Rulebook Trader PAPER

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Every round trip the bot has closed on this account since Oct 14, and what the numbers say about where it makes and loses money.

Net P&L (closed trades)
-$14,807
39 trades · -$380 per trade
Account
-23.64%
SPY +0.97% · max drawdown -23.64%
Win rate
25.6%
avg win $583 · avg loss -$712
Profit factor
0.28
$ won per $ lost (above 1 is profitable)

What stands out

  • Trades entered 10am-11am ET: 23 trades, -$14,405, 13% winners (70% of all losing dollars).
  • Exits by underlying_stop: 11 trades, -$9,802, 0% winners (47% of all losing dollars).
  • The stock moved the way the rule bet on 15 of 39 trades (average move -1.17% in the rule's favour), so most losses start with the signal, before the options make them bigger. 5 more lost even though the stock went their way.
  • The same stock moves at the shares-mode size (10% of equity) would have come to -$4,493, against -$14,807 with options. Leverage magnifies small moves against the trade, and every round trip pays the bid-ask spread.
  • 12 trades hit a stop on the day they were opened, for -$9,828: worth checking whether the stop is too tight for those names.
  • 3 sessions after the signal, vetoed stocks moved -1.61% in the rule's favour vs -0.8% for the approved ones: the vetoes are screening out weaker setups.
  • The daily loss limit tripped on 2 days, blocking 200 signals.

Account vs SPY

$100,000 → $76,363

By strategy

TradesWin rateAvgP&L
Momentum breakdown (puts)80%-20.1%-$5,940
RSI-2 mean reversion1330.8%-9.3%-$5,154
RSI-2 overbought (puts)1030%-10.9%-$3,182
Relative weakness vs SPY20%-53.3%-$1,760
Opening range breakout10%-35.2%-$561
VWAP reclaim (intraday)10%-17.2%-$286
Bearish engulfing (intraday)10%-19.7%-$280
Gap and go / fade (calls)2100%+32.7%$844
Momentum breakout1100%+100.9%$1,512

By entry time (ET)

TradesWin rateAvgP&L
9am-10am366.7%+10.1%$283
10am-11am2313%-17.3%-$14,405
11am-12pm540%-3.1%-$351
12pm-1pm425%+4.0%-$234
1pm-2pm20%-28.6%-$1,040
3pm-4pm2100%+11.0%$940

By exit reason

TradesWin rateAvgP&L
underlying_stop110%-26.2%-$9,802
mean_reverted1936.8%-3.8%-$3,080
premium_stop30%-53.8%-$2,696
trailing_stop30%-15.9%-$1,585
underlying_target2100%+32.7%$844
premium_target1100%+100.9%$1,512

By hold

TradesWin rateAvgP&L
Same day1520%-14.7%-$7,472
1 night2429.2%-7.6%-$7,335

By instrument

TradesWin rateAvgP&L
put2114.3%-18.9%-$11,162
call1838.9%-0.4%-$3,645

The stock's move vs the trade's result

Stock went the rule's way
15 / 39
Trades that made money
10 / 39
Avg stock move, rule's direction
-1.17%
Same moves in shares (10% size)
-$4,493

Separates the signal from the instrument. If the stock rarely goes the rule's way, the rule is the problem; if it does but the trade still loses, the options (spread, decay, sizing) are. Bearish moves count as a short.

Claude's reviews

SignalsCountChecked after 3 sessionsWent the rule's wayAvg move
Approved (ordered)1144923 (47%)-0.80%
Vetoed by Claude57218 (38%)-1.61%

The stock's move from the signal price to the close 3 sessions later. If vetoed stocks do worse than approved ones, the vetoes are earning their keep. Confidence on traded entries ranged 0.4-0.6.

Signals the risk rules blocked

ReasonSignalsDays
outside entry window10949
max open positions7788
spread too wide3331
no option chain2792
daily loss limit2002
max positions per sector1828
no liquid put1259
max entries per day1251
no liquid call858
review budget exhausted851
contract too expensive316
cooldown206

One signal is logged per symbol per tick, so a busy rule repeats; days shows how often it applied.

Trades (39)

ClosedSymbolStrategyTypeHeldExitStock moveReturnP&L
Oct 27
RIG
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Relative weakness vs SPYputsame daypremium_stop-0.70%-52.6%-$860
Oct 27
CMCSA
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Relative weakness vs SPYputsame daypremium_stop+0.30%-54.0%-$900
Oct 27
UPS
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Momentum breakoutcallsame daypremium_target+2.91%+100.9%$1,512
Oct 27
CIFR
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VWAP reclaim (intraday)callsame dayunderlying_stop-0.96%-17.2%-$286
Oct 27
RKLB
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)putsame daypremium_stop-4.98%-54.7%-$936
Oct 27
AMAT
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Bearish engulfing (intraday)putsame dayunderlying_stop-1.16%-19.7%-$280
Oct 27
SLB
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Opening range breakoutcallsame dayunderlying_stop-1.48%-35.2%-$561
Oct 27
DRAM
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Gap and go / fade (calls)callsame dayunderlying_target+1.45%+30.4%$464
Oct 27
BE
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Gap and go / fade (calls)callsame dayunderlying_target+3.24%+35.0%$380
Oct 27
DXCM
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted+2.89%-2.0%-$80
Oct 27
CRDO
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Momentum breakdown (puts)put1ntrailing_stop-4.87%-15.1%-$670
Oct 26
FISV
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted+2.67%-4.5%-$180
Oct 23
SOXL
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Momentum breakdown (puts)put1ntrailing_stop-3.20%-8.4%-$225
Oct 22
ECHO
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted+4.80%+10.6%$440
Oct 26
MPC
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted-0.12%-13.9%-$560
Oct 22
FCX
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nunderlying_stop-5.06%-33.1%-$1,380
Oct 23
UPS
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted-0.12%-25.9%-$1,200
Oct 22
ALAB
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nunderlying_stop-5.12%-29.4%-$1,290
Oct 23
PEP
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted-0.63%-15.6%-$710
Oct 21
META
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted+2.53%+21.2%$910
Oct 21
SNPS
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted+1.42%-3.2%-$120
Oct 26
HD
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted-1.46%-23.9%-$1,010
Oct 21
SYK
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted-0.52%-13.6%-$450
Oct 19
O
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted+1.06%+11.4%$500
Oct 20
TSM
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted+1.78%+13.0%$335
Oct 16
TQQQ
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RSI-2 mean reversioncallsame dayunderlying_stop-5.14%-39.9%-$1,650
Oct 20
SMH
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted+0.76%-1.4%-$55
Oct 19
CHWY
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted+4.64%+24.7%$1,144
Oct 21
CSCO
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted-1.23%-17.4%-$750
Oct 21
XLK
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted-0.71%-17.6%-$660
Oct 21
KEYS
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted+2.68%+3.2%$140
Oct 15
HUT
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Momentum breakdown (puts)putsame dayunderlying_stop-7.67%-27.1%-$950
Oct 20
QQQ
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RSI-2 mean reversioncall1nmean_reverted+0.38%+0.2%$6
Oct 21
NKE
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RSI-2 overbought (puts)put1nmean_reverted-1.30%-17.1%-$780
Oct 21
NVT
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Momentum breakdown (puts)put1ntrailing_stop-3.92%-24.1%-$690
Oct 15
NBIS
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Momentum breakdown (puts)putsame dayunderlying_stop-7.16%-25.3%-$1,115
Oct 15
TTMI
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Momentum breakdown (puts)putsame dayunderlying_stop-7.25%-23.8%-$730
Oct 15
SOXL
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Momentum breakdown (puts)putsame dayunderlying_stop-7.00%-18.3%-$645
Oct 15
WULF
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Momentum breakdown (puts)putsame dayunderlying_stop-7.41%-19.1%-$915

Stock move is signed in the rule's favour: + means the stock went the way the trade bet.

Strategy backtest

How the rules would have done over past years, to put the live record in context. Replays each strategy's own rules, with its saved settings, over daily bars; each gets its own $100,000 account. Signals fill at the day's close; stops and targets fill at their level when the day's range touches them (at the open on a gap). Bearish rules are scored as a short of the stock, not puts, and the Claude reviewer is left out.

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