 13, 2026
▶ Watch the videoScorecard · Coded test, NQ 15m/2m, no biasLarge sample · 1,964 trades
- Trades
- 1,964
- Win rate
- —
- Profit factor
- 0.8
- Reward : risk
- —
- Biggest drop
- $86,390
- Net result
- -$82,365
A dash means the video did not report that number.
The test
- How I tested
- Coded backtest
- When
- Not said in the video
- Market
- NQ and ES futures, ~10 years of data
- Trades
- 1,964 trades — NQ 15m/2m/no bias only
- Risk per trade
- One NQ contract; variant-specific stop
- Fees
- Fees and slippage are included. The video has the details.
The numbers
NQ 15m CRT / 2m entry / no bias
Headline variant trades1964
Headline variant net pnl-$82,365
Headline variant profit factor0.8
Headline variant max drawdown$86,390
Trade log
No trade log is linked for this test.
More from the test
- Instruments
- NQ and ES futures, ~10 years of data
- Source material
- Rules extracted from 7 of Nitro's CRT videos
- Bias filters tested
- 200 EMA (best -$15,015), VWAP (best -$64,480, PF 0.67), 200 EMA slope, prior-day market structure (PF 0.84 on 154 trades) - all negative
- ES cross check
- 15m/2m lost $87,000 (PF 0.62); 1h/2m lost ~$16,000 (PF 0.8); best structural-stop row was positive but only 80 trades (19 after 2023)
- Variants
- 20+
- Headline variant
- NQ 15m CRT / 2m entry / no bias
- NQ 1h 2m no bias
- 372 trades; -$18,175; PF 0.87; max drawdown $32,610
- NQ 15m 1m no bias
- 1,968 trades; -$148,755; PF 0.67; max drawdown $148,780
- Shorts full history
- NQ 1h/2m/no bias shorts: 182 trades; +$8,885; PF 1.14
- Shorts later check
- Same variant, later check: 25 trades; -$6,000; PF 0.49
A note
This is about the mechanical rules, not how Nitro trades by feel.
Where the numbers come from
Checked Sep 22, 2026. These numbers come from the video. They are backtest or simulated results, not live trading, and not financial advice.
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