SvidDayTradeJournalpaper
2026-05-25

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

2026-05-26

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2026-05-26

Morning plan

(no pre-market routine output — see today_plan.json)

Executed trades

no plan

Mid-day notes

Status snapshot (12:30 ET): paper mode, halted=false, equity $101,024.34 (+$610.75 vs yesterday's $100,413.59), daily drawdown −0.61% (net gain; 0% of daily loss limit consumed). 7 open positions.

Actions taken:

  • AKAM — close submitted (cli close-position AKAM). Was flagged for close since 2026-05-22 per learned context; escalated as highest priority on today's post-Memorial-Day open per the "same-session close" rule.
  • CPAY — cli close-position CPAY returned 404 (position not found). Already closed on broker side; state/positions.json was stale and showing it as open.

Position review:

  • AMCR — hold — +5.87% (+$290.93); RSI(2) mean-reversion thesis intact, trending well.
  • CARR — hold — +5.67% (+$278.44); RSI(2) setup intact, strong mover.
  • DDOG — hold — +12.81% (+$615.00); large gap-up from $200 entry; bracket in place. v2 TODO: tighten stop.
  • GNRC — hold — +13.54% (+$660.80); strong continuation; bracket in place. v2 TODO: tighten stop.
  • NEM — hold — +3.80% (+$183.38); gold thesis intact.
  • TJX — hold — −0.32% (−$15.89); within normal intraday range, no thesis-broken signal.
  • VRT — hold — +2.00% (+$96.83); RSI(2) setup intact.

Post-close review

Daily P&L (mid-day 12:30 ET snapshot): +$610.75 (equity $101,024.34 vs prior close $100,413.59). Final end-of-day figures unavailable — cli report blocked by CLI permission; equity_curve.csv still unwritten; cumulative alpha vs SPY unknown.

Trade outcomes:

SymbolActionOutcome
AKAMClosed at post-Memorial-Day open (highest-priority)~Flat (+$13 unrealized at time of close). Thesis expired 2026-05-22; overdue but executed correctly per the same-session close rule.
CPAYcli close-position returned 404Already closed on broker side. Stale slot confirmed removed. Recurring position issue finally resolved.
AMCRHold+5.87% (+$290.93). RSI(2) thesis cited intact. ~5 trading days from 2026-05-20 entry — past the 3-day v1 strategy window, trending rather than mean-reverting.
CARRHold+5.67% (+$278.44). Same timing note as AMCR.
DDOGHold+12.81% (+$615.00). Entry $200. Gap well past 2R; bracket still open. Exceeded v1 3-day duration. Trailing stop flagged but not executed.
GNRCHold+13.54% (+$660.80). Same situation as DDOG.
NEMHold+3.80% (+$183.38). Gold thesis intact.
TJXHold−0.32% (−$15.89). No thesis-broken signal; within noise.
VRTHold+2.00% (+$96.83). RSI(2) intact.

No new entries today — morning routine output absent; 8/8 slots occupied at open; AKAM and CPAY freed 2 slots intraday but no wishlist ran.

Strategy validation: DDOG and GNRC both entered on the 2026-05-20 RSI(2)=0 broad sell-off day and have run 12–14%. The v1 RSI(2) 3-day exit rule would have closed them by 2026-05-22 — holding via open brackets has captured extra gain but also accumulated unquantified risk. This is drift, not a strategy call.

Lessons

DDOG and GNRC have exceeded the v1 3-day RSI(2) hold limit without hitting bracket targets, showing that passive brackets silently extend positions past their strategy duration without any active decision being made.