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Rebel Contraire

The Rebel

⚡ Swing Trader 📅 72 years old (Born 1954)

"Three red days means the amateurs have sold. Now it's time to buy what they threw away."

Rugged rebel in his early 70s, leather jacket over a suit, motorcycle helmet on desk. Silver hair slicked back. Defiant smirk.

ℹ️ Character descriptions are creative personas representing trading strategy styles. They are not financial advice, promises, or guarantees of performance.

May 7, 2025 May 7, 2026 (365d)

📊 Last Year Performance: Showing Rebel Contraire's performance over the last year across 102 stock symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$12,532
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $11,242 (+$1,290)
+11.48%
Last Year ROI
57.6%
Win Rate
8,891
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+4.5%
1 Month
+2.2%
3 Months
+3.8%
6 Months
+2.2%
YTD
+11.5%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last Year)

Combined P&L across all 102 symbols

⚙️ Trading Strategy

Buy after 3 consecutive down days, target 2% reversal

After three consecutive down days, weak hands have capitulated. Rebel enters betting on the snapback, targeting a 2% relief rally.

🎯 Best Suited For

Oversold bounces, fading crowded trades

"When everyone zigs, I zag. Consensus is the enemy of returns."

📜 Why This Strategy Works

Short-term selling exhausts itself. When the panic subsides, prices snap back as buyers emerge from the sidelines.

Mathematical Formula

CODE VERIFIED — These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-*-simulation.php

📊 Entry Signal

📈 Entry Signal

3 consecutive down days (Close[i] < Close[i-1] for i=0,1,2)
→ BUY at current close price

📉 Exit Conditions

• TARGET: Price ≥ entry × 1.02 (+2% reversal achieved)
• STOP_LOSS: Price ≤ entry × 0.97 (-3% loss)
• MAX_HOLD: Hold time ≥ 5 days

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

CONSECUTIVE_DOWN_DAYS: 3
TARGET_GAIN_PCT: 2%
STOP_LOSS_PCT: -3%
MAX_HOLD_DAYS: 5

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: Humphrey B. Neill's "The Art of Contrary Thinking"

Humphrey B. Neill ran contrary opinion newsletters for decades. His thesis: when everyone agrees, everyone is wrong. Markets are driven by herds.

🏆 Top 10 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

📊 All Symbol Results

Click on any row to see detailed trade history with equity curve

📅 Last Year: May 7, 2025 May 7, 2026 (365 days)
📖 Understanding Score & Momentum columns
📊 Score — Lifetime Quality Score
Measures how well this strategy+symbol combination has performed across the entire simulation history. Based on return, win rate, drawdown control, profit factor, and trade count. Higher is better.
75+ Elite   60+ Good   40+ Fair   <40 Weak
⚡ Mom — 30-Day Momentum Score
Measures performance over the last 30 days only. Same quality model but calibrated for short-term activity. Captures recent regime shifts that the lifetime score may miss.
75+ Hot   60+ Active   40+ Moderate   <40 Quiet
Spread Indicators — Comparing Mom vs Score reveals regime sensitivity:
🔥 Heating Up — Mom is 20+ points above Score. This symbol is performing significantly better recently than its lifetime average. Could indicate a favorable regime shift.
🧊 Cooling Off — Mom is 20+ points below Score. This symbol is underperforming recently despite a strong lifetime track record. Could indicate an unfavorable regime shift.
No icon = Steady — Scores within ±20 points. Consistent performance.
⚠️ Scores are calculated from simulated backtest data and are for informational purposes only. They do not constitute financial advice or predict future performance. Full methodology →
Rank Symbol Score Mom Return 1Y Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund Action
1 INTC 33 88🔥 +144.61% $6,450 $15,776 121 66% - +$9,327 -45.8% 1.7d -
2 MRNA 42 16🧊 +104.90% $10,223 $20,946 130 65% - +$10,723 -42.5% 1.3d -
3 MU 40 52 +96.52% $9,748 $19,156 118 64% - +$9,408 -32.2% 1.8d -
4 GOOGL 58 77 +95.97% $12,695 $24,879 80 68% - +$12,184 -25.1% 3.0d -
5 AMD 23 95🔥 +95.37% $6,034 $11,789 115 63% - +$5,755 -52.6% 1.8d -
6 NVDA 45 70🔥 +78.20% $12,627 $22,501 93 66% - +$9,874 -35.3% 1.8d -
7 OXY 35 19 +73.85% $8,653 $15,043 90 67% - +$6,390 -31.5% 3.1d -
8 USO 33 42 +68.90% $8,257 $13,947 85 68% - +$5,689 -29.6% 3.3d -
9 XLE 61 13🧊 +64.57% $11,530 $18,974 69 67% - +$7,445 -12.9% 4.0d -
10 SNOW 31 14 +58.20% $10,014 $15,842 109 63% - +$5,828 -41.0% 2.0d -
11 VXX 10 50🔥 +53.12% $5,307 $8,126 114 61% - +$2,819 -57.1% 1.8d -
12 ORCL 32 31 +48.24% $10,374 $15,379 105 58% - +$5,005 -37.5% 2.4d -
13 CVX 69 13🧊 +46.21% $14,170 $20,718 68 68% - +$6,548 -12.9% 3.9d -
14 CSCO 70 51 +44.10% $13,379 $19,280 70 60% - +$5,900 -9.7% 4.0d -
15 GLD 70 45🧊 +43.03% $14,150 $20,239 70 64% - +$6,089 -11.3% 4.4d -
16 NET 36 54 +39.08% $11,104 $15,444 117 64% - +$4,340 -29.4% 1.9d -
17 ARM 37 68🔥 +38.67% $11,310 $15,684 118 63% - +$4,374 -36.8% 1.4d -
18 XOM 48 36 +37.95% $11,866 $16,369 76 66% - +$4,503 -13.9% 3.6d -
19 JNJ 43 3🧊 +36.97% $10,109 $13,847 64 66% - +$3,737 -9.8% 4.5d -
20 AAPL 37 53 +34.24% $10,791 $14,486 68 65% - +$3,695 -20.3% 3.7d -
21 XLK 26 76🔥 +31.02% $9,101 $11,924 69 65% - +$2,823 -30.8% 3.7d -
22 BAC 39 67🔥 +28.40% $11,832 $15,193 77 64% - +$3,360 -19.8% 3.5d -
23 TSLA 28 80🔥 +28.08% $10,142 $12,990 108 61% - +$2,848 -37.6% 1.5d -
24 AXP 57 60 +27.89% $15,020 $19,209 77 61% - +$4,189 -13.8% 3.2d -
25 GILD 39 6🧊 +25.11% $11,780 $14,737 73 60% - +$2,958 -16.0% 3.6d -
26 AVGO 44 49 +24.92% $14,514 $18,131 100 59% - +$3,617 -21.1% 1.9d -
27 SPY 53 51 +24.16% $12,003 $14,903 58 64% - +$2,900 -9.7% 4.8d -
28 VOO 55 52 +23.99% $12,369 $15,337 58 60% - +$2,967 -9.6% 4.9d -
29 IBM 50 46 +23.78% $13,105 $16,222 80 61% - +$3,116 -11.2% 3.4d -
30 JPM 36 44 +21.00% $11,825 $14,308 72 64% - +$2,483 -21.7% 3.6d -
31 VTI 49 50 +20.09% $12,125 $14,561 58 64% - +$2,436 -10.5% 4.8d -
32 AMZN 30 76🔥 +18.33% $11,004 $13,021 84 61% - +$2,017 -27.2% 2.9d -
33 DIA 39 45 +17.65% $11,570 $13,613 56 61% - +$2,042 -13.6% 5.1d -
34 SMCI 12 67🔥 +17.48% $7,661 $9,000 132 60% - +$1,339 -63.9% 22.3h -
35 AMGN 24 25 +17.44% $9,638 $11,319 73 55% - +$1,681 -20.8% 3.6d -
36 COP 27 48🔥 +17.24% $10,202 $11,960 83 59% - +$1,759 -20.4% 3.2d -
37 SOXL 43 35 +15.59% $17,772 $20,543 138 59% - +$2,771 -33.0% 20.2h -
38 PANW 42 32 +14.17% $14,102 $16,100 93 65% - +$1,998 -18.6% 2.6d -
39 PLTR 45 51 +13.96% $17,481 $19,921 118 60% - +$2,440 -26.0% 1.3d -
40 C 32 64🔥 +13.46% $11,567 $13,124 83 61% - +$1,557 -21.2% 3.0d -
41 PEP 20 20 +12.97% $9,430 $10,653 65 55% - +$1,223 -16.0% 4.4d -
42 KO 33 43 +12.66% $11,645 $13,119 58 60% - +$1,474 -18.7% 4.6d -
43 GS 58 13🧊 +10.73% $17,589 $19,477 79 56% - +$1,887 -13.2% 3.2d -
44 GME 26 44 +10.63% $11,032 $12,204 93 61% - +$1,173 -32.4% 1.4d -
45 WMT 54 14🧊 +9.82% $16,252 $17,848 71 62% - +$1,596 -14.2% 4.1d -
46 IWM 39 53 +8.97% $12,843 $13,995 66 52% - +$1,152 -11.9% 3.8d -
47 QQQ 21 66🔥 +8.77% $9,814 $10,675 60 58% - +$861 -24.0% 4.3d -
48 SQQQ 9 9 +8.74% $5,762 $6,266 118 58% - +$504 -53.7% 1.5d -
49 BIIB 10 40🔥 +8.52% $7,773 $8,436 83 55% - +$662 -32.7% 3.0d -
50 NFLX 46 13🧊 +7.80% $16,452 $17,736 79 63% - +$1,283 -19.6% 3.1d -
51 PG 20 40 +7.73% $9,919 $10,686 64 52% - +$767 -19.3% 4.7d -
52 SLB 15 71🔥 +7.54% $9,507 $10,224 89 56% - +$717 -24.3% 2.9d -
53 XLF 35 17 +5.92% $12,670 $13,420 58 53% - +$750 -17.8% 4.8d -
54 SLV 32 9🧊 +4.80% $12,570 $13,174 99 57% - +$603 -18.7% 2.8d -
55 MS 42 71🔥 +4.19% $15,740 $16,400 73 59% - +$660 -18.0% 3.4d -
56 V 36 49 +3.97% $12,749 $13,255 67 51% - +$506 -11.9% 4.2d -
57 MSFT 29 59🔥 +3.57% $11,980 $12,408 68 60% - +$428 -19.1% 3.9d -
58 MA 37 10🧊 +2.68% $13,241 $13,596 69 57% - +$355 -12.2% 4.1d -
59 WFC 35 6🧊 +1.99% $13,173 $13,435 78 60% - +$262 -17.9% 3.2d -
60 SCHW 24 5 +1.86% $11,297 $11,507 68 59% - +$210 -16.1% 3.8d -
61 TMO 10 5 +1.22% $8,741 $8,847 81 56% - +$107 -23.9% 3.6d -
62 UVXY 10 47🔥 +1.01% $9,208 $9,301 134 56% - +$93 -48.5% 22.7h -
63 PFE 9 2 +0.32% $8,508 $8,535 70 60% - +$27 -30.4% 3.8d -
64 MRK 12 5 +0.08% $9,064 $9,072 82 62% - +$7 -29.6% 3.5d -
65 BLK 32 27 -0.90% $13,219 $13,100 76 49% - -$119 -17.7% 3.6d -
66 ABBV 13 3 -2.68% $10,353 $10,075 72 54% - -$277 -25.0% 3.7d -
67 VRTX 21 6 -3.80% $11,144 $10,721 74 55% - -$423 -21.3% 3.5d -
68 META 33 26 -3.89% $15,709 $15,098 78 56% - -$611 -36.9% 2.8d -
69 MCD 20 1 -4.06% $11,209 $10,754 59 46% - -$455 -15.2% 4.4d -
70 VZ 22 6 -4.79% $11,397 $10,851 64 55% - -$546 -15.3% 4.2d -
71 RIVN 10 16 -5.16% $5,113 $4,849 132 58% - -$264 -60.0% 1.1d -
72 REGN 11 10 -7.47% $8,748 $8,095 84 60% - -$654 -42.3% 3.1d -
73 RIOT 11 43🔥 -7.73% $6,009 $5,544 157 60% - -$464 -55.6% 17.3h -
74 TLT 10 3 -8.57% $9,651 $8,824 52 44% - -$827 -15.8% 5.2d -
75 COST 32 12 -8.95% $14,144 $12,878 63 48% - -$1,266 -17.4% 4.1d -
76 ARKK 11 12 -8.97% $8,804 $8,014 90 60% - -$790 -23.5% 2.4d -
77 BRK-B 43 5🧊 -9.88% $15,919 $14,347 61 44% - -$1,573 -10.0% 4.4d -
78 BMY 10 2 -10.06% $10,267 $9,234 78 56% - -$1,033 -39.5% 3.0d -
79 SPXU 19 9 -10.46% $11,764 $10,533 67 54% - -$1,230 -29.5% 2.3d -
80 LLY 23 7 -12.45% $13,177 $11,536 89 51% - -$1,640 -33.4% 2.6d -
81 HOOD 11 40🔥 -12.99% $11,100 $9,658 127 57% - -$1,442 -32.1% 1.3d -
82 UNH 10 64🔥 -12.99% $8,626 $7,506 82 52% - -$1,121 -41.5% 3.0d -
83 MDT 7 5 -13.09% $10,471 $9,101 66 47% - -$1,371 -15.1% 4.3d -
84 PM 34 56🔥 -13.66% $15,852 $13,686 75 56% - -$2,165 -19.7% 3.9d -
85 ADBE 9 52🔥 -17.42% $8,097 $6,686 79 52% - -$1,410 -40.9% 3.1d -
86 HD 19 6 -17.89% $13,021 $10,691 71 45% - -$2,329 -18.6% 3.9d -
87 ACN 8 37🔥 -17.91% $8,290 $6,805 80 53% - -$1,485 -41.3% 3.4d -
88 AMC 9 15 -18.06% $5,350 $4,384 104 55% - -$966 -57.1% 1.4d -
89 NIO 9 35🔥 -18.67% $8,341 $6,783 118 54% - -$1,557 -39.7% 1.4d -
90 DIS 8 2 -21.45% $11,193 $8,792 68 46% - -$2,401 -25.4% 3.7d -
91 CRM 10 15 -25.00% $8,475 $6,356 84 56% - -$2,119 -46.3% 3.1d -
92 ISRG 17 5 -25.96% $13,903 $10,294 76 43% - -$3,609 -39.2% 3.1d -
93 DKNG 12 59🔥 -26.28% $11,652 $8,590 108 54% - -$3,062 -46.7% 1.8d -
94 CRWD 13 27 -30.62% $13,925 $9,661 100 55% - -$4,264 -37.8% 1.8d -
95 PYPL 11 67🔥 -32.30% $12,581 $8,517 83 49% - -$4,064 -52.5% 2.7d -
96 TQQQ 11 35🔥 -32.67% $8,696 $5,855 107 52% - -$2,841 -41.0% 1.5d -
97 RBLX 31 13 -33.03% $20,502 $13,730 116 56% - -$6,772 -34.9% 1.9d -
98 CMCSA 6 2 -33.67% $8,108 $5,378 69 41% - -$2,730 -47.7% 3.7d -
99 SOFI 10 18 -37.85% $12,931 $8,037 123 53% - -$4,894 -43.4% 1.4d -
100 COIN 9 16 -43.65% $6,737 $3,796 132 52% - -$2,941 -67.1% 23.4h -
101 LCID 8 15 -51.14% $6,150 $3,005 132 53% - -$3,145 -69.8% 23.6h -
102 MARA 11 14 -56.23% $15,492 $6,781 153 51% - -$8,711 -40.2% 16.1h -

👤 Personality

Contrarian to a fault. If everyone agrees on something, he bets against it. Gets physically uncomfortable in consensus situations.