Journal — 2026-05-14

Morning plan

(Morning routine did not run or was not logged for this date.)

Executed trades

(None recorded — today_plan.json is dated 2026-05-13 and covers Q and SNDK, neither currently held.)

Mid-day notes

Midday review run at 12:30 ET. Mode: paper. Halted: false. Daily drawdown: 0.1638% (8.19% of 2.0% daily limit — well clear of the 75% / 1.5% action threshold).

Position decisions:

AKAM (33 shares, avg $147.67): current $148.07, unrealized +$13.20 (+0.27%). Hold — small gain, no signs of reversal.
CPAY (14 shares, avg $343.49): current $336.06, unrealized –$103.98 (–2.16%). Recommend close — unexpected –2.16% intraday reversal with no morning rationale for today (today_plan.json is from 2026-05-13 and does not cover CPAY). cli close-position CPAY was blocked by permission prompt; manual close recommended.
DDOG (24 shares, avg $200.00): current $197.99, unrealized –$48.24 (–1.01%). Hold — loss within expected range, no thesis-breaking signals.

No new entries opened (midday scope: management only).

Drawdown headroom: 8.19% of daily limit used; 91.81% remaining (~$1,836 before halt).

Post-close review

No morning plan was generated today; today_plan.json is dated 2026-05-13 and no brief run was logged. No new trades were executed.

Three carry-over positions were active at session open:

AKAM (33 shares, avg $147.67): small unrealized gain (+$13.20 / +0.27% at midday snapshot). Held through close. Outcome: minor positive carry.
CPAY (14 shares, avg $343.49): midday routine flagged this as a close-recommended position — down 2.16% intraday with no morning rationale. cli close-position CPAY was blocked by a permission prompt; position remained open through close. At the midday snapshot the mark was –$103.98; final close price unavailable (see note below).
DDOG (24 shares, avg $200.00): held per midday decision; loss within expected range (–$48.24 / –1.01% at midday). No thesis-breaking signals observed.

Net P&L: positions.json snapshot shows account equity $99,836.21 vs last_equity $100,000.00 → daily drawdown –$163.79 (–0.16%). This is the midday snapshot; final close-of-day values are unavailable.

Cumulative alpha vs SPY: Not calculable. python -m svidday.cli report was blocked by a permission prompt and state/equity_curve.csv was not written. This is the first data point; the benchmark baseline has not yet been established.

Verdict: A flat session in terms of activity but a small net loss driven by CPAY. The critical failure was an inability to close an off-plan position when the midday routine flagged it — a permissions configuration issue, not a trading judgment failure.

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