Oct. 3rd 2025

Uptrend approaches longest on record

Market Signal+7 STRONG BULLISH

Somewhat astonishingly, the NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) continues to show strength. QQQ successively closed at all-time highs on Wed. Oct. 1st 2025 and Thurs. Oct. 2nd 2025. These days saw 9% and 11% of the index's holdings close at 52-week highs respectively.

On Thurs. Oct. 2nd 2025 the Market Signal was +8 STRONG BULLISH. This has not occurred since Thurs. Jul. 3rd 2025, which was 5 days after breaking through the prior all-time high of $539.52 set on Wed. Feb. 19th 2025.

On Fri. Oct. 3rd 2025, QQQ closed just above the top of the range described last week.

QQQ has seen 6 weeks close at an all-time high during the current uptrend
πŸ“ˆ
If the Market Signal remains positive, this will become the longest uptrend since Raincheck Fund's inception.

The longest uptrend on record lasted πŸ“ˆ111 days, ending on Fri. Apr. 12th 2024 (see case study).

NASDAQ-100 52-week highs

The following NASDAQ-100 (QQQ) holdings closed at a 52-week high today:

  • ASML $1,032.22 +0.20%
  • AZN $85.31 +1.98%
  • MU $187.83 +2.22%
  • SHOP $161.14 +6.50%
  • CEG $360.00 +0.71%

πŸ“ˆ108th day of uptrend

Day πŸ“ˆ1 of current uptrend occurred on Thurs. May 1st 2025.

  • QQQ +25.22% since start of current uptrend
  • TQQQ +84.43% since start of current uptrend
A B C D E F G
1
Market Signal Trend Count QQQ Close QQQ %chg since πŸ“ˆ1 TQQQ close TQQQ %chg since πŸ“ˆ1 Date
2
2 πŸ“ˆ1 $481.68 0.00% $56.77 0.00% Thu 5/1/25
3
2 πŸ“ˆ2 $488.83 1.48% $59.43 4.69% Fri 5/2/25
4
2 πŸ“ˆ3 $485.93 0.88% $58.40 2.87% Mon 5/5/25
5
2 πŸ“ˆ4 $481.41 -0.06% $56.74 -0.05% Tue 5/6/25
6
2 πŸ“ˆ5 $483.30 0.34% $57.40 1.11% Wed 5/7/25
7
2 πŸ“ˆ6 $488.29 1.37% $59.11 4.12% Thu 5/8/25
8
2 πŸ“ˆ7 $487.97 1.31% $58.97 3.88% Fri 5/9/25
9
3 πŸ“ˆ8 $507.85 5.43% $66.11 16.45% Mon 5/12/25
10
3 πŸ“ˆ9 $515.59 7.04% $69.14 21.79% Tue 5/13/25
11
3 πŸ“ˆ10 $518.68 7.68% $70.36 23.94% Wed 5/14/25
12
3 πŸ“ˆ11 $519.25 7.80% $70.58 24.33% Thu 5/15/25
13
3 πŸ“ˆ12 $521.51 8.27% $71.45 25.86% Fri 5/16/25
14
3 πŸ“ˆ13 $522.01 8.37% $71.64 26.19% Mon 5/19/25
15
3 πŸ“ˆ14 $520.27 8.01% $70.89 24.87% Tue 5/20/25
16
3 πŸ“ˆ15 $513.04 6.51% $67.94 19.68% Wed 5/21/25
17
2 πŸ“ˆ16 $514.00 6.71% $68.29 20.29% Thu 5/22/25
18
2 πŸ“ˆ17 $509.24 5.72% $66.32 16.82% Fri 5/23/25
19
4 πŸ“ˆ18 $521.22 8.21% $70.94 24.96% Tue 5/27/25
20
3 πŸ“ˆ19 $518.91 7.73% $70.03 23.36% Wed 5/28/25
21
3 πŸ“ˆ20 $519.93 7.94% $70.37 23.96% Thu 5/29/25
22
3 πŸ“ˆ21 $519.11 7.77% $70.00 23.30% Fri 5/30/25
23
4 πŸ“ˆ22 $523.21 8.62% $71.61 26.14% Mon 6/2/25
24
4 πŸ“ˆ23 $527.30 9.47% $73.28 29.08% Tue 6/3/25
25
3 πŸ“ˆ24 $528.77 9.78% $73.87 30.12% Wed 6/4/25
26
3 πŸ“ˆ25 $524.79 8.95% $72.15 27.09% Thu 6/5/25
27
4 πŸ“ˆ26 $529.92 10.01% $74.21 30.72% Fri 6/6/25
28
3 πŸ“ˆ27 $530.70 10.18% $74.54 31.30% Mon 6/9/25
29
3 πŸ“ˆ28 $534.21 10.91% $75.98 33.84% Tue 6/10/25
30
3 πŸ“ˆ29 $532.41 10.53% $75.20 32.46% Wed 6/11/25
31
3 πŸ“ˆ30 $533.66 10.79% $75.69 33.33% Thu 6/12/25
32
2 πŸ“ˆ31 $526.96 9.40% $72.83 28.29% Fri 6/13/25
33
3 πŸ“ˆ32 $534.29 10.92% $75.80 33.52% Mon 6/16/25
34
2 πŸ“ˆ33 $529.08 9.84% $73.56 29.58% Tue 6/17/25
35
2 πŸ“ˆ34 $528.99 9.82% $73.46 29.40% Wed 6/18/25
36
2 πŸ“ˆ35 $526.83 9.37% $72.45 27.62% Fri 6/20/25
37
7 πŸ“ˆ36 $531.65 10.37% $74.70 31.58% Mon 6/23/25
38
7 πŸ“ˆ37 $539.78 12.06% $78.10 37.57% Tue 6/24/25
39
7 πŸ“ˆ38 $541.16 12.35% $78.48 38.24% Wed 6/25/25
40
8 πŸ“ˆ39 $546.22 13.40% $80.63 42.03% Thu 6/26/25
41
7 πŸ“ˆ40 $548.09 13.79% $81.42 43.42% Fri 6/27/25
42
8 πŸ“ˆ41 $551.64 14.52% $83.00 46.20% Mon 6/30/25
43
7 πŸ“ˆ42 $546.99 13.56% $80.89 42.49% Tue 7/1/25
44
7 πŸ“ˆ43 $550.80 14.35% $82.50 45.32% Wed 7/2/25
45
8 πŸ“ˆ44 $556.22 15.48% $84.81 49.39% Thu 7/3/25
46
7 πŸ“ˆ45 $552.03 14.61% $82.92 46.06% Mon 7/7/25
47
7 πŸ“ˆ46 $552.34 14.67% $83.03 46.26% Tue 7/8/25
48
7 πŸ“ˆ47 $556.25 15.48% $84.75 49.29% Wed 7/9/25
49
7 πŸ“ˆ48 $555.45 15.32% $84.36 48.60% Thu 7/10/25
50
7 πŸ“ˆ49 $554.20 15.06% $83.72 47.47% Fri 7/11/25
51
7 πŸ“ˆ50 $556.21 15.47% $84.61 49.04% Mon 7/14/25
52
7 πŸ“ˆ51 $556.72 15.58% $84.83 49.43% Tue 7/15/25
53
7 πŸ“ˆ52 $557.29 15.70% $85.07 49.85% Wed 7/16/25
54
7 πŸ“ˆ53 $561.80 16.63% $87.05 53.34% Thu 7/17/25
55
7 πŸ“ˆ54 $561.26 16.52% $86.75 52.81% Fri 7/18/25
56
7 πŸ“ˆ55 $564.17 17.13% $88.07 55.13% Mon 7/21/25
57
7 πŸ“ˆ56 $561.25 16.52% $86.70 52.72% Tue 7/22/25
58
7 πŸ“ˆ57 $563.81 17.05% $87.84 54.73% Wed 7/23/25
59
7 πŸ“ˆ58 $565.01 17.30% $88.42 55.75% Thu 7/24/25
60
7 πŸ“ˆ59 $566.37 17.58% $88.92 56.63% Fri 7/25/25
61
7 πŸ“ˆ60 $568.14 17.95% $89.79 58.16% Mon 7/28/25
62
7 πŸ“ˆ61 $567.26 17.77% $89.38 57.44% Tue 7/29/25
63
7 πŸ“ˆ62 $568.02 17.92% $89.69 57.99% Wed 7/30/25
64
6 πŸ“ˆ63 $565.01 17.30% $88.21 55.38% Thu 7/31/25
65
5 πŸ“ˆ64 $553.88 14.99% $82.92 46.06% Fri 8/1/25
66
7 πŸ“ˆ65 $564.10 17.11% $87.46 54.06% Mon 8/4/25
67
6 πŸ“ˆ66 $560.27 16.32% $85.64 50.85% Tue 8/5/25
68
7 πŸ“ˆ67 $567.32 17.78% $88.84 56.49% Wed 8/6/25
69
7 πŸ“ˆ68 $569.24 18.18% $89.74 58.08% Thu 8/7/25
70
7 πŸ“ˆ69 $574.55 19.28% $92.16 62.34% Fri 8/8/25
71
7 πŸ“ˆ70 $572.85 18.93% $91.35 60.91% Mon 8/11/25
72
7 πŸ“ˆ71 $580.05 20.42% $94.72 66.85% Tue 8/12/25
73
7 πŸ“ˆ72 $580.34 20.48% $94.86 67.10% Wed 8/13/25
74
7 πŸ“ˆ73 $579.89 20.39% $94.60 66.64% Thu 8/14/25
75
7 πŸ“ˆ74 $577.34 19.86% $93.26 64.28% Fri 8/15/25
76
7 πŸ“ˆ75 $577.11 19.81% $93.14 64.07% Mon 8/18/25
77
6 πŸ“ˆ76 $569.28 18.19% $89.34 57.37% Tue 8/19/25
78
5 πŸ“ˆ77 $565.90 17.48% $87.71 54.50% Wed 8/20/25
79
5 πŸ“ˆ78 $563.28 16.94% $86.49 52.35% Thu 8/21/25
80
6 πŸ“ˆ79 $571.97 18.74% $90.38 59.20% Fri 8/22/25
81
6 πŸ“ˆ80 $570.32 18.40% $89.59 57.81% Mon 8/25/25
82
6 πŸ“ˆ81 $572.61 18.88% $90.63 59.64% Tue 8/26/25
83
7 πŸ“ˆ82 $573.49 19.06% $91.04 60.37% Wed 8/27/25
84
7 πŸ“ˆ83 $577.08 19.81% $92.70 63.29% Thu 8/28/25
85
5 πŸ“ˆ84 $570.40 18.42% $89.36 57.41% Fri 8/29/25
86
5 πŸ“ˆ85 $565.62 17.43% $87.08 53.39% Tue 9/2/25
87
6.5 πŸ“ˆ86 $570.07 18.35% $89.11 56.97% Wed 9/3/25
88
7 πŸ“ˆ87 $575.23 19.42% $91.52 61.21% Thu 9/4/25
89
7 πŸ“ˆ88 $576.06 19.59% $91.82 61.74% Fri 9/5/25
90
7 πŸ“ˆ89 $578.87 20.18% $93.13 64.05% Mon 9/8/25
91
7 πŸ“ˆ90 $580.51 20.52% $93.89 65.39% Tue 9/9/25
92
7 πŸ“ˆ91 $580.70 20.56% $93.99 65.56% Wed 9/10/25
93
7 πŸ“ˆ92 $584.08 21.26% $95.57 68.35% Thu 9/11/25
94
7 πŸ“ˆ93 $586.66 21.79% $96.76 70.44% Fri 9/12/25
95
7 πŸ“ˆ94 $591.68 22.84% $99.23 74.79% Mon 9/15/25
96
7 πŸ“ˆ95 $591.18 22.73% $98.96 74.32% Tue 9/16/25
97
7 πŸ“ˆ96 $590.00 22.49% $98.33 73.21% Wed 9/17/25
98
7 πŸ“ˆ97 $595.32 23.59% $100.98 77.88% Thu 9/18/25
99
7 πŸ“ˆ98 $599.35 24.43% $102.98 81.40% Fri 9/19/25
100
7 πŸ“ˆ99 $602.20 25.02% $104.72 84.46% Mon 9/22/25
101
7 πŸ“ˆ100 $598.20 24.19% $102.61 80.75% Tue 9/23/25
102
7 πŸ“ˆ101 $596.10 23.75% $101.41 78.63% Wed 9/24/25
103
6 πŸ“ˆ102 $593.53 23.22% $100.05 76.24% Thu 9/25/25
104
7 πŸ“ˆ103 $595.97 23.73% $101.25 78.35% Fri 9/26/25
105
7 πŸ“ˆ104 $598.73 24.30% $102.60 80.73% Mon 9/29/25
106
7 πŸ“ˆ105 $600.37 24.64% $103.40 82.14% Tue 9/30/25
107
7 πŸ“ˆ106 $603.25 25.24% $104.86 84.71% Wed 10/1/25
108
8 πŸ“ˆ107 $605.73 25.75% $106.14 86.96% Thu 10/2/25
109
7 πŸ“ˆ108 $603.18 25.22% $104.70 84.43% Fri 10/3/25

Market Signal, Trend Count, closing prices, and cumulative return (%) over current uptrend


TQQQ vs QQQ Holdings

TQQQ is outperforming 96% of QQQ holdings since day πŸ“ˆ1 of current uptrend (Thurs. May 1st 2025).

A B C D E
1
Market Cap Symbol %Chg since πŸ“ˆ1 Close on πŸ“ˆ1 Close
2
387,030 M QQQ 25.22% $481.68 $603.18
3
230,944 M APP 144.29% $279.49 $682.76
4
210,205 M MU 141.52% $77.77 $187.83
5
47,015 M WBD 125.27% $8.43 $18.99
6
183,871 M LRCX 103.28% $71.73 $145.81
7
27,871 M TQQQ 84.43% $56.77 $104.70
8
175,208 M INTC 84.33% $19.98 $36.83
9
1,597,907 M AVGO 71.47% $197.33 $338.37
10
267,234 M AMD 70.38% $96.65 $164.67
11
4,567,984 M NVDA 68.10% $111.61 $187.62
12
209,427 M SHOP 66.11% $97.01 $161.14
13
145,057 M KLAC 62.88% $676.31 $1,101.55
14
400,654 M ASML 54.82% $666.72 $1,032.22
15
1,429,250 M TSLA 53.23% $280.52 $429.83
16
2,967,263 M GOOGL 52.11% $161.30 $245.35
17
2,980,566 M GOOG 51.39% $162.79 $246.45
18
112,466 M CEG 49.62% $240.62 $360.00
19
410,581 M PLTR 48.94% $116.20 $173.07
20
173,294 M AMAT 46.03% $148.96 $217.53
21
35,910 M MCHP 44.72% $45.98 $66.54
22
52,946 M DDOG 42.80% $106.32 $151.82
23
74,330 M MRVL 41.46% $60.95 $86.22
24
50,041 M EA 38.31% $145.10 $200.69
25
115,864 M DASH 38.24% $196.20 $271.22
26
48,347 M ZS 34.51% $227.06 $305.41
27
47,815 M BKR 34.01% $36.19 $48.50
28
50,498 M IDXX 33.90% $471.38 $631.19
29
161,686 M ARM 32.27% $115.40 $152.64
30
23,441 M BIIB 32.21% $120.93 $159.88
31
67,133 M CSX 28.10% $28.11 $36.01
32
190,588 M PDD 26.69% $105.97 $134.25
33
57,707 M NXPI 25.87% $181.84 $228.89
34
182,545 M QCOM 25.12% $135.21 $169.18
35
119,048 M ADI 24.90% $193.74 $241.99
36
20,150 M ON 24.42% $39.60 $49.27
37
1,785,027 M META 24.18% $572.21 $710.56
38
3,845,549 M MSFT 21.61% $425.40 $517.35
39
264,505 M AZN 20.99% $70.51 $85.31
40
3,829,117 M AAPL 20.95% $213.32 $258.02
41
54,949 M FAST 18.65% $40.35 $47.88
42
268,501 M CSCO 16.86% $58.12 $67.92
43
67,926 M ADSK 16.60% $273.49 $318.90
44
94,628 M CDNS 15.86% $299.73 $347.27
45
2,341,055 M AMZN 15.41% $190.20 $219.51
46
56,171 M AXON 15.20% $621.10 $715.51
47
47,468 M XEL 14.01% $70.40 $80.26
48
163,936 M TXN 13.94% $158.26 $180.32
49
122,938 M CRWD 13.43% $431.88 $489.88
50
34,954 M GEHC 13.14% $67.67 $76.56
51
65,587 M MNST 12.85% $59.52 $67.17
52
88,914 M ORLY 11.66% $93.85 $104.79
53
140,241 M PANW 11.23% $186.27 $207.19
54
35,926 M CSGP 10.73% $76.58 $84.80
55
49,643 M ROST 9.87% $138.93 $152.64
56
72,634 M MAR 9.68% $243.95 $267.57
57
47,534 M TTWO 9.57% $235.17 $257.68
58
42,691 M FANG 9.37% $134.83 $147.47
59
51,507 M PCAR 9.26% $89.78 $98.09
60
139,827 M GILD 9.14% $103.25 $112.69
61
189,571 M INTU 9.11% $623.19 $679.94
62
194,382 M PEP 6.31% $133.55 $141.98
63
175,598 M BKNG 6.21% $5,101.43 $5,418.05
64
60,999 M AEP 6.06% $107.54 $114.06
65
66,160 M PYPL 5.87% $65.41 $69.25
66
98,234 M SBUX 5.38% $82.01 $86.42
67
160,373 M AMGN 4.97% $283.78 $297.89
68
218,854 M LIN 4.17% $448.05 $466.73
69
87,148 M SNPS 2.14% $459.36 $469.17
70
19,874 M GFS 1.79% $35.18 $35.81
71
490,076 M NFLX 1.75% $1,133.47 $1,153.32
72
63,592 M REGN 1.69% $590.00 $600.00
73
132,725 M HON -0.80% $210.74 $209.05
74
20,874 M CDW -1.93% $162.40 $159.27
75
39,790 M CCEP -1.98% $89.54 $87.77
76
118,007 M ADP -2.47% $298.69 $291.31
77
45,793 M EXC -2.70% $46.60 $45.34
78
25,205 M TTD -2.85% $53.06 $51.55
79
73,603 M ABNB -3.06% $124.01 $120.22
80
81,642 M CTAS -3.31% $209.55 $202.61
81
63,140 M WDAY -4.11% $246.61 $236.48
82
26,294 M DXCM -4.57% $70.26 $67.05
83
110,153 M MELI -5.31% $2,294.52 $2,172.75
84
29,703 M ODFL -6.13% $150.56 $141.33
85
259,150 M TMUS -6.77% $247.00 $230.27
86
145,145 M ADBE -7.44% $374.63 $346.74
87
81,092 M MDLZ -7.66% $67.87 $62.67
88
99,786 M MSTR -7.85% $381.60 $351.63
89
405,730 M COST -8.37% $999.04 $915.38
90
30,845 M KHC -8.56% $28.50 $26.06
91
114,089 M CMCSA -8.63% $33.82 $30.90
92
33,045 M CTSH -10.06% $75.23 $67.66
93
53,802 M ROP -10.34% $557.59 $499.95
94
162,157 M ISRG -12.54% $517.18 $452.35
95
44,846 M PAYX -15.01% $146.61 $124.61
96
34,795 M VRSK -15.44% $294.51 $249.04
97
68,946 M TRI -17.64% $185.74 $152.98
98
65,738 M FTNT -17.68% $104.21 $85.79
99
103,402 M VRTX -19.16% $498.86 $403.30
100
35,102 M KDP -24.09% $34.04 $25.84
101
43,654 M CPRT -25.44% $60.50 $45.11
102
38,247 M CHTR -26.89% $383.00 $280.01
103
39,479 M TEAM -34.30% $229.07 $150.49
104
20,822 M LULU -34.63% $268.60 $175.59

Assuming 3% for the risk-free rate, the Sharpe Ratio for this investment is 3.80.


For a TQQQ position opened at close on day πŸ“ˆ1 of current uptrend (Thurs. May 1st 2025):

  • Up +50% or more more than half of the time (55 of 108 days, or 50.92% of the uptrend)
  • In the red just 1 in 108 days (less than 1% of the time), for a loss of -0.05%

In other words, if you entered a TQQQ position when the Market Signal indicated an uptrend, and held til now - more than half the days since then offered to close the position a return greater than +50%.

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