Oct 20, 2025 Profit $360
Today is Monday, October 20, 2025, and welcome back to our daily Nasdaq 100 futures recap.
The market kicked off the new week with a mix of early optimism and mid-day hesitation, as traders awaited key economic data and Treasury auctions. Overall, it was a day of moderate volatility and steady momentum, giving our algorithmic swing robot several profitable opportunities.
The market gave us gaps, reversals, and false starts, but our swing robot navigated the chaos systematically to lock in a solid 360 dollars profit on a single e-Micro contract.
At 10 am Industrial Production and Manufacturing Production data will be released, followed by the Treasury bill auction at 11:30 am.
Let’s take a closer look at how our swing robot traded through the day
and how it captured nearly 360 dollars profit trading one single e-Micro Nasdaq 100 futures.
Overnight Session from 6 pm to 3 am Eastern Standard Time
At 6 pm October 19, 2025 Eastern Standard Time, futures gapped up 60 points to 25,100 from Friday’s closing price, but the optimism quickly faded. Our robot identified early weakness and entered a short position at 6:10 pm.
At 7:30 pm, market reversed up, prompting the robot to close the short and flip to a long position. The Asian session that followed was quiet, with Nasdaq futures trading in a narrow range.
US Morning Session from 6 am to 12 pm
About 6 o’clock in the morning of October 20, 2025 that short position reversed to a long position.
There was no economic news at 8:30 am. Nasdaq was edging higher toward the US stock market opening.
And our long position began to show a healthy 100 dollars unrealized profit.
At 9:30 am, the US stock market opened. Nasdaq continued to grind higher. Our long position had unrealized profit of over 500 dollars. It looked like we were in for a perfect Monday.
Late morning around 11:00 am, momentum began to fade, Nasdaq slowed down a little bit. The unrealized profit of our long position dipped to 456 dollars.
Then came the whipsaw. At 11:15 am Nasdaq began to cool down. Maybe some investors took profit.
At 11:30 am the Treasury bill auction data were released. Market cooled down a little bit. Our robot closed the long position with a profit of 400 dollars.
Then our robot switched to a short position. In a few minutes, Nasdaq rebounded, the short position was stopped out at a loss of 80 dollars.
At 1 pm, market gained momentum. Our robot entered a long position without hesitation.
However, around 2:30 pm, the market lost steam.
Our long position was stopped out triggering a reversal to a short.
At 3 pm, market edged lower. Our short position became profitable.
By the close, Nasdaq 100 futures stabilized near 25,300,
capping off a constructive session for our automated strategy.
So, let’s look at the final scorecard for the day:
Long Trade #1: gain 100 dollars
Short Trade #2: loss 40 dollars
Long Trade #3: loss 80
Long Trade #4: gain 400
Short trade # 5: remained open
Total Realized Profit is 360 dollars.
Unrealized loss 12 dollars for the short position at the closing bell.
Overall, it was another disciplined and profitable trading day, as our algorithm navigated both bullish and bearish swings with precision.
Yu, Edward