Trend Lock waits until the Nasdaq proves it is really trending, then commits to the move.
Trend · NQ · 60m
Most trend signals fire on every wiggle, so traders end up chasing choppy markets instead of catching real moves. Trend Lock takes the opposite approach. It uses ADX, a gauge that measures how strong a trend is, and it only fires when that strength is high, filtering out the noise in between. It trades NQ, the Nasdaq 100 futures contract (a futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell the index at a set price on a set date). Nasdaq futures move fast and false starts are common, so that discipline is exactly where the advantage comes from. In testing it won 72% of its trades with a profit factor of 2.53, meaning $2.53 won for every $1.00 lost.
When the trend is not there, Trend Lock does nothing, and that is by design. It sits out chop, pullbacks (short dips against the trend), and aimless drift, waiting for a move that truly earns the label. The published numbers come from one test window on NQ's 60 minute chart, a real result but a single sample. The exact rules that decide when a trend qualifies ship with the code, not on this page.
Trend Lock scans NQ's 60 minute chart bar by bar, reading how strong the move underneath the price action really is. It wants real strength, not just a green candle or two, before it even considers a trade.
Most of what looks like a trend gets rejected here. Trend Lock filters out chop, hesitation, and weak pushes, and only clears a setup when the strength reading passes its fixed threshold. If the threshold is not met, it simply waits.
Once the trend clears the threshold, Trend Lock commits and rides the move on NQ's 60 minute chart. It does not chase every blip along the way. The exact entry rules and the rules for managing the open trade ship with the strategy itself.
Trend Lock suits you if you trade NQ on the 60 minute chart, can check in a few times a day rather than watch every tick, and would rather sit on your hands through chop than force a trade that is not really there.
| Win rate | 72% |
| Profit factor | 2.53 |
Dataset: NQ 60m, 2025–2026
Cost model: Commission $0.62/contract (futures) · 0.10%/trade (equities) · slippage 1 tick · pyramiding 0 · bar-close calc only · fixed size
Verification: Double-verified: the same rules were run independently on TradingView and in Python, and the certificate carries the record hash, a digital fingerprint that proves the record has not been altered.
A backtest means running the rules on past price data. Backtested results are historical and hypothetical, include the modeled costs above, and do not guarantee future performance.
The share of trades that made money.
Dollars won for every dollar lost. Above 1.0 means the system made money.
The worst drop from a peak before recovering.
The total result after the modeled costs.
You receive the actual strategy as code you keep for good. Every rule and every threshold lives in those files, so nothing stays hidden behind a subscription.
Trend Lock confirms that a trend is real. When that trend is up, Legend gets the backdrop it needs to buy the short dips inside it, so the two work as a team.