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BOOK YOUR FREE STRATEGY SESSION NOW >>In this article, we’ll review the results of our “Strategy of the Month” contest for April 2025. We’ll explore the winning strategy and highlight other notable strategies selected from the submissions sent in by our students.
We’ll offer practical insights by analyzing the core logic of these strategies, the markets they operate on, and, of course, their performance.
As a reminder, the “Strategy of the Month” contest is exclusively for students of Unger Academy®. It rewards the best strategy developed using the Unger Method™. Every month, students can enter the contest and compete for a €1,000 Amazon gift card!
If you’d like access to the code behind the winning strategies, you can join the Unger Strategy Club—an exclusive service that provides open-source access to each month’s winning strategy, along with all past winners. Plus, membership includes a monthly live advanced training Masterclass and a monthly video breakdown of operational tips and portfolio strategies.
And that’s not all: members of the Unger Strategy Club VIP get exclusive access to the open-source code of all contest-submitted strategies approved by our coaching team.
Now, let’s dive into the top strategies submitted for April.
Among the strategies submitted this month, one that stood out—but didn’t take the win—was developed by Manuel, to whom we extend our compliments.
It’s a 15-minute timeframe Trend Following strategy on Gold (GC), using one of the most classic trend triggers: the high and low of the previous session, used to enter long or short positions, respectively.
The strategy uses a trading window to limit entries and always closes positions before the session ends—making it a strictly intraday strategy.
Figure 1 – Sample trades from the Gold Trend Following strategy.
A simple yet effective approach, we’re reporting its main performance metrics over the period from 01/01/2010 to 04/30/2025. The strategy has shown fairly steady growth, with a standout start to 2025, earning $38,000 thanks to increased volatility and strong trends in this market early in the year.
Figure 2 – Equity line of the Gold Trend Following strategy.
Figure 3 – Annual results of the Gold Trend Following strategy.
Another interesting submission came from Roberto, who also chose a 15-minute Trend Following strategy but on the Nasdaq, placing stop orders along a narrow Donchian Channel.
This one stands out with impressive metrics. Although its 2025 performance was affected by steep market declines—following the re-election of Donald Trump as U.S. President—it still demonstrates strong potential. Interestingly, this strategy shares similarities with this month’s winning entry, which also targets the Nasdaq using a Trend Following approach.
Figure 4 – Equity line of the Nasdaq Trend Following strategy.
Figure 5 – Yearly results of the Nasdaq Trend Following strategy.
Now for the winning strategy—congratulations to Matteo, who takes home the €1,000 Amazon gift card!
Matteo’s 15-minute Trend Following strategy on the Nasdaq (NQ) uses two indicators as entry filters: ADX and Stochastic. The ADX acts as a switch to determine whether to trade, while the Stochastic oscillator defines entry timing.
Stop loss and take profit are set as fixed monetary values, with a breakeven exit if the trade reaches a certain profit threshold and then retraces.
The strategy also includes a wide trading window and uses different patterns to filter long and short trades, with a maximum trade duration of 2 days.
It’s a very straightforward but highly effective strategy. Key metrics show consistent performance, a solid net profit-to-drawdown ratio, and a solid average trade value of $177, especially given the high frequency of trades.
Figure 6 – Performance report of Matteo’s winning Nasdaq Trend Following strategy.
Figure 7 – Yearly results of Matteo’s winning strategy.
Figure 8 – Equity line of Matteo’s winning strategy.
Once again, congratulations to Matteo on his well-earned win and Amazon voucher!
We hope this article has offered you both inspiration and practical insight.
If your goal is to build trading strategies like the ones featured here, you’re in the right place. As you continue learning, you too can take part in our exclusive student-only contest and compete for a €1,000 Amazon gift card every month.
Remember, if you want access to the code for the winning strategy and the top submissions in the contest, you can join the Unger Strategy Club. Check out all the features of this service at www.ungerclub.com.
That’s all for now—see you in the next installment of “Strategy of the Month” for more actionable insights!
If you’d like to learn more about the “Strategy of the Month” contest, our monthly challenge for Unger Academy students awarding a €1,000 Amazon gift card to the best strategy developed using the Unger Method™, click here.
Or, if you’re curious about the past winners, click here.
Andrea Unger here and I help retail traders to improve their trading, scientifically. I went from being a cog in the machine in a multinational company to the only 4-Time World Trading Champion in a little more than 10 years.
I've been a professional trader since 2001 and in 2008 I became World Champion using just 4 automated trading systems.
In 2015 I founded Unger Academy, where I teach my method of developing effecting trading strategies: a scientific, replicable and universal method, based on numbers and statistics, not hunches, which led me and my students to become Champions again and again.
Now I'm here to help you learn how to develop your own strategies, autonomously. This channel will help you improve your trading, know the markets better, and apply the scientific method to financial markets.
Becoming a trader is harder than you think, but if you have passion, will, and sufficient capital, you'll learn how to code and develop effective strategies, manage risk, and diversify a portfolio of trading systems to greatly improve your chances of becoming successful.
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