Kardex Trader ranks trading strategies from S to C tier based on historical performance and market conditions. Earnings Volatility Crash, Initial Volume Breakout, and Systematic Option Premium Harvesting rank highest, while strategies like ICT Unicorn and basic support-resistance are dismissed as low-edge approaches. Broker latency and tail-risk exposure separate winners from losers.
ICT Unicorn Strategy. C-tier. Losing strategy. Doesn't outperform S&P. Support and resistance. That's not a strategy, you stupid AI voice. Silver Bullet Strategy. C-tier. Not so profitable across years of data. Order flow trading. Again, that's not a strategy. That's just data. News breakout. C-tier if you don't have a super, super fast broker and the liquidity risk is huge. News fading. B-tier. There's a higher chance you're going to have a fading after a news than a continuation. Earnings volatility crash. S-tier. Can be a killer strategy if done in the right stocks and with a calendar spread. Harmonic pattern strategies. C-tier. B tier. It depends on the strategy, but they don't have an edge. Broker prop firm hedging can be A tier, but they'll likely ban you instantly. Latency arbitrage, A tier. It depends on which market you do it on though. Stop runs reversals, B tier. They used to work in 2022, but the edge has decayed. 15-minute opening range breakout, A tier. Great strategy, has been performing the last 20 years. 8:30 opening range breakout, C tier. It performs only at some periods, but throughout decades of data, it's not better than buying and holding S&P. Initial volume breakout, absolutely S tier. It takes the orb and it on steroids, outperforming every retail strategies out there. VIX mean reversion, C tier if you're using the VIX, B tier to A tier if you're using the futures of the VIX. Systematic option premium harvesting, oof, absolute S tier, especially during bull markets. Be careful of tail risk because bear market could kill all your profits.
