5-Day RSI Strategy

5-Day RSI Buy/Sell Signals

Buy the Nasdaq 100 Trust (QQQ) when the 5-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) closes below 30.0.

Sell the Nasdaq 100 Trust (QQQ) when the 5-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) closes above 50.0.

Assumptions:

The Nasdaq 100 Trust is purchased at the market closing price on the day the RSI buy signal is generated.

The Nasdaq 100 Trust is sold at the market closing price on the day the RSI sell signal is generated.

Total proceeds from one trade are reinvested into the following trade.

The 5-day RSI strategy has a tendency to underperform the buy-and-hold strategy when the market is strong and outperform when the market is weak, and it's best used as a way to supplement/hedge existing investment income. Commissions and SEC fees were not included in the calculations. Past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance. This page is intended for informational purposes only.

Position: Closed
Buy Sell Held Trade Year Cumul.
Year # Buy Date NDX Close RSI Sell Date NDX Close RSI NDX G/L Days % G/L % G/L % G/L
101/03/91196.3927.6301/10/91195.9952.990.4050.20%0.20%0.20%
204/29/91266.1422.7105/09/91271.2468.575.1081.92%1.72%1.72%
305/15/91258.1118.3305/22/91265.6960.877.5852.94%4.71%4.71%
406/10/91268.3926.8007/01/91259.0657.989.33153.48%1.06%1.06%
101/03/91196.3927.6301/10/91195.9952.990.4050.20%0.20%0.20%
204/29/91266.1422.7105/09/91271.2468.575.1081.92%1.72%1.72%
305/15/91258.1118.3305/22/91265.6960.877.5852.94%4.71%4.71%
406/10/91268.3926.8007/01/91259.0657.989.33153.48%1.06%1.06%
507/24/91257.8428.5707/26/91264.2258.056.3522.46%3.55%3.55%
608/19/91271.9628.3808/21/91286.0668.5614.1025.18%8.91%8.91%
709/06/91279.9628.0609/12/91285.5563.675.5942.00%11.09%11.09%
810/03/91280.4127.8910/11/91281.5052.961.0960.39%11.52%11.52%
910/25/91282.9427.3010/29/91290.0856.847.1412.52%14.33%14.33%
1011/15/91284.5225.7912/02/91293.9370.939.41103.31%18.12%18.12%
101/21/92328.0420.6901/22/92346.3254.7018.2815.57%5.57%24.70%
203/05/92337.5227.6503/10/92340.3252.412.8030.83%6.45%25.73%
303/26/92333.2924.2504/14/92320.5554.4612.74133.82%2.38%20.93%
404/27/92299.6524.5404/30/92307.8654.888.2132.74%5.19%24.24%
505/14/92304.5426.8505/20/92309.5560.685.0141.65%6.92%26.29%
606/09/92304.8521.2004/14/92300.7963.024.06141.33%5.50%24.61%
708/12/92300.9524.8608/27/92299.4659.601.49110.50%4.97%23.99%
809/28/92307.8726.4010/12/92308.1051.090.23100.07%5.05%24.08%
912/15/92346.9424.3412/17/92356.8464.859.90102.85%8.04%27.61%
102/05/93369.0029.1302/25/93351.6653.5117.34134.70%4.70%21.61%
203/19/93351.5522.4303/25/93354.3754.652.8240.80%3.94%22.59%
304/02/93341.1823.9204/12/93349.0054.627.8252.29%1.74%25.39%
404/19/93337.4528.0104/28/93339.6656.032.2170.65%1.10%26.21%
506/08/93360.7426.5106/14/93367.1461.046.4041.77%0.65%28.44%
606/18/93357.9625.2606/25/93362.2260.554.2651.19%1.85%29.97%
707/07/93357.8629.3907/09/93362.4653.134.6021.29%3.06%31.65%
807/16/93351.0719.1107/26/93356.4055.035.3361.52%4.63%33.65%
909/08/93364.8428.4109/10/93370.6355.475.7921.59%6.30%35.77%
1011/04/93377.4623.2411/10/93392.9865.4815.5244.11%10.66%41.35%
1111/19/93380.5627.4211/24/93385.0353.214.4731.17%11.96%43.01%
1212/14/93382.8326.4012/17/93388.9352.126.1021.59%13.74%45.28%
102/04/94397.4819.2902/14/94405.1154.917.6361.92%1.92%48.07%
203/24/94403.9219.8804/07/94390.9752.1312.9593.21%1.35%43.32%
304/12/94375.4625.3104/21/94367.0250.068.4472.25%3.57%40.09%
405/11/94365.1819.8805/18/94368.5956.333.4150.93%2.68%41.40%
506/08/94371.0025.3306/14/94377.3856.936.3841.72%1.00%43.83%
606/20/94367.8326.5607/12/94361.3158.676.52151.77%2.75%41.28%
709/23/94390.2027.8709/30/94393.8554.883.6550.94%1.84%42.61%
810/04/94382.7121.4610/10/94392.8560.4510.1442.65%0.76%46.39%
911/07/94400.1928.9611/08/94407.4457.447.2511.81%2.59%49.04%
1011/22/94397.9321.5011/29/94409.1062.4511.1742.81%5.47%53.23%
1112/08/94386.3019.0912/15/94393.7052.217.4051.92%7.49%56.17%
101/30/95401.7123.7002/02/95411.1560.829.4432.35%2.35%59.84%
204/04/95441.8628.1604/10/95449.3659.187.5051.70%4.09%62.56%
305/30/95482.0829.6706/02/95492.6553.0410.5732.19%6.37%66.12%
408/28/95566.0526.2009/05/95595.3672.057.5055.18%11.88%74.72%
509/26/95580.7725.0709/28/95595.4457.9514.6722.53%14.71%79.14%
610/04/95558.9922.1210/12/95573.1057.3614.1062.52%17.60%83.66%
711/20/95571.6718.8311/28/95598.0066.0126.3354.61%23.02%92.12%
812/14/95566.2924.2012/19/95575.0150.398.7231.54%24.92%95.08%
101/09/96534.4216.5001/18/96554.3255.0219.9073.72%3.72%102.34%
203/01/96604.7620.1503/13/96614.7556.929.9971.65%5.43%105.68%
303/25/96597.8229.3703/29/96609.6950.4111.8741.99%7.53%109.77%
404/11/96604.0727.3104/15/96611.0854.777.0121.16%8.78%112.20%
506/17/96666.0719.5906/24/96677.1752.1311.1041.67%10.59%115.75%
607/11/96635.7818.4707/18/96643.7455.227.9651.25%11.98%118.44%
707/23/96598.3424.2707/26/96633.3958.2635.0535.86%18.54%131.24%
809/05/96652.3224.0309/09/96671.9856.4819.6623.01%22.11%138.20%
910/22/96736.6423.4310/31/96751.9960.6515.3572.08%24.65%143.16%
1012/16/96804.6224.8412/18/96834.1353.6829.5123.68%29.23%152.11%
102/21/97864.3024.1603/05/97872.0755.097.7780.90%0.90%154.38%
203/07/97841.0328.8503/26/97834.3861.706.65130.79%0.10%152.37%
304/02/97783.9225.5004/04/97822.4060.7838.4824.91%5.02%164.76%
406/03/97929.8129.6606/06/97944.9851.9015.1731.63%6.73%169.08%
508/15/971076.6727.1708/19/971121.1863.6944.5124.13%11.14%180.19%
608/28/971070.5725.2809/02/971102.7456.3732.1723.00%14.47%188.60%
709/15/971080.2927.5209/16/971116.5258.9936.2313.35%18.31%198.26%
810/16/971099.3821.4310/21/971110.5551.0011.1731.02%19.51%201.31%
910/24/971057.3423.8811/03/971050.7253.236.6260.63%18.76%199.41%
1011/12/97980.1420.1511/14/971027.8556.0547.7124.87%24.55%213.99%
1112/11/971001.8824.8512/29/97978.5355.1723.35112.33%21.64%206.67%
101/09/98956.1927.8601/13/98995.0556.3738.8624.06%4.06%219.12%
203/05/981126.8323.4503/12/981163.2754.0136.4453.23%7.42%229.43%
304/07/981182.1326.9604/13/981202.9750.0320.8431.76%9.31%235.23%
405/22/981214.1326.7706/05/981206.7057.237.4390.61%8.65%233.18%
507/29/981380.0828.5907/30/981422.0556.0441.9713.04%11.95%243.31%
608/04/981317.2421.9308/17/981367.7958.0750.5593.84%16.25%256.49%
708/27/981312.2823.6609/08/981286.4759.1225.8171.97%13.96%249.47%
810/01/981273.7426.3710/12/981243.4055.2130.3472.38%11.25%241.16%
103/23/991961.3127.8303/25/992083.3562.71122.0426.22%6.22%262.38%
204/14/992103.6328.6004/21/992105.8251.832.1950.10%6.33%262.74%
305/24/992060.5927.4305/28/992089.7051.0029.1141.41%7.83%267.86%
407/22/992281.8129.2907/28/992333.8052.4351.9942.28%10.28%276.24%
508/04/992204.2626.2408/11/992241.4354.6637.1751.69%12.15%282.60%
610/15/992403.8127.8210/20/992466.2956.5462.4832.60%15.06%292.55%
101/06/003340.8124.0701/10/003717.4163.97376.60211.27%11.27%336.79%
201/28/003446.1326.4702/01/003701.7857.39255.6527.42%19.53%369.20%
303/15/004130.0126.4703/16/004353.3351.51223.3215.41%25.99%394.58%
403/30/004250.1927.3804/07/004291.5355.7441.3460.97%27.21%399.38%
504/12/003633.6320.6304/25/003621.5651.0412.0780.33%26.79%397.73%
605/10/003244.7323.9005/15/003512.1153.61267.3838.24%37.24%438.74%
705/23/003023.4219.3705/30/003414.0362.83390.61412.92%54.97%508.35%
807/27/003681.6329.9908/07/003710.3958.2028.7670.78%56.18%513.09%
909/11/003706.7427.6809/19/003756.4052.0349.6661.34%58.28%521.31%
1009/26/003582.5929.1509/28/003725.1558.42142.5623.98%64.58%546.04%
1110/02/003457.9728.9410/13/003277.7750.70180.2095.21%56.00%512.38%
1211/08/003059.0927.0811/15/003076.7051.1217.6150.58%56.91%515.93%
1311/20/002792.4126.7812/05/002852.8767.7060.46102.17%60.31%529.30%
1412/15/002549.4829.4212/27/002460.2150.2189.2773.5%54.70%507.27%
101/02/012128.7822.0001/03/012528.3859.16399.60118.77%18.77%621.26%
202/02/012472.1827.0102/15/012371.0451.92101.1494.09%13.91%591.76%
302/20/012095.1123.9303/07/011996.2350.3698.88114.72%8.54%559.11%
403/09/011813.0225.3303/27/011735.6355.9677.39124.27%3.90%530.96%
504/02/011516.5825.9404/10/011597.8761.6681.2965.36%9.47%564.78%
605/30/011779.0025.0006/05/011923.9060.69144.9048.15%18.39%618.96%
706/14/011711.3921.1006/21/011751.2250.1139.8352.33%21.15%635.71%
807/06/011668.5921.1007/12/011750.1358.0881.5444.89%27.08%671.69%
907/24/011604.8628.8507/26/011673.3953.2568.5324.27%32.50%704.64%
1008/08/011626.2026.5608/24/011579.6257.8646.58122.86%28.71%681.63%
1108/30/011453.9026.8210/03/011249.4168.95204.491914.06%10.61%571.73%
1212/20/011557.3627.9912/27/011606.4851.5549.1243.15%14.10%592.89%
101/16/021558.9822.5202/13/021486.7554.1472.23194.63%4.63%560.81%
202/19/021387.2722.4403/01/021435.4161.5948.1483.47%1.32%583.74%
304/03/021394.2128.9304/16/021413.9364.5619.7291.41%0.07%593.38%
404/23/021322.8126.4705/08/021282.4163.2340.40113.05%2.98%572.23%
505/29/021218.6829.8306/17/021149.9155.1868.77135.64%8.45%534.39%
606/20/021062.4523.9807/05/021060.8960.091.56100.15%8.59%533.37%
707/22/02939.1026.1407/29/02970.1356.7231.0353.30%5.58%554.27%
808/05/02857.0825.2408/07/02919.0850.6162.0027.23%1.25%601.57%
908/28/02944.8329.7209/10/02947.7255.442.8980.31%1.57%603.75%
1009/19/02865.9320.7309/25/02880.4450.7014.5141.68%3.27%615.57%
1109/30/02832.5226.7710/01/02870.6351.9838.1114.58%8.00%648.34%
1210/04/02815.4029.1510/10/02849.5760.6134.1744.19%12.53%679.70%
1312/09/021014.8424.3212/23/021032.3053.1217.46101.72%14.46%693.10%
112/30/02989.8927.3601/02/031027.8661.1437.9723.84%3.84%723.56%
201/17/031017.5827.3702/14/03982.0959.9235.49193.49%0.22%694.81%
303/11/03958.8227.0303/13/031029.7974.9970.9727.40%7.63%753.63%
403/31/031018.6627.8004/02/031063.4660.1244.8024.40%12.37%791.19%
506/24/031191.7029.5206/26/031214.6853.6222.9821.93%14.54%808.31%
608/05/031229.7225.3908/12/031240.7054.4510.9850.89%15.55%816.39%
709/26/031309.3126.2510/03/031375.3265.5166.0155.04%21.38%862.58%
811/18/031364.7021.5111/24/031419.3163.4254.6144.00%26.23%901.13%
101/28/041491.5727.4602/06/041498.9555.277.3870.49%0.49%906.04%
202/23/041463.7527.7603/01/041489.4960.5025.7451.76%2.26%923.74%
303/08/041441.1227.1003/17/041428.8950.6412.2370.85%1.39%915.04%
403/22/041381.3927.5703/25/041425.8662.4344.4733.22%4.66%947.72%
504/29/041431.3628.8905/11/041421.8950.399.4780.66%3.96%940.81%
605/17/041379.9024.3205/21/041408.1755.3928.2742.05%6.10%962.15%
707/06/041445.7124.6707/29/041398.5552.4647.16173.26%2.64%927.52%
808/05/041353.4424.4508/17/041335.7251.6817.7281.31%1.29%914.06%
909/27/041385.5527.4309/29/041410.8656.9525.3121.83%3.15%932.62%
101/04/051571.8316.5501/18/051573.4955.701.6690.11%0.11%933.76%
201/20/051514.5623.8601/31/051519.6353.965.0770.33%0.44%937.17%
302/22/051494.0725.5402/24/051517.7151.8723.6421.58%2.03%953.55%
403/16/051486.2326.6603/30/051491.7462.185.5190.35%2.38%957.24%
504/14/051441.1324.6004/21/051447.3755.656.2450.43%2.82%961.79%
606/23/051515.9523.5007/05/051506.3550.269.6070.63%2.18%955.10%
708/24/051561.7125.1708/31/051581.7161.9620.0051.28%3.48%968.60%
809/21/051561.8422.6609/29/051589.9368.3128.0961.80%5.35%987.84%
910/06/051552.9424.9310/17/051549.8850.663.0670.20%5.14%985.66%
1012/19/051664.3622.5812/22/051683.3551.7418.9931.14%6.34%998.09%
112/29/051655.3623.9201/03/061679.9359.1924.5721.48%1.48%1014.34%
201/20/061676.3824.4101/27/061711.1158.7134.7352.07%3.58%1037.41%
302/03/061664.5323.7702/15/061673.1555.628.6280.52%4.12%1043.32%
403/09/061645.0924.9603/14/061681.1565.5936.0632.19%6.40%1068.36%
505/11/061657.4819.1605/26/061606.3752.0051.11113.08%3.12%1032.38%
606/09/061550.9725.5606/15/061573.0861.8022.1141.43%4.60%1048.57%
707/10/061520.9028.9107/25/061489.5254.2331.38122.06%2.45%1024.98%
112/21/061766.2827.2901/04/071792.9173.4726.6371.51%1.51%1041.97%
201/22/071779.0228.8901/24/071802.6353.5723.6121.33%2.86%1057.16%
302/27/071756.2717.7203/12/071756.4253.060.1590.01%2.87%1057.27%
406/07/071882.1726.0106/13/071913.8756.0131.7041.68%4.60%1076.72%
507/27/071956.1920.8608/07/071961.6450.255.4570.28%4.89%1080.01%
608/15/071864.9222.3708/21/071910.9953.6446.0742.47%7.48%1109.16%
711/08/072106.1624.4611/27/072033.7650.5272.40123.44%3.78%1067.56%
812/17/072020.8023.4412/20/072069.6853.9148.8832.42%6.29%1095.78%
101/02/082049.7129.5701/31/081841.4257.56208.492110.16%10.16%974.29%
202/05/081773.4928.6102/11/081793.0951.0919.6041.11%9.16%986.21%
302/29/081745.2728.0303/11/081740.9553.774.3270.25%9.39%983.49%
405/21/081956.8029.1505/27/081995.4457.3038.6431.97%7.61%1004.84%
506/11/081924.3323.3006/16/081984.7655.8960.4333.14%4.71%1039.54%
606/24/081903.7429.0507/08/081871.2855.9532.4691.71%6.34%1020.05%
709/02/081850.1426.5509/19/081745.0654.05105.08135.68%11.66%956.43%
809/29/081496.1518.3010/13/081429.5455.3766.61104.45%15.59%909.42%
910/24/081202.2727.6610/28/081297.5756.7195.3027.93%8.90%989.47%
1011/12/081165.3822.9111/24/081154.3452.8811.0480.95%9.77%979.12%
101/14/091163.4223.1601/26/091184.5650.5721.1471.82%1.82%998.76%
202/17/091187.0429.6703/10/091112.4456.1574.60156.28%4.57%929.76%
305/13/091339.8320.4605/18/091392.7360.2052.9033.95%0.80%970.44%
406/16/091443.2524.6806/19/091471.2355.1527.9831.94%1.12%991.21%
506/22/091426.6128.9706/25/091475.8263.0949.2133.45%4.61%1028.86%
607/07/091404.7819.0407/13/091447.7059.7742.9243.06%7.81%1063.40%
708/17/091564.8927.7908/20/091614.2258.3149.3333.15%11.21%1100.05%
809/01/091595.8426.9009/04/091638.0764.8742.2332.65%15.07%1131.85%
910/01/091666.4125.1310/06/091705.2557.2538.8432.33%17.75%1160.57%
1010/27/091722.4627.8611/05/091721.0962.191.3770.08%17.66%1159.56%
101/22/101794.8220.8902/11/101775.7458.1719.08141.06%1.06%1147.21%
205/06/101893.7519.2005/12/101975.5856.8381.8344.32%3.21%1201.09%
305/20/101800.1217.9505/27/101862.7155.9162.5953.48%6.80%1246.37%
406/09/101778.9228.1406/10/101830.0952.2351.1712.88%9.88%1285.15%
506/25/101838.5227.8407/07/101789.7255.2348.8072.65%6.97%1248.44%
608/11/101845.3826.0109/01/101820.0561.9125.33151.37%5.51%1229.97%
711/15/102131.4828.3911/18/102134.7750.063.2930.15%5.67%1231.97%
102/22/112322.8622.6602/25/112346.2950.2423.4331.01%1.01%1245.93%
203/10/112284.2927.0403/21/112262.7050.2121.5970.95%0.05%1233.14%
304/11/112298.3025.0604/20/112357.7675.3959.4662.59%2.64%1267.67%
405/16/112337.8524.8105/31/112372.5468.7234.69101.48%4.16%1287.91%
506/06/112274.4826.3606/21/112251.8261.4822.66111.00%3.12%1272.68%
608/02/112292.8517.3108/14/112214.1254.1078.7393.43%0.42%1225.60%
708/18/112073.0328.2508/23/112129.2751.2356.2432.71%2.28%1267.22%
809/22/112184.5927.9909/27/112253.5555.6268.9633.16%5.51%1310.42%
909/30/112139.1823.9410/05/112182.7751.5643.5932.04%7.66%1339.19%
1011/17/112272.0929.9111/30/112295.2065.3823.1191.02%8.76%1353.87%
1112/14/112233.0329.4112/20/112281.9459.5348.9142.19%11.11%1385.71%

Period comparison

Period 5-Day RSI Strategy Nasdaq 100 Index
199118.13%64.99%
19928.04%8.87%
199313.74%10.42%
19947.49%1.65%
199524.92%42.43%
199629.93%42.54%
199721.64%20.63%
199811.25%85.24%
199915.06%102.03%
200054.70%36.84%
200114.10%32.65%
200214.46%37.58%
200326.23%49.12%
20043.15%10.44%
20056.34%1.49%
20062.45%6.79%
20076.29%17.80%
20089.77%41.89%
200917.66%53.54%
20105.67%19.22%
201111.11%2.89%
1991-20111385.71%1037.95%
as of December 20, 2011