Founder's Notes

Plain-English updates from the operator — what's new in the bot, what to expect from the publication, and the occasional behind-the-scenes note. Archived here so you can read them in your own time.

Note May 19, 2026 · 9:04 PM ET

One of the most frustrating parts of building out a solution like this is when the system is working and doing the right thing, but you see slippage and losses that your stop loss logic is supposed to prevent. While investigating the problem I discovered that the entry price of a position was actually being pulled in from the moment it was identified as a position, but not the moment that it became a play. So if the system identified a potential position on May 8th but it lacked the conviction to become a play until the 19th, it was actually stamping it with the entry price on the 8th. We have an open position now that's down 9% after being open for less than a minute for that reason. I have put through a fix for this, but alas, my BYD position will go down as a significant loss tomorrow morning when the markets open.

Note May 16, 2026 · 7:09 PM ET

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Note May 16, 2026 · 8:40 AM ET

Developer Updates - May 16, 2026

With three weeks of data under our belts, we've learned that the bot is very good at filtering out the noise and has found some real big returners (NRGV, DVN, and quite a few others). However one thing that needs a lot of work is the exits strategy, as the LLM frequently reminds me in their weekly self reviews. After analyzing performance we back tested a few different areas and found that taking a trailing stop loss right at position open resulted in a non-committal to losing positions and also prevented significant slippage on winning positions. Historical performance doesn't guarantee future results, but this is the approach we're taking for now because 1) it shows it would have worked and 2) it is simple enough to replicate for anyone who wants to follow this bot. This change will affect open positions on Market open Monday and all new positions going forward.

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