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Super Micro Gap Momentum

Momentum

Buys a 1.5% opening gap and runs a wide 10% target against a tight 2% stop.

What this strategy does

Super Micro Gap Momentum is a momentum strategy that trades SMCI on 1-hour bars. Buys a 1.5% opening gap and runs a wide 10% target against a tight 2% stop.

How it performed

Backtested on real SMCI market data from 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 (3.0 years), this run returned +86.6%, or +23.1% annualized. It closed 166 trades with a 20% win rate. Risk-adjusted, that is a Sharpe ratio of 0.76, a Sortino ratio of 1.36 and a maximum drawdown of 31.9%.

Key results
SymbolSMCI
Bar size1-hour
Strategy typeMomentum
Backtest period2023-07-01 → 2026-06-30
Total return+86.6%
Annualized return+23.1%
Sharpe ratio0.76
Sortino ratio1.36
Max drawdown31.9%
Win rate20%
Closed trades166

Evidence

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Strategy rules & configuration

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