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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.

Nov 7, 2025 May 7, 2026 (180d)

📊 Last 6 Months Performance: Showing Rebel Contraire's performance over the last 6 months across 102 stock symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$12,467
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $12,112 (+$355)
+2.93%
Last 6 Months ROI
57.3%
Win Rate
4,621
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+4.0%
1 Month
+1.9%
3 Months
+2.9%
6 Months
+1.9%
YTD
+11.1%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last 6 Months)

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 6 Months)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last 6 Months)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Last 6 Months: Nov 7, 2025 May 7, 2026 (180 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 6M Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund Action
1 INTC 33 88🔥 +58.22% $9,971 $15,776 63 67% - +$5,805 -45.8% 1.7d -
2 OXY 35 19 +50.25% $10,012 $15,043 50 72% - +$5,031 -31.5% 3.1d -
3 USO 33 42 +50.11% $9,087 $13,641 48 71% - +$4,554 -29.6% 3.3d -
4 VXX 10 50🔥 +45.34% $5,591 $8,126 63 65% - +$2,535 -57.1% 1.8d -
5 XLE 61 13🧊 +43.43% $13,229 $18,974 36 75% - +$5,745 -12.9% 4.0d -
6 MRNA 42 16🧊 +40.78% $14,879 $20,946 67 66% - +$6,067 -42.5% 1.3d -
7 XOM 48 36 +33.87% $12,228 $16,369 40 73% - +$4,141 -13.9% 3.6d -
8 GME 26 44 +32.44% $9,215 $12,204 47 68% - +$2,989 -32.4% 1.4d -
9 SMCI 12 67🔥 +31.63% $7,059 $9,292 64 61% - +$2,233 -63.9% 22.3h -
10 COP 27 48🔥 +29.79% $9,215 $11,960 44 68% - +$2,745 -20.4% 3.2d -
11 GLD 70 45🧊 +28.88% $15,703 $20,239 40 68% - +$4,535 -11.3% 4.4d -
12 CSCO 70 51 +27.32% $15,143 $19,280 35 63% - +$4,137 -9.7% 4.0d -
13 CVX 69 13🧊 +23.71% $16,747 $20,718 36 69% - +$3,971 -12.9% 3.9d -
14 WMT 54 14🧊 +20.31% $14,835 $17,848 36 67% - +$3,013 -14.2% 4.1d -
15 GOOGL 58 77 +20.22% $20,694 $24,879 40 60% - +$4,184 -25.1% 3.0d -
16 BAC 39 67🔥 +20.20% $12,640 $15,193 38 66% - +$2,553 -19.8% 3.5d -
17 IBM 50 46 +18.22% $13,722 $16,222 41 61% - +$2,500 -11.2% 3.4d -
18 PFE 9 2 +16.94% $7,299 $8,535 35 69% - +$1,236 -30.4% 3.8d -
19 XLK 26 76🔥 +13.98% $10,462 $11,924 36 67% - +$1,463 -30.8% 3.7d -
20 KO 33 43 +13.32% $11,577 $13,119 28 68% - +$1,542 -18.7% 4.6d -
21 JNJ 43 3🧊 +13.32% $12,219 $13,847 34 56% - +$1,628 -9.8% 4.5d -
22 PG 20 40 +13.18% $9,442 $10,686 35 57% - +$1,244 -19.3% 4.7d -
23 AMZN 30 76🔥 +12.94% $11,529 $13,021 45 67% - +$1,492 -27.2% 2.9d -
24 SNOW 31 14 +12.57% $12,686 $14,281 60 65% - +$1,595 -41.0% 2.0d -
25 AXP 57 60 +12.37% $17,094 $19,209 41 59% - +$2,115 -13.8% 3.2d -
26 AMGN 24 25 +12.06% $10,101 $11,319 38 61% - +$1,218 -20.8% 3.6d -
27 RIVN 10 16 +11.84% $4,336 $4,849 67 61% - +$513 -60.0% 1.1d -
28 SQQQ 9 9 +11.36% $5,627 $6,266 64 63% - +$639 -53.7% 1.5d -
29 AMD 23 95🔥 +11.15% $10,606 $11,789 61 62% - +$1,183 -52.6% 1.8d -
30 NET 36 54 +10.33% $13,712 $15,129 62 60% - +$1,416 -29.4% 1.9d -
31 AAPL 37 53 +10.06% $12,868 $14,163 31 65% - +$1,295 -20.3% 3.7d -
32 SPY 53 51 +9.59% $13,599 $14,903 30 63% - +$1,304 -9.7% 4.8d -
33 VOO 55 52 +9.34% $14,027 $15,337 30 60% - +$1,310 -9.6% 4.9d -
34 C 32 64🔥 +8.41% $12,106 $13,124 43 63% - +$1,018 -21.2% 3.0d -
35 BMY 10 2 +8.07% $8,544 $9,234 38 61% - +$690 -39.5% 3.0d -
36 V 36 49 +7.42% $12,339 $13,255 34 50% - +$916 -11.9% 4.2d -
37 VTI 49 50 +7.12% $13,593 $14,561 30 63% - +$968 -10.5% 4.8d -
38 SLB 15 71🔥 +7.10% $9,546 $10,224 48 58% - +$678 -24.3% 2.9d -
39 VZ 22 6 +7.07% $10,134 $10,851 34 62% - +$716 -15.3% 4.2d -
40 NFLX 46 13🧊 +6.54% $16,647 $17,736 42 60% - +$1,089 -19.6% 3.1d -
41 MRK 12 5 +6.00% $8,558 $9,072 40 65% - +$513 -29.6% 3.5d -
42 XLF 35 17 +5.88% $12,675 $13,420 31 58% - +$745 -17.8% 4.8d -
43 UVXY 10 47🔥 +5.87% $8,786 $9,301 71 61% - +$516 -48.5% 22.7h -
44 PANW 42 32 +5.84% $15,212 $16,100 52 67% - +$888 -18.6% 2.6d -
45 GILD 39 6🧊 +5.77% $13,933 $14,737 37 59% - +$804 -16.0% 3.6d -
46 NVDA 45 70🔥 +5.05% $21,419 $22,501 46 59% - +$1,082 -35.3% 1.8d -
47 SPXU 19 9 +4.85% $10,046 $10,533 48 58% - +$487 -29.5% 2.3d -
48 PEP 20 20 +4.59% $10,185 $10,653 33 64% - +$467 -16.0% 4.4d -
49 REGN 11 10 +4.30% $7,761 $8,095 39 62% - +$334 -42.3% 3.1d -
50 ARM 37 68🔥 +3.83% $16,078 $16,694 62 55% - +$616 -36.8% 1.4d -
51 DIA 39 45 +3.81% $12,837 $13,326 28 54% - +$489 -13.6% 5.1d -
52 JPM 36 44 +3.41% $13,836 $14,308 37 62% - +$472 -21.7% 3.6d -
53 PM 34 56🔥 +2.66% $13,332 $13,686 39 62% - +$355 -19.7% 3.9d -
54 SCHW 24 5 +2.41% $11,236 $11,507 39 62% - +$271 -16.1% 3.8d -
55 META 33 26 +2.29% $14,760 $15,098 41 56% - +$338 -36.9% 2.8d -
56 MCD 20 1 +2.01% $10,542 $10,754 29 45% - +$212 -15.2% 4.4d -
57 COST 32 12 +1.85% $12,644 $12,878 33 61% - +$234 -17.4% 4.1d -
58 ACN 8 37🔥 +1.26% $6,721 $6,805 42 60% - +$85 -41.3% 3.4d -
59 ORCL 32 31 +0.64% $14,978 $15,074 58 55% - +$96 -37.5% 2.4d -
60 VRTX 21 6 +0.21% $10,698 $10,721 35 54% - +$22 -21.3% 3.5d -
61 QQQ 21 66🔥 +0.04% $10,670 $10,675 32 53% - +$4 -24.0% 4.3d -
62 MS 42 71🔥 -0.13% $16,421 $16,400 42 60% - -$21 -18.0% 3.4d -
63 IWM 39 53 -0.78% $14,105 $13,995 33 52% - -$110 -11.9% 3.8d -
64 BIIB 10 40🔥 -0.93% $8,515 $8,436 42 55% - -$79 -32.7% 3.0d -
65 BLK 32 27 -1.09% $13,245 $13,100 41 49% - -$144 -17.7% 3.6d -
66 MA 37 10🧊 -1.76% $13,839 $13,596 36 53% - -$244 -12.2% 4.1d -
67 BRK-B 43 5🧊 -2.95% $14,490 $14,063 30 43% - -$427 -10.0% 4.4d -
68 WFC 35 6🧊 -3.00% $13,850 $13,435 40 60% - -$416 -17.9% 3.2d -
69 SOXL 43 35 -3.42% $20,838 $20,125 69 57% - -$713 -33.0% 20.2h -
70 DKNG 12 59🔥 -3.56% $8,727 $8,417 56 57% - -$311 -46.7% 1.8d -
71 MU 40 52 -5.14% $19,646 $18,636 65 54% - -$1,010 -32.2% 1.8d -
72 LLY 23 7 -5.20% $12,169 $11,536 46 50% - -$633 -33.4% 2.6d -
73 TLT 10 3 -6.30% $9,417 $8,824 26 38% - -$593 -15.8% 5.2d -
74 SLV 32 9🧊 -6.99% $14,164 $13,174 59 54% - -$990 -18.7% 2.8d -
75 RIOT 11 43🔥 -7.63% $6,002 $5,544 76 58% - -$458 -55.6% 17.3h -
76 AVGO 44 49 -8.66% $19,850 $18,131 53 55% - -$1,719 -21.1% 1.9d -
77 TSLA 28 80🔥 -8.90% $14,259 $12,990 51 55% - -$1,269 -37.6% 1.5d -
78 TMO 10 5 -8.98% $9,720 $8,847 40 53% - -$873 -23.9% 3.6d -
79 ADBE 9 52🔥 -9.08% $7,354 $6,686 42 52% - -$668 -40.9% 3.1d -
80 GS 58 13🧊 -9.44% $21,507 $19,477 44 50% - -$2,030 -13.2% 3.2d -
81 PYPL 11 67🔥 -9.72% $9,435 $8,517 43 53% - -$917 -52.5% 2.7d -
82 CRM 10 15 -9.84% $7,050 $6,356 46 59% - -$694 -46.3% 3.1d -
83 CMCSA 6 2 -10.15% $5,986 $5,378 35 49% - -$608 -47.7% 3.7d -
84 DIS 8 2 -11.05% $9,666 $8,598 34 41% - -$1,068 -25.4% 3.7d -
85 COIN 9 16 -11.36% $4,420 $3,918 66 55% - -$502 -67.1% 23.4h -
86 MSFT 29 59🔥 -12.18% $14,129 $12,408 38 55% - -$1,721 -19.1% 3.9d -
87 MDT 7 5 -12.67% $10,213 $8,919 33 36% - -$1,294 -15.1% 4.3d -
88 ISRG 17 5 -14.75% $12,075 $10,294 38 45% - -$1,781 -39.2% 3.1d -
89 UNH 10 64🔥 -15.69% $8,903 $7,506 37 49% - -$1,397 -41.5% 3.0d -
90 ABBV 13 3 -17.44% $12,204 $10,075 37 51% - -$2,128 -25.0% 3.7d -
91 PLTR 45 51 -17.57% $23,581 $19,437 63 52% - -$4,143 -26.0% 1.3d -
92 HD 19 6 -19.98% $13,361 $10,691 38 37% - -$2,669 -18.6% 3.9d -
93 NIO 9 35🔥 -20.68% $8,552 $6,783 58 52% - -$1,769 -39.7% 1.4d -
94 AMC 9 15 -23.45% $5,727 $4,384 56 48% - -$1,343 -57.1% 1.4d -
95 CRWD 13 27 -23.89% $12,305 $9,366 53 51% - -$2,940 -37.8% 1.8d -
96 LCID 8 15 -26.53% $4,090 $3,005 69 54% - -$1,085 -69.8% 23.6h -
97 HOOD 11 40🔥 -26.98% $13,226 $9,658 63 51% - -$3,568 -32.1% 1.3d -
98 ARKK 11 12 -33.67% $12,082 $8,014 44 45% - -$4,068 -23.5% 2.4d -
99 SOFI 10 18 -41.93% $13,840 $8,037 59 46% - -$5,803 -43.4% 1.4d -
100 MARA 11 14 -44.55% $12,228 $6,781 78 46% - -$5,448 -40.2% 16.1h -
101 TQQQ 11 35🔥 -47.73% $10,952 $5,725 55 40% - -$5,228 -41.0% 1.5d -
102 RBLX 31 13 -48.94% $26,329 $13,444 61 46% - -$12,886 -34.9% 1.9d -

👤 Personality

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