Trading journal — 2026-05-28

Morning plan

Account snapshot (last known — 2026-05-27 mid-day)

• Equity: $99,836.21 | Cash: $85,493.30 | Open positions: 3/8 (MAX_OPEN_POSITIONS=8)
• Mode: paper | Halted: false | PDT: false
• Daily drawdown: 0.16% (8% of 2% daily limit — ample headroom)

⚠ CLI permission block (day 4+): python -m svidday.cli brief could not run — same issue as every prior session. Brief data unavailable; gap_pct and rel_volume cannot be verified for any symbol. Per hard rule, any symbol without both fields in the brief must be skipped. Trades planned: 0. See "Notes for open routine" for conditional CRM setup requiring manual brief verification.

Trades planned: 0 — Brief unavailable; cannot satisfy gap_pct + rel_volume hard rule.

Priority close actions (must execute BEFORE any new entries)

Manual commands (if CLI is approved):

python -m svidday.cli close-position CPAY
python -m svidday.cli close-position AKAM

After these close, DDOG (−1.01%) remains: still within bracket, hold.

Candidate screen

¹ Brief unavailable — gap_pct and rel_volume not confirmed. Hard rule blocks entry.

CRM conditional setup

Yesterday's morning plan flagged CRM (Salesforce) as the primary T+1 EarningsDrift candidate for today. Manual verification required before the open routine enters:

Enter only if ALL of the following are true in the brief:

1. CRM beat on both EPS and revenue (not a miss or mixed result)
2. Gap up between 1% and 5% (< 1% = weak signal; > 5% = over-reaction risk)
3. Rel-volume ≥ 1.5x 20-day average
4. Above 200-day SMA
5. Guidance was not negative

Sizing (if entry clears all gates):

• Entry: market / limit near the open
• Stop: low of the 2026-05-27 earnings-day candle
• Target: 2R from entry (entry + 2 × (entry − stop))
• Qty: floor(4991 / entry_price) where 4991 = 5% of $99,836 equity

Note: 2026-05-27 CRM closing low is unknown here — brief or market data required to set stop.

SNPS: Analysts entering tonight expected lower Q2 earnings. If the result came in as expected (miss or guidance cut), this is not an EarningsDrift setup. Skip unless brief data shows a clear beat AND gap 1-5% with 1.5x rel-vol.

Regime notes

• Semi/chip sector rallied broadly on 2026-05-27 (MU joined $1T club; AI demand narrative). Monitor for continuation vs. exhaustion.
• Learned context: mean-reversion in semis is unreliable while AI chip export restrictions are live (QCOM −11.4% on 2026-05-13; macro risk ongoing).
• DDOG in position from 2026-05-22 RSI(2) mean-reversion setup — was −$48 at last snapshot. Monitor for stop breach.

Notes for open routine

1. Close CPAY and AKAM first, before any new entry. These are the highest-priority actions.
2. If brief confirms CRM clears all EarningsDrift gates (above), enter using the sizing formula.
3. With CPAY and AKAM closed, 5 slots become available (3 open → 1 after closes).
4. DDOG: hold — within bracket, no action unless stop breaches ~$192 (estimated bracket low from 2026-05-22 entry).

Executed trades

Executed trades: no plan — state/today_plan.json contains zero trades (brief unavailable; gap_pct + rel_volume hard rule blocked all candidates).

Mid-day notes

Snapshot (state/positions.json — last written 2026-05-27 mid-day):

• Equity: $99,836.21 | Daily drawdown: 0.16% | Limit: 2.00% | Headroom: 91.8% remaining
• Halted: false | Mode: paper | Drawdown threshold for aggressive closes: 1.50% (not breached)

Position decisions:

Close attempts blocked — CLI permission not approved (day 5+ of same issue). Manual commands required before market close:

python -m svidday.cli close-position CPAY
python -m svidday.cli close-position AKAM

If manual execution is not possible today, escalate CPAY and AKAM to the absolute first action at tomorrow's open. Every additional session these remain open compounds the cost — CPAY is already −$104 with zero thesis.

Post-close review

Report status: python -m svidday.cli report blocked (CLI permission not approved, day 5+). state/equity_curve.csv not written. Cumulative alpha vs SPY remains unknown — benchmark comparison permanently unavailable until the permission block is resolved.

Today's P&L: Unavailable. No report; state/positions.json is a stale 2026-05-27 mid-day snapshot. Last known unrealized totals: AKAM +$13.20 (+0.27%), CPAY −$103.98 (−2.16%), DDOG −$48.24 (−1.01%). Actual today-close prices not retrieved.

Trades executed today: None.

• Plan had zero entries (brief unavailable; gap_pct + rel_volume hard rule correctly blocked all candidates).
• CRM was the highest-quality candidate of the week (Salesforce Q1 earnings, EarningsDrift setup) — conditional entry criteria could not be verified without brief. Hard rule applied correctly; entry not taken.

Position review:

Strategy assessment: EarningsDrift strategy was relevant today (CRM). No data to validate or weaken it — the setup was untestable.

Lessons

The CLI permission block has now cost a concrete missed entry (CRM EarningsDrift) in addition to compounding stale position losses — the infrastructure gap is no longer theoretical.