Strategy of the Month (June 2025): A Bias-Trend Following Strategy Wins on the DAX Future

In this article, we’ll take a look at the results of our “Strategy of the Month” contest for June 2025 and reveal the winning strategy (a hybrid of trend following and bias rules), which stood out not only for its strong performance but also for its originality in selecting entry conditions. The other submissions, while still capable of delivering solid results, lacked that extra touch of creativity.

We’ll explore some practical takeaways by analyzing the core logic behind the winning strategy, the characteristics of the market it trades, and of course, we’ll review its overall performance.

As a reminder, the “Strategy of the Month” contest is reserved for Unger Academy® students and rewards the best strategy developed using the Unger Method™. By submitting their own strategy, each student has the chance to compete for a €1,000 Amazon gift card every month!

If you’d like to access the code of the winning strategies from this contest, you can join the Unger Strategy Club, an exclusive service from our Academy that gives you access to the open-source code of this month’s winning strategy, along with all previous winning strategies. In addition, the club includes access to a monthly live advanced training Masterclass and a monthly video filled with practical insights, where we break down the key rules of strategies from our portfolio.

And that’s not all. By joining the Unger Strategy Club VIP, you’ll also gain exclusive access to the open-source code of all the strategies submitted to the contest that were approved by the Unger Academy coaches.

Let’s now dive into the analysis of June’s winning strategy.

 

Strategy of the Month – June 2025: Bias-Trend Following on the DAX Future (FDAX)

This month’s winner of the best submitted strategy is Alessio—same name as May’s winner, but a different person—to whom we extend our congratulations!

The strategy that earned him the win could be described as a hybrid, as it combines rules from both the Bias category, such as filters based on specific days or hours of the week, and rules typical of Trend Following systems.

Specifically, this system only places long orders from Monday to Wednesday, during the second half of the trading session, between approximately 4:00 PM and 10:00 PM, which marks the end of the session for this market.

Orders are triggered at the highest high of the last 16 bars, calculated on a 15-minute timeframe, aiming to confirm the short-term trend before entering the market.

The strategy closes all open positions by the end of Wednesday, which is also when the trading window ends.

The results are excellent across the entire historical period tested, from 2010 to the present day. The equity curve is very steady, with an even steeper upward slope in the most recent part of the backtest, indicating that this strategy has successfully capitalized on the increased volatility in the DAX market during 2025. In fact, performance this year has been so strong that, although we’re only halfway through, 2025 is already the second most profitable year in the entire history of this strategy.

 

 

 

The average trade value is also impressive, with an average of around €600 per trade, offering a wide margin to absorb slippage and commission costs when deploying this system in live markets.
Despite each tick on the DAX Future being worth a hefty €25, the DAX maintains sufficient liquidity to allow smooth execution without excessive slippage.

 

 

 

Lastly, it’s worth noting that for the past few years, Mini-DAX (FDXM) and Micro-DAX (FDXS) contracts have also been available, with values equal to 1/5 and 1/25 of the full DAX contract (FDAX), respectively. These smaller-sized contracts allow traders to scale down their exposure in this market, making it accessible even to those trading with smaller capital.

 

Takeaways

Once again, congratulations to Alessio for winning this month’s contest and the €1,000 Amazon gift card. His system is a great example of clean and consistent strategy design.

We hope this article has been both helpful and inspiring!

If your goal is to craft winning trading strategies like these, you’re in the right place. Along the way, you can enter our exclusive monthly contest for Unger Academy students, competing for a €1,000 Amazon voucher.

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That concludes this month’s feature. Join us next month for more innovative trading strategies and inspiration!

Curious about our “Strategy of the Month” contest? This exciting monthly competition is open exclusively to Unger Academy students and rewards the best strategy developed using the Unger Method with a €1,000 Amazon gift card. Interested? Click here to learn more!

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