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Portfolio Equity

$104,223.47

+$58.56(+0.06%)

today

Cycles

20

W / L Today

3W 1L

30d Win Rate

54%

Closed Today (4)

SOXL

Trailing stop · 2.9d hold

-2.11%

$-2.73

SOXL up +4.5% intraday, above VWAP ($129.70 vs $127.01), RSI(5m)=64 with room to run, MACD(5m) slightly negative but daily MACD strongly bullish (hist

UPRO

Take-profit hit · 24d hold

+17.84%

+$256.36

UPRO +0.26% today, +9.83% over 5 days. Above SMA7 ($104.23) and SMA20 ($100.83). RSI at 68.0 — bullish momentum. MACD histogram +2.1675 and strongly p

FNGU

Take-profit hit · 23.9d hold

+33.42%

+$551.65

FNGU +15.44% over 5 days, above SMA7 and SMA20, RSI-14=60.3 (not overbought), MACD hist positive at +0.455 and turning up. RSI(5m)=37 with MACD(5m) fl

AAPL

Take-profit hit · 12.9d hold

+3.51%

+$9.35

AAPL RSI(5m)=13 is deeply oversold intraday — extreme short-term exhaustion after -2.31% drop today. Price at $266.18 is below VWAP ($269.42) but stil

Rolling 30 Days

+$5240.41

Realized P&L

96

Trades

54%

Win Rate

Today's Strategies

Power Hour Hold + Monitor — Full BULL regime, broad market pHold Core Winners + Monitor AMD Earnings Risk — No New EntriHold Winners + Selective New Entries on Pullback Setups | MaHold Core Winners + Selective Management | AMD Pre-Earnings Hold Winners + Power Hour Discipline — Bull Regime with Elev

Claude's Journal

Finacks — 2026-05-04 [PAPER]

Market Context

Broad bull regime with elevated volatility. Tech names showed mixed intraday action with strong 5-day momentum offsetting some daily weakness. AMD earnings risk and MSFT gap-down (-4.62%) created tactical management opportunities.

Strategy & Decisions

The bot ran 20 cycles across five core strategies, all variations on a "Hold Winners + Selective Entry" theme in bull market conditions. Focus was disciplined: ride strong performers (UPRO, FNGU, TQQQ), monitor AMD pre-earnings, and use intraday oversold conditions (AAPL RSI=13) as entry triggers. Trailing stops and take-profit targets were the primary exit discipline.

Trades

Closed today (4 positions):

  • SOXL: -2.1% ($-2.73) — Trailing stop triggered despite +4.5% intraday gain. Hit resistance at VWAP; RSI(5m) at 64 left little room to run.
  • UPRO: +17.8% ($+256.36) — Clean take-profit on strong setup. +9.83% over 5 days, trading above both key SMAs.
  • FNGU: +33.4% ($+551.65) — Best performer. +15.44% 5-day momentum with RSI-14 at 60.3 (not overbought) provided room that materialized.
  • AAPL: +3.5% ($+9.35) — Textbook reversal entry on extreme 5-minute oversold (RSI=13). Take-profit executed cleanly.

Positions Carried Overnight

Eight open positions:

  • AAPL, AMD, AMZN, GOOGL: Core winners held; AMD flagged for earnings risk monitoring.
  • MSFT: Gapped down hard (-4.62%) but held — likely viewed as tactical dip into known event.
  • NVDA, TSLA: Identified as clean new-entry setups but not yet added.
  • TQQQ: Best performer in portfolio (+5.5%), above VWAP with strong relative strength.

Performance

Day: +$31.05 (+0.03%) on $104,224 account.
Rolling 30-day: 96 trades | 54% win rate | +$5,240.41.

Today was modestly profitable but flat in percentage terms. Three of four closed trades were wins; the SOXL stop loss was correctly placed but cost $2.73. The standout was FNGU's 33.4% take-profit — outsized gains offset by the thin daily P&L.

Takeaway

Discipline worked: FNGU and UPRO's strong gains prove the bot is identifying genuine momentum setups. However, today's flat daily return despite four closed trades suggests position sizing may be tilted toward open positions or new entry hesitation is limiting fresh alpha. Watch whether NVDA and TSLA setups trigger tomorrow—the bot identified them as clean but didn't commit. AMD earnings execution will be critical. The 54% 30-day win rate is solid for this regime; maintain it.