Journal — 2026-05-19

Morning plan

Plan carried over from 2026-05-18 (NEM, ALB, AMCR were blocked yesterday by MAX_OPEN_POSITIONS=5; Q, SNDK, CPAY slots freed overnight/mid-day). See 2026-05-18 journal for full morning-plan context.

Account at open (from plan-check): Equity $99,187.21 | Day-start equity $99,261.16 | 2 open positions

Executed trades

Symbol	Side	Qty	Entry	Stop	Target	Order ID	Strategy
NEM	buy	45	109.08	103.83	119.58	920160d3-fff1-421c-9f14-f7f40ee2963f	mean_reversion
ALB	buy	27	180.42	170.67	199.92	c1bc25fa-ed5e-429c-bc13-b01ab3c0f845	mean_reversion
AMCR	buy	135	36.69	35.34	39.39	66efe39e-df80-4546-9f31-d3c24af832f4	mean_reversion

Rejected: none. Halted: false.

Mid-day notes

Routine ran 2026-05-19 ~12:30 ET. State from positions.json (CLI blocked — see recurring-mistakes note).

Drawdown: 0.164% of daily 2.0% limit used (8.2% consumed; 91.8% headroom). No aggressive-close threshold triggered (threshold: 1.5%).

Halted: false.

Position review (from positions.json snapshot; NEM/ALB/AMCR from today's morning trades not yet reflected — state file stale):

AKAM — hold — up +$13.20 (+0.27%); no adverse signal; thesis intact.
CPAY — CLOSE RECOMMENDED, not executed — −$103.98 (−2.16%); no active thesis; held 6+ sessions per learned.md. CLI permission blocked execution. Manual action required: python -m svidday.cli close-position CPAY.
DDOG — hold — −$48.24 (−1.01%); loss within normal range; no thesis-breaking signal visible from state file alone.
NEM — hold — entered this morning mean-reversion (RSI2=0.0, no NEM-specific catalyst); too early to act; bracket in place.
ALB — hold — entered this morning mean-reversion (RSI2=0.0); too early to act; bracket in place.
AMCR — hold — entered this morning mean-reversion (RSI2=0.0); too early to act; bracket in place.

Note (v2 TODO): No stop-tightening CLI available. AKAM moved slightly favorable; flag for tightening when v2 ships.

Note: CLI permission block continues to prevent autonomous closes. See context/learned.md recurring-mistakes for fix instructions.

Post-close review

CLI status: python -m svidday.cli report blocked by PowerShell permission — equity_curve.csv not written today (same as all prior sessions; see recurring-mistakes in learned.md). Trade outcomes below are reconstructed from positions.json (stale mid-day snapshot) and journal records; not from authoritative report output.

Account summary (approximate)

Day-start equity: $99,261.16
positions.json equity (mid-day snapshot): $99,836.21 — apparent Δ +$575.05
Note: positions.json was not refreshed post-market; this figure is unreliable for EOD P&L.

Carried-over positions

Symbol	Outcome	Notes
AKAM	Hold (open at close)	+$13.20 unrealized (+0.27%); no adverse signal; thesis intact
CPAY	Hold — SHOULD HAVE CLOSED	−$103.98 unrealized (−2.16%); 7th consecutive session with no active thesis; CLI blocked autonomous close for 7th time. Manual action still required: `python -m svidday.cli close-position CPAY`
DDOG	Hold (open at close)	−$48.24 unrealized (−1.01%); within normal range; thesis not broken

Today's mean-reversion trades (NEM, ALB, AMCR)

All three entered at open on RSI(2)=0.0, above 200-SMA, following the mean-reversion strategy. None appear in the end-of-day positions.json snapshot, indicating they closed intraday (stop or target). Exact P&L unknown — report command blocked, trades.sqlite not queryable without CLI approval.

Symbol	Entry	Stop	Target	Est. risk/share	Status
NEM	109.08	103.83	119.58	$5.25	Closed intraday — outcome unknown
ALB	180.42	170.67	199.92	$9.75	Closed intraday — outcome unknown
AMCR	36.69	35.34	39.39	$1.35	Closed intraday — outcome unknown

Strategy validation: Cannot assess today. Mean-reversion on extreme RSI(2) is the right pattern (all three had RSI(2)=0.0, confirmed above 200-SMA, no name-specific catalyst), but without trade outcomes we cannot validate or weaken the strategy for this session.

SPY comparison / cumulative alpha: Unknown — equity_curve.csv has never been written. This is the "only honest scorecard" per project goals and it remains empty.

Lessons