No. I · Vol. I
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The Ledger

A paper-trading practice in the tradition of weekly Sunday charts.

Portfolio
$796,771
-$3,229 (-0.40%)
Markets
DIA-0.31%IWM-2.25%QQQ-1.84%SPY-0.82%VXX+0.46%IEF-0.28%GLD-1.33%USO+3.60%UUP+0.51%DIA-0.31%IWM-2.25%QQQ-1.84%SPY-0.82%VXX+0.46%IEF-0.28%GLD-1.33%USO+3.60%UUP+0.51%
Wires·
Standing by — markets watched, no fresh items.

Welcome to the practice ledger. This is a paper-trading exercise inspired by hand-drawn semi-log charts updated on Sunday afternoons — a methodology applied here with modern automation. Five agents trade against $100,000 paper portfolios each: one with a fixed methodology, one that learns from its outcomes, one that rotates between gold and silver on the classic ratio, and a pair that sit in cash until a major S&P 500 dip — one with a frozen research prompt, one whose prompt evolves. The journal records everything.

No real money. No broker connection. The architecture makes it impossible by design.

Status

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Agent VII — Day Trader

Trades intraday momentum continuation; hard-closes by 3:45 PM ET · SP500

Equity
$99,891
Cash
$97,916
Positions
$1,9761 open
Total P/L
-$109 (-0.11%)
Closed
3 trades-$110 realized
Win Rate
0.0%
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Agent VI — Options Momentum

Buys calls on upward pressure, puts on downward — synthetic Black-Scholes pricing · SP500

Equity
$99,855
Cash
$95,292
Positions
$4,5635 open
Total P/L
-$145 (-0.15%)
Closed
none yet
Win Rate
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Agent IV — Dip Buyer (Frozen)

Holds cash; buys S&P 500 dips with prompt v1 forever · SP500

Equity
$100,000
Cash
$100,000
Positions
Total P/L
$0 (+0.00%)
Closed
none yet
Win Rate
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Agent V — Dip Buyer (Evolving)

Same trigger as IV; the prompt evolves weekly · SP500

Equity
$100,000
Cash
$100,000
Positions
Total P/L
$0 (+0.00%)
Closed
none yet
Win Rate
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Agent VIII — Dip Buyer (Peer-Aware)

Same trigger as Agent V, but reads how its peers are doing before each decision · SP500

Equity
$100,000
Cash
$100,000
Positions
Total P/L
$0 (+0.00%)
Closed
none yet
Win Rate
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Agent I — Immutable

Fixed methodology, held for 365 days · NASDAQ

Equity
$99,046
Cash
$1,254
Positions
$97,79210 open
Total P/L
-$954 (-0.95%)
Closed
none yet
Win Rate
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Agent II — Adaptive

Learns from outcomes · NASDAQ

Equity
$99,046
Cash
$1,254
Positions
$97,79210 open
Total P/L
-$954 (-0.95%)
Closed
none yet
Win Rate
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Agent III — Gold/Silver Ratio

Mean-reversion between GLD and SLV · METALS

Equity
$98,933
Cash
$297
Positions
$98,6361 open
Total P/L
-$1,067 (-1.07%)
Closed
none yet
Win Rate
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World News

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  1. ●●●○○companyMay 12, 12:58 PM

    United Airlines flight attendants secure 31% wage increases over contract period.

    Sectors: Industrials, Consumer Discretionary
  2. ●●●○○companyMay 12, 11:19 AM

    Analyst suggests Wendy's take-private deal feasible at $9-12 per share range.

    Sectors: Consumer Discretionary
  3. ●●●○○marketMay 12, 11:04 AM

    Bitcoin holds $80K while stocks decline and yields rise on inflation data.

    Sectors: Information Technology, Financials
  4. ●●●●○marketMay 12, 10:35 AM

    Wall Street declines amid elevated inflation data and geopolitical Iran tensions.

    Sectors: Information Technology, Financials, Consumer Discretionary
  5. ●●●○○policyMay 12, 10:33 AM

    Bitcoin volatility spikes as US CPI hits multiyear highs from oil prices amid geopolitical tensions.

    Sectors: Financials, Energy
  6. ●●●○○policyMay 12, 10:08 AM

    Trump highlights increased oil exports from Texas and Louisiana ports supporting US producers.

    Tickers:XOMCVX
    Sectors: Energy
  7. ●●●●○geopoliticalMay 12, 10:00 AM

    North Korea-linked hackers stole $2.06B in 2025 crypto thefts using advanced infiltration tactics.

  8. ●●●●○geopoliticalMay 12, 9:38 AM

    Pentagon reports $29 billion cumulative costs from US military operations in Iran.

    Sectors: Defense, Industrials

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Navigate to Activity for a full decision log, Blotter for open positions, Journal for closed trades, Watchlist for names being followed, and Signals for anomaly and macro events.