Public trading strategy
Healthcare beats earnings while investors flee chips — buy the quiet winners
Created
Thesis
Abbott and UnitedHealth both reported profits ahead of expectations and raised their outlooks for the rest of 2026. These are reliable, steady-growing companies that tend to attract money when the tech trade gets too volatile. With investors actively looking for alternatives to the chip selloff, strong earnings from trusted healthcare names create a natural magnet for rotating capital.
Strategy approach
Build a rule-based strategy that enters long ABT and UNH on D1 when the stock closes green on earnings day with volume > 120% of its 20-day average. Hold for 10 trading days with a 4% trailing stop.
Markets and timeframes
Latest published rule evaluation
Evaluated . This is a dated rule snapshot, not a live price or trade execution confirmation.
ABT · 1d
2 of 3 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price above Price — met
- OBV at or above 1.2 — unknown
- Price above Price — met
UNH · 1d
2 of 3 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price above Price — met
- OBV at or above 1.2 — unknown
- Price above Price — met
XLV · 1d
No entry condition values were published.
Entry and exit at a glance
These are the named rules in the shared configuration. Review the full conditions below before using a strategy.
- Entry: Earnings-Day Volume Confirmation Long (ABT@1d) (3 conditions)
- Entry: Earnings-Day Volume Confirmation Long (UNH@1d) (3 conditions)
- Exit: Position Exit Rule (1 condition)
Shared strategy rules
Rule configuration
{
"data_dependencies": [
{
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
}
],
"entry_rules": [
{
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "open",
"type": "price"
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "obv"
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 1.2
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
}
}
],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_abt",
"name": "Earnings-Day Volume Confirmation Long (ABT@1d)",
"priority": 1,
"trade_symbol": "STOCK:ABT"
},
{
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "open",
"type": "price"
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "obv"
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 1.2
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
}
}
],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_unh",
"name": "Earnings-Day Volume Confirmation Long (UNH@1d)",
"priority": 2,
"trade_symbol": "STOCK:UNH"
}
],
"exit_rules": [
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "holding_period_bars",
"type": "position"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 10
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_1",
"name": "Position Exit Rule",
"priority": 1,
"purpose": "signal"
}
],
"position_sizing": {
"max_position_percent": 25,
"method": {
"risk_percent": 2.391233333333333,
"support_stop_rank": 2,
"type": "fixed_risk"
},
"min_position_value": 100
},
"trigger_timeframe": "1d",
"version": 1
}Indicator configuration
{
"indicators": [
{
"name": "obv"
},
{
"name": "ema",
"period": 50
},
{
"name": "atr",
"period": 14
},
{
"name": "obv"
},
{
"name": "ema",
"period": 50
},
{
"name": "atr",
"period": 14
},
{
"name": "obv"
},
{
"name": "ema",
"period": 50
},
{
"name": "atr",
"period": 14
}
]
}Parsed strategy
{
"data_dependencies": [
{
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
}
],
"entry_rules": [
{
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "open",
"type": "price"
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "obv"
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 1.2
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:ABT",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
}
}
],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_abt",
"name": "Earnings-Day Volume Confirmation Long (ABT@1d)",
"priority": 1,
"trade_symbol": "STOCK:ABT"
},
{
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "open",
"type": "price"
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"indicator": {
"name": "obv"
},
"type": "indicator"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 1.2
}
},
{
"left": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
},
"operator": "greater_than",
"right": {
"chart_ref": {
"symbol": "STOCK:UNH",
"timeframe": "1d"
},
"field": "close",
"type": "price"
}
}
],
"direction": "long",
"enabled": true,
"id": "entry_1_unh",
"name": "Earnings-Day Volume Confirmation Long (UNH@1d)",
"priority": 2,
"trade_symbol": "STOCK:UNH"
}
],
"exit_rules": [
{
"applies_to": "both",
"conditions": [
{
"left": {
"field": "holding_period_bars",
"type": "position"
},
"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
"right": {
"type": "constant",
"value": 10
}
}
],
"enabled": true,
"id": "exit_1",
"name": "Position Exit Rule",
"priority": 1,
"purpose": "signal"
}
],
"position_sizing": {
"max_position_percent": 25,
"method": {
"risk_percent": 2.391233333333333,
"support_stop_rank": 2,
"type": "fixed_risk"
},
"min_position_value": 100
},
"trigger_timeframe": "1d",
"version": 1
}Strategy instructions
Trading agent generated from recommendation idea 'Healthcare beats earnings while investors flee chips — buy the quiet winners'. Thesis: Abbott and UnitedHealth both reported profits ahead of expectations and raised their outlooks for the rest of 2026. These are reliable, steady-growing companies that tend to attract money when the tech trade gets too volatile. With investors actively looking for alternatives to the chip selloff, strong earnings from trusted healthcare names create a natural magnet for rotating capital.
Performance
No trade count, win rate, or realized P&L figures are provided in this public preview. The thesis and shared rules do not establish a performance record.
What this public preview can establish
- The dated rule snapshot above shows the conditions evaluated at that time. It does not prove a current trigger or executed trade.
- Technical strategy fields are shared above. Inspect the actual conditions and check when they were evaluated before relying on them.
- No trade count, win rate, or P&L figure is published in this preview. It cannot establish a performance record.
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