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08ideaAug 2026

100 mean-reversion strategies, as a working catalog

Futures, options and crypto — every entry, exit and stop, in a spreadsheet you can filter

A catalog of 100 systematic strategies weighted toward mean reversion, each with its precise entry, exit, stop, parameters and indicators. Eight of them were backtested on real data with costs on — those results are in their own tab, alongside the methodology for running the rest yourself.

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What this is

A hundred strategies with their actual rules

Not a list of names. Every row carries the precise entry rule, the exit rule, the stop, the key parameters and the indicators it needs — enough to encode one and test it without guessing what the author meant.

The weighting is deliberate: 66 mean reversion, 14 options, 8 pairs, 6 seasonality, 4 trend and 2 volatility. On short horizons, on liquid range-prone instruments, price tends to overshoot and snap back, so mean-reversion systems show high win rates. The trend entries are there as the honest counterweight — low win rate, large winners.

The catalog

All five tabs

Switch tabs along the bottom, exactly as in the original. Columns can be dragged to resize, or double-clicked on their edge to fit the content, and the text tabs wrap by default so nothing is hidden.

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1100 Mean-Reversion Strategies
2Futures (ES · NQ · YM · GC) + Options + Crypto
3What this is
4A catalog of 100 systematic trading strategies, weighted heavily toward mean reversion (the edge that dominates short-timeframe systematic trading on liquid instruments), plus a smaller set of trend, volatility, pairs and options strategies for diversification. Every strategy is written with PRECISE, codeable entry / exit / stop rules so you can backtest it yourself.
5How to use it
61) Open the 'Strategy Catalog' tab. 2) Filter by Category / Instrument / Regime. 3) Pick a strategy and read its exact rules. 4) See the 'Verified Backtest' tab — 8 of these strategies were ALREADY backtested on real 2012-2026 data (ES/NQ/YM/GC + BTC proxies) so you can see live-style numbers immediately. 5) Re-test on your own platform (TradingView, NinjaTrader, QuantConnect) before trading. Only trade what YOUR OWN backtest confirms.
7*** READ THIS ABOUT THE 'Illus. Win %' COLUMN ***
8The Win% and Behavior columns are ILLUSTRATIVE ESTIMATES ONLY, drawn from publicly published backtests of these well-known strategy FAMILIES (e.g. Connors RSI(2), IBS, iron condors). They are NOT live-traded results and NOT a promise. Real numbers depend on YOUR instrument, dates, costs, slippage and execution. They will differ — sometimes a lot. Always verify by backtesting before risking capital.
9Why mean reversion is emphasized
10On short horizons (intraday to a few days) on liquid, range-prone instruments — index futures, gold, major crypto — price tends to overshoot and snap back, so mean-reversion systems tend to show high win rates. On longer horizons, trend/momentum dominates. This catalog reflects that: MR-heavy for the short-term futures/crypto trader, with a trend/vol tail for balance.
11Futures notes (ES · NQ · YM · GC)
12ES = E-mini S&P 500, NQ = E-mini Nasdaq-100, YM = E-mini Dow, GC = Gold. Backtest on continuous (back-adjusted) contracts; account for tick value, session times (RTH vs Globex), and roll dates. For free data, proxy with ETFs SPY/QQQ/DIA/GLD in the Python starter, then re-validate on real futures data.
13Risk disclaimer
14Educational information, NOT financial advice. Trading futures and options involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Past or backtested performance does not guarantee future results. Options strategies with undefined risk (short strangles/straddles) can lose more than the premium received. You are responsible for your own due diligence and risk management.
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The win-rate column is illustrative

The “Illus. Win %” and behaviour columns are estimates drawn from publicly published backtests of these strategy families — Connors RSI(2), IBS, iron condors and the like. They are not live-traded results, and they are not this catalog’s own measurements. The one tab with real numbers is Verified Backtest, and it covers eight strategies, not a hundred.

How to use it

Four steps to get from the sheet to a tested system

open Strategy Catalogfilter by category, instrument or regimeread one strategy’s exact rulescheck Verified Backtest for the eight already run
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Rule of thumb

Test with costs ON from the first run. Commission and slippage kill a large share of high-frequency mean-reversion edges, and a backtest without them will happily show you a system that loses money in production.

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Not financial advice

Educational material only. Trading futures and options carries substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Backtested performance does not guarantee future results.

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