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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.

Feb 6, 2026 May 6, 2026 (88d)

📊 Last 3 Months Performance: Showing Rebel Contraire's performance over the last 3 months across 102 stock symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$12,472
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $12,162 (+$309)
+2.54%
Last 3 Months ROI
56.8%
Win Rate
2,358
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+4.0%
1 Month
+2.5%
3 Months
+2.7%
6 Months
+2.0%
YTD
+10.6%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last 3 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 3 Months)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last 3 Months)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Last 3 Months: Feb 6, 2026 May 6, 2026 (88 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 3M Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund Action
1 USO 35 54 +52.10% $8,968 $13,641 29 76% - +$4,673 -29.6% 3.3d -
2 OXY 38 35 +35.23% $11,124 $15,043 28 75% - +$3,919 -31.5% 3.1d -
3 ARM 37 68🔥 +35.21% $12,347 $16,694 35 69% - +$4,347 -36.8% 1.4d -
4 VXX 10 50🔥 +35.16% $6,012 $8,126 36 69% - +$2,114 -57.1% 1.8d -
5 COP 30 76🔥 +32.66% $9,016 $11,960 24 75% - +$2,945 -20.4% 3.2d -
6 INTC 33 71🔥 +31.44% $11,766 $15,465 33 67% - +$3,699 -45.8% 1.7d -
7 XLE 64 25🧊 +25.27% $15,147 $18,974 21 81% - +$3,828 -12.9% 4.0d -
8 AMZN 30 76🔥 +25.11% $10,407 $13,021 24 75% - +$2,613 -27.2% 2.9d -
9 AMD 22 92🔥 +24.63% $9,275 $11,560 31 71% - +$2,284 -52.6% 1.8d -
10 XLK 26 81🔥 +22.23% $9,756 $11,924 20 75% - +$2,169 -30.8% 3.7d -
11 SLB 18 71🔥 +22.00% $8,380 $10,224 23 70% - +$1,844 -24.3% 2.9d -
12 PYPL 11 68🔥 +21.99% $6,982 $8,517 25 68% - +$1,535 -52.5% 2.7d -
13 CVX 72 25🧊 +18.46% $17,490 $20,718 20 75% - +$3,229 -12.9% 3.9d -
14 SMCI 12 47🔥 +17.55% $7,904 $9,292 34 68% - +$1,387 -63.9% 22.3h -
15 NFLX 45 13🧊 +17.42% $15,104 $17,736 21 67% - +$2,631 -19.6% 3.1d -
16 AXP 57 64 +16.34% $16,524 $19,224 20 65% - +$2,700 -13.8% 3.2d -
17 NET 36 54 +15.96% $13,047 $15,129 33 67% - +$2,082 -29.4% 1.9d -
18 RIVN 10 30 +14.13% $4,380 $4,999 33 64% - +$619 -60.0% 1.1d -
19 SPXU 21 9 +14.02% $9,525 $10,861 27 63% - +$1,335 -29.5% 2.3d -
20 IBM 53 59 +13.70% $14,712 $16,728 20 70% - +$2,016 -11.2% 3.4d -
21 UNH 10 64🔥 +12.38% $6,679 $7,506 16 50% - +$827 -41.5% 3.0d -
22 PANW 44 49 +12.17% $14,353 $16,100 31 71% - +$1,747 -18.6% 2.6d -
23 COIN 9 26 +11.58% $3,511 $3,918 35 63% - +$407 -67.1% 23.4h -
24 BAC 38 63🔥 +10.88% $13,702 $15,193 21 67% - +$1,491 -19.8% 3.5d -
25 CSCO 69 59 +10.83% $17,396 $19,280 18 61% - +$1,884 -9.7% 4.0d -
26 NVDA 44 63 +10.77% $20,313 $22,501 23 65% - +$2,188 -35.3% 1.8d -
27 XOM 51 48 +10.33% $15,328 $16,912 20 70% - +$1,583 -13.9% 3.6d -
28 CRM 10 27 +9.97% $5,961 $6,555 23 70% - +$594 -46.3% 3.1d -
29 MS 41 66🔥 +8.39% $15,130 $16,400 22 64% - +$1,269 -18.0% 3.4d -
30 GME 25 36 +8.34% $11,022 $11,942 22 68% - +$919 -32.4% 1.4d -
31 QQQ 20 61🔥 +8.24% $9,862 $10,675 17 59% - +$813 -24.0% 4.3d -
32 IWM 39 53 +8.09% $12,948 $13,995 16 63% - +$1,047 -11.9% 3.8d -
33 AAPL 37 62🔥 +7.54% $13,170 $14,163 16 69% - +$993 -20.3% 3.7d -
34 JPM 35 38 +7.00% $13,372 $14,308 18 72% - +$936 -21.7% 3.6d -
35 BLK 32 27 +6.97% $12,258 $13,113 20 55% - +$854 -17.7% 3.6d -
36 DKNG 12 50🔥 +6.77% $7,883 $8,417 31 65% - +$534 -46.7% 1.8d -
37 V 35 57🔥 +5.72% $12,537 $13,255 17 47% - +$717 -11.9% 4.2d -
38 GLD 68 34🧊 +5.41% $19,200 $20,239 20 60% - +$1,039 -11.3% 4.4d -
39 LCID 9 15 +5.06% $2,860 $3,005 34 62% - +$145 -69.8% 23.6h -
40 MRNA 41 14🧊 +4.50% $19,650 $20,534 33 61% - +$884 -42.5% 1.3d -
41 GOOGL 58 77 +4.40% $23,830 $24,879 19 53% - +$1,049 -25.1% 3.0d -
42 AVGO 43 57 +4.19% $17,402 $18,131 25 60% - +$729 -21.1% 1.9d -
43 MSFT 29 64🔥 +4.17% $11,911 $12,408 20 60% - +$497 -19.1% 3.9d -
44 TSLA 28 63🔥 +3.90% $12,234 $12,711 24 58% - +$477 -37.6% 1.5d -
45 SPY 53 56 +3.80% $14,357 $14,903 15 60% - +$546 -9.7% 4.8d -
46 VOO 55 57 +3.74% $14,784 $15,337 15 60% - +$553 -9.6% 4.9d -
47 KO 33 49 +3.36% $12,693 $13,119 14 71% - +$426 -18.7% 4.6d -
48 C 32 64🔥 +2.75% $12,773 $13,124 22 59% - +$351 -21.2% 3.0d -
49 VTI 49 54 +2.51% $14,204 $14,561 15 53% - +$357 -10.5% 4.8d -
50 PFE 9 3 +2.16% $8,355 $8,535 15 60% - +$180 -30.4% 3.8d -
51 JNJ 45 3🧊 +1.98% $13,882 $14,157 15 47% - +$275 -9.8% 4.5d -
52 RIOT 11 42🔥 +1.96% $5,317 $5,421 37 59% - +$104 -55.6% 17.3h -
53 SNOW 31 13 +1.95% $14,007 $14,281 32 63% - +$273 -41.0% 2.0d -
54 XLF 35 25 +1.83% $13,179 $13,420 17 59% - +$241 -17.8% 4.8d -
55 PEP 20 15 +1.59% $10,486 $10,653 17 65% - +$167 -16.0% 4.4d -
56 UVXY 10 56🔥 +1.52% $9,162 $9,301 40 58% - +$139 -48.5% 22.7h -
57 PLTR 45 51 +1.01% $19,243 $19,437 31 58% - +$194 -26.0% 1.3d -
58 WMT 55 33🧊 +0.96% $17,679 $17,848 19 58% - +$170 -14.2% 4.1d -
59 ORCL 32 31 +0.67% $14,974 $15,074 28 54% - +$100 -37.5% 2.4d -
60 DIA 39 44 +0.60% $13,247 $13,326 15 47% - +$79 -13.6% 5.1d -
61 SQQQ 10 9 +0.51% $6,234 $6,266 33 58% - +$32 -53.7% 1.5d -
62 VZ 22 5 -0.08% $10,860 $10,851 17 59% - -$9 -15.3% 4.2d -
63 COST 32 22 -0.31% $12,918 $12,878 16 56% - -$40 -17.4% 4.1d -
64 PG 18 26 -0.73% $10,765 $10,686 16 44% - -$79 -19.3% 4.7d -
65 NIO 9 53🔥 -0.93% $6,847 $6,783 31 58% - -$64 -39.7% 1.4d -
66 META 33 20 -1.43% $15,227 $15,009 20 60% - -$218 -36.9% 2.8d -
67 WFC 35 10🧊 -2.36% $13,760 $13,435 19 58% - -$325 -17.9% 3.2d -
68 LLY 23 7 -2.72% $11,859 $11,536 23 43% - -$323 -33.4% 2.6d -
69 BRK-B 43 10🧊 -2.96% $14,492 $14,063 15 47% - -$429 -10.0% 4.4d -
70 MA 38 18 -3.41% $14,076 $13,596 19 47% - -$480 -12.2% 4.1d -
71 TLT 10 2 -3.43% $9,137 $8,824 13 46% - -$313 -15.8% 5.2d -
72 BMY 10 2 -4.59% $9,678 $9,234 15 47% - -$444 -39.5% 3.0d -
73 PM 34 56🔥 -4.63% $14,351 $13,686 19 58% - -$664 -19.7% 3.9d -
74 TMO 10 6 -4.69% $9,283 $8,847 20 55% - -$435 -23.9% 3.6d -
75 MCD 20 2 -4.77% $11,293 $10,754 14 36% - -$539 -15.2% 4.4d -
76 VRTX 21 6 -4.82% $11,264 $10,721 17 47% - -$543 -21.3% 3.5d -
77 ACN 8 36🔥 -5.11% $7,172 $6,805 21 57% - -$366 -41.3% 3.4d -
78 AMGN 23 11 -5.14% $11,818 $11,210 18 44% - -$607 -20.8% 3.6d -
79 AMC 9 13 -7.15% $4,609 $4,280 25 52% - -$330 -57.1% 1.4d -
80 ISRG 17 5 -7.95% $11,183 $10,294 18 39% - -$889 -39.2% 3.1d -
81 CRWD 13 27 -8.84% $10,274 $9,366 27 56% - -$908 -37.8% 1.8d -
82 SCHW 25 3🧊 -9.26% $12,713 $11,536 20 45% - -$1,177 -16.1% 3.8d -
83 ADBE 9 53🔥 -9.42% $7,382 $6,686 21 57% - -$695 -40.9% 3.1d -
84 GS 57 13🧊 -9.60% $21,545 $19,477 23 48% - -$2,068 -13.2% 3.2d -
85 DIS 8 3 -9.62% $9,513 $8,598 16 38% - -$915 -25.4% 3.7d -
86 GILD 38 10🧊 -10.39% $16,446 $14,737 17 47% - -$1,709 -16.0% 3.6d -
87 BIIB 10 27 -12.18% $9,605 $8,436 21 43% - -$1,170 -32.7% 3.0d -
88 MRK 12 9 -12.83% $10,407 $9,072 19 47% - -$1,335 -29.6% 3.5d -
89 REGN 11 6 -13.57% $9,198 $7,950 18 44% - -$1,248 -42.3% 3.1d -
90 ABBV 13 3 -14.49% $11,783 $10,075 18 39% - -$1,707 -25.0% 3.7d -
91 MDT 7 5 -15.11% $10,506 $8,919 17 24% - -$1,588 -15.1% 4.3d -
92 HOOD 11 32🔥 -15.41% $11,136 $9,420 33 48% - -$1,716 -32.1% 1.3d -
93 CMCSA 6 2 -16.19% $6,417 $5,378 15 27% - -$1,039 -47.7% 3.7d -
94 MU 40 42 -16.62% $22,351 $18,636 34 53% - -$3,715 -32.2% 1.8d -
95 HD 16 5 -17.68% $12,987 $10,691 20 30% - -$2,296 -18.6% 3.9d -
96 SOXL 43 35 -18.22% $24,609 $20,125 40 53% - -$4,484 -33.0% 20.2h -
97 SLV 30 7🧊 -23.59% $17,241 $13,174 30 47% - -$4,067 -18.7% 2.8d -
98 ARKK 11 9 -23.69% $10,294 $7,855 24 42% - -$2,439 -23.5% 2.4d -
99 SOFI 10 15 -26.25% $10,897 $8,037 30 47% - -$2,860 -43.4% 1.4d -
100 TQQQ 11 35🔥 -30.42% $8,228 $5,725 29 38% - -$2,503 -41.0% 1.5d -
101 MARA 11 13 -33.58% $9,982 $6,630 40 43% - -$3,352 -40.2% 16.1h -
102 RBLX 31 12 -37.39% $21,472 $13,444 32 47% - -$8,028 -34.9% 1.9d -

👤 Personality

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