market_pulse — Mixed as-of at 07:22 Zurich: US indices/VIX/10Y are Jul 30 closes (Jul 31 US session not yet open); gold, WTI, EUR/USD and Bitcoin are live Jul 31 quotes. Change percentages are computed against each series' own prior close.
us_equity_ideas — Aggregator /fundamentals circuit-open across all providers this run (sec_edgar/fmp/simfin) — fundamental fields (market_cap, pe, roe, 52w levels) are null; /news returned an unfiltered market tape rather than symbol-specific items, so web-sourced catalysts were used and the gap recorded here per the cross-check rule.
eu_equity_ideas — eu_fundamentals_gap: same /fundamentals outage for EU tickers; Portfolio Manager shows every EU position with price_estimated=true (no live EU quotes server-side); GLE.PA's /price endpoint returned an anti-bot interstitial, so its Jul 30 history close (EUR 81.10) was used instead.
penny_plays — /sentiment (apewisdom) returned no items for PYPD/STXS/OTLK and /altdata/insider was circuit-open — Social_Momentum and Institutional_Signal sub-scores are 0 by absence of data, not by negative evidence. PYPD's /price also failed; last eodhd history close ($4.08, Jul 29) used.
yesterday_retrospective — Aggregator Asia index histories lag: Nikkei/KOSPI stop at Jul 29, Hang Seng at Jul 28. The Jul 30 Asia session was reconstructed from primary news sources (Yonhap, Seoul Economic Daily, Nikkei) instead.
portfolio_reality_check — Tech US INTC holding shows avg_entry_price 439.07 — a server-side aggregation bug (it summed all INTC fills including the Jul 28 stop-loss lot; the actual open position is 14.0807 sh from the Jul 30 fill at 86.30). Not used for any verdict or sizing decision. All 12 of today's dispatches came back PENDING (home markets closed at 05:23 UTC) and will fill at the next scheduled pass.
portfolio_reality_check — hit_rate_last_30d_pct is computed over the 12 days of post-reset history actually elapsed since the 2026-07-19 portfolio reset (29 reviewed picks), not a full 30-day window.
GeneralMarket Pulse 3 minAI-capex anxiety broke: Microsoft's best day in 18 years (+15% after Azure's +43% print) drove the Nasdaq +2.78% to 25,122 — its best session since June, snapping a six-day losing streak —…
MARKET PULSE
AI-capex anxiety broke: Microsoft's best day in 18 years (+15% after Azure's +43% print) drove the Nasdaq +2.78% to 25,122 — its best session since June, snapping a six-day losing streak — and Amazon's +8% after-hours beat (AWS +37%) says the bid extends into today's open. The cross-current is rates: June core PCE cooled to 3.3% y/y and cut September hike odds from ~80% to 63%, yet the 10-year still rose 4bp to 4.663% with 2s10s at +0.45 — bonds are pricing an inflation problem equities just chose to ignore. Watch today's Employment Cost Index (08:30 ET) plus Exxon/Chevron premarket prints, with WTI already -3.8% to $81.90 ahead of Sunday's OPEC+ meeting.
Book Risk-On 4/4 clear
Indexes
S&P 500 Data
7,437.63
yday 7,435.19
▲ +1.66%
NASDAQ Data
25,122.18
yday 25,100.48
▲ +2.78%
Dow Jones Data
52,208.06
yday 52,218.79
▲ +1.19%
Russell 2K Data
2,946.10
yday 2,936.43
▲ +1.37%
Commodities
Metals
Gold Data
4,135.40
yday 4,097.90
▲ +0.92%
Silver Data
58.86
yday 57.66
▲ +2.07%
Copper Data
6.51
yday 6.45
▲ +3.52%
Energy
Oil (WTI) Data
81.90
yday 85.14
▼ -3.81%
Crypto
Bitcoin Data
64,262.00
yday 64,636.00
▲ +0.50%
Ethereum Data
1,904.47
yday 1,919.00
▲ +0.13%
Rates
10Y Yield Data
4.66
yday 4.67
▲ +0.89%
Volatility
VIX Data
17.09
yday 19.80
▼ -10.52%
Dollar & FX
EUR/USD Data
1.15
yday 1.14
▲ +0.55%
Cover checks
VIX Data
17.09 / 25.00
yday 19.80
Not Triggered
10Y-2Y spread Data
0.45 / -0.20
yday 0.45 / -0.20
Not Triggered
HY OAS (BAMLH0A0HYM2) Data
2.84 / 4.00
yday 2.84 / 5.00
Not Triggered
S&P 500 drawdown from 52w high (7,609.78 on 2026-06-02) Data
• Trim single-name AI exposure — this week's META -9% / MSFT +15% dispersion shows one print can gap any mega-cap 10% overnight; cap any single name at 10% of equity risk
• Buy 1-2 month SPY put spreads or VIX calls while the curve sits in contango (front month 20.05 vs spot 17.09, SKEW 139.6) — tail insurance is cheap precisely because the tape feels safe
• Add GLD and short-dated crude upside as the Iran escalation hedge that has actually paid (gold first monthly gain in five, oil +23% in July) rather than equity puts that keep expiring worthless
• Cut any yen-funded carry exposure before the next MoF/BoJ action forces another 2-3% overnight squeeze
• Raise cash to the 10% target by selling the weakest hold (a lagging pick already >5% underwater), never the hedge
AIZero of four trigger signals fire — VIX 17.09 after the earnings rally, 2s10s at +0.45, HY OAS pinned at 2.84, and the S&P just -2.26% off its June high — so the regime reads risk-on, and this playbook stays a shopping list rather than an action order. But the two realized shocks this week came from channels none of these gauges measure: a coordinated G3 currency intervention and single-name earnings gaps of 9-15%. The checklist above is weighted accordingly: cheap vol in contango, hard-asset hedges that are already working (gold, oil), and position-size discipline on AI single-names — the risks this newsletter's own top-5 list ranks highest today (Iran/energy, hawkish central banks, capex dispersion).
GeneralYesterday's Market Retrospective 5 minThursday closed as an earnings-led reversal of Wednesday's hawkish-Fed rout: Microsoft's biggest one-day gain in 18 years (+15%, adding a record ~$450bn of market value) dragged the Nasdaq…
YESTERDAY'S MARKET RETROSPECTIVE
Thursday closed as an earnings-led reversal of Wednesday's hawkish-Fed rout: Microsoft's biggest one-day gain in 18 years (+15%, adding a record ~$450bn of market value) dragged the Nasdaq +2.78% to 25,122 and the S&P 500 +1.66% to 7,437.63, because Azure's +43% growth proved AI capex is monetizing. The same morning delivered a cool June PCE (headline -0.1% m/m, the first decline since 2020; core 3.3% y/y) and a soft 1.5% Q2 GDP print, trimming September hike odds from ~80% to 63% — while after the close Amazon beat (AWS +37%, shares +8% after hours) and Apple guided soft (shares -5% after hours), and Japan with South Korea executed a rare coordinated yen intervention with US rate checks.
How Yesterday Unfolded
Asia Asia diverged violently: the Nikkei rebounded +0.71% to 61,867 on dip-buying after Advantest raised FY operating-profit guidance 69%, but the KOSPI fell another -1.23% to 5,593.56 — an intraday +5% surge on Samsung's record Q2 (operating profit +1,813.8% y/y to 89.49tn won) fully reversed as SK Hynix slid -5.64% despite record profit, capping a -17% three-session rout driven by AI-spending doubts and surging US long yields. Shanghai fell -0.62% (semis/optical names -8%) while the Hang Seng eked out +0.20%.
Europe Europe ground higher to a near one-year high (Stoxx 600 at 649.95) as a heavy earnings slate landed well: Rolls-Royce jumped +5.5% after raising FY operating-profit guidance to GBP 4.7-4.9bn (H1 +46%), Schneider Electric raised its FY outlook, and banks (UBS, Standard Chartered, SocGen's record Q2) led financials. The Bank of England held Bank Rate at 3.75% but with a hawkish 6-3 split — three members now voting for a hike to 4% — while eurozone Q2 GDP beat on AI investment and German inflation re-accelerated on energy.
US The US session was the reversal: S&P +1.66% to 7,437.63, Nasdaq +2.78% to 25,122.18 (best day since June, snapping six straight losses), Dow +1.19% to 52,208.06, VIX -10.5% to 17.09. Microsoft +15% on the Azure print pulled semis up with it (SOXX +8%, Micron +18%, AMD +13%, Intel +12% on its own beat) while Meta fell -9% on a 91% free-cash-flow collapse and weak guidance — the cleanest AI-capex dispersion day of the earnings season. June core PCE cooled to 3.3% y/y and Q2 GDP printed 1.5%; the 10-year still rose 4bp to 4.663%. After the close, Amazon beat big (net sales +20% to $200.6bn, AWS +37%, shares +8%) and Apple beat but guided September-quarter growth to 9-11% versus the 12% consensus (shares -5%); Japan and South Korea intervened in FX with US rate checks, yanking USD/JPY from ~164 to under 160.
Defensives — staples (XLP -2.19%), healthcare (XLV -1.52%), utilities (XLU -0.38%) → Technology (XLK +5.55%, best day since April 2025) · XLK +5.55% vs XLP -2.19%, XLV -1.52%, XLU -0.38% on the session
Microsoft's Azure proof-point flipped the AI-capex question from 'is this spend wasted?' to 'who captures the revenue?', and money left the defensive hideouts it had parked in during the six-day Nasdaq slide back into growth.
Short-dated equity protection (VIX -10.5% to 17.09) → Hard-asset hedges (gold +0.9% toward $4,135, Brent to $92.22 intraday) · VIX 19.10 -> 17.09 while GC=F rose ~1.8% over two sessions and Brent gained 1.6% Thursday morning
The equity panic bid unwound on earnings, but the geopolitical hedge kept paying — US 'heavy wave' strikes on Iran resumed and a drone strike hit gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta port, threatening Suez, so protection rotated rather than disappeared.
Key Drivers
Microsoft FY26 Q4 blowout — Revenue $90.0bn vs $87.6bn consensus; Azure +43% cc vs 40.2% expected; FY26 Azure topped $100bn; capex below estimates — the single print that reversed the AI-capex narrative, worth +$450bn of market value, a record one-day increase.
Cool June PCE alongside soft Q2 GDP — Headline PCE -0.1% m/m (first decline since 2020), core +0.1% m/m to 3.3% y/y; Q2 GDP 1.5% vs 1.8% expected; jobless claims 197k. September hike odds fell from ~80% to 63% per CME FedWatch.
Iran escalation round two: US 'heavy wave' strikes + Damietta drone attack — US hit dozens of IRGC targets late Wednesday, Iran's IRGC threatened response, and a drone strike set fires on two gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta port — reviving Suez risk. EIA also reported a 7.2mn-barrel crude draw, the largest in years, lifting Brent to $92.22.
Coordinated Japan–Korea yen intervention with US rate checks — Japan bought yen in New York hours (its first foray in three months), South Korea conducted rare dollar-selling intervention, and the NY Fed rate-checked banks on Treasury's instruction — USD/JPY fell from ~162.80 to the 157-159 area hours before the BoJ decision.
Bridge to Today
Today's open tests whether Amazon's +8% after-hours print extends the AI-monetization bid or Apple's guidance miss caps it — with the 08:30 ET Employment Cost Index the macro swing factor before Sunday's OPEC+ meeting.
Over the next 1-2 weeks, expect follow-through toward $500 as the Street re-models Azure at >40% growth: Wednesday's FY26 Q4 print was the cleanest AI-monetization proof of the season — revenue $90.0bn vs $87.6bn…
Over the next 1-2 weeks, expect the after-hours re-rating (+8% to ~$252) to hold and extend toward $275 as AWS's acceleration gets modeled in: Q2 net sales rose 20% to $200.6bn ($4bn above consensus), AWS grew 37% — its…
Q2 (Jul 30): AWS +37% to $42.2bn — fastest growth in 18 quartersOperating income $27.5bn, +43% y/y; GAAP EPS $5.75 vs ~$1.83 consensusQ3 guide: net sales $197-202bn (+9-12%), operating income $22.5-26.5bn
Target
$275.00
Conviction 80%
TradingView's price for AMZN. It is not the last print in this letter.
Over the next 2-4 weeks, expect the recovery leg to extend toward $120 as the market re-rates Intel's data-center franchise: Thursday's +11.3% close at $91.13 followed a Q2 beat with data-center revenue +59%, and it…
Q2 beat (Jul 30): data-center revenue +59%, shares +11-12%Microsoft capex commentary (Jul 29-30) confirming server demand into FY27Semis sympathy bid: SOXX +8% on the session
Target
$120.00
Conviction 70%
TradingView's price for INTC. It is not the last print in this letter.
Over the next 1-3 months, expect PWR to grind toward $700 as the market prices the largest backlog in grid/datacenter contracting: Q2 was a blowout on every line — revenue +41.1% to $9.56bn (12% above consensus),…
Q2 CY2026 (Jul 30): adjusted EPS $4.24 vs $3.29 consensus; revenue $9.56bn vs $8.53bnFY26 guidance raised: revenue to ~$39.5bn (+13%), adjusted EPS to ~$16.70 (+20%)Record backlog $53.44bn, +49.3% y/y on grid and datacenter demand
Target
$700.00
Conviction 75%
TradingView's price for PWR. It is not the last print in this letter.
Over the next 1-3 months, expect the re-rating to continue toward GBP 17: Thursday's H1 was the strongest print of this streak — underlying operating profit +46% to GBP 2.5bn, revenue +24% to GBP 11.3bn, and FY guidance…
H1 2026 (Jul 30): operating profit +46% to GBP 2.5bn; all three divisions grew profitFY26 guidance raised to GBP 4.7-4.9bn vs GBP 4.2bn consensusDatacenter power orders +50% H1; defense underpinned by UK 10-year plan
Target
$17.00
Conviction 80%
TradingView's price for RR.L. It is not the last print in this letter.
Over the next 1-3 months, expect Schneider to re-rate toward EUR 310 as the raised FY outlook gets absorbed: management lifted full-year guidance on Jul 30 citing sustained electrification and datacenter demand — the…
FY26 outlook raised (Jul 30) on electrification and datacenter demandRead-across confirmation: Quanta backlog +49%, Rolls-Royce power orders +50% (Jul 30)Legrand and ABB results due as the next sector checkpoints
Target
$310.00
Conviction 70%
TradingView's price for SU.PA. It is not the last print in this letter.
Over the next 1-2 months, expect UBS to outperform the Stoxx banks cohort toward CHF 46: this week's Q2 beat (better-than-expected profit, wealth-management strength) landed the same session Standard Chartered raised…
Q2 2026 beat (Jul 29): profit above expectations on wealth-management strengthSector confirmation: Standard Chartered raised FY income target; SocGen record Q2 (Jul 29-30)Hawkish central-bank drift protects NII assumptions into H2
Target
$46.00
Conviction 65%
TradingView's price for UBSG.SW. It is not the last print in this letter.
Over the next 1-2 months, expect GSK's margin story to pull the shares toward GBP 21: the company raised its full-year margin outlook this week and paired it with a $2.5bn restructuring program — a self-help catalyst…
FY26 margin outlook raised (Jul 29) alongside a $2.5bn restructuring programQ2 earnings season read-across: European healthcare laggards being re-rated on self-help storiesDefensive ballast if Iran escalation re-tests this week's highs in volatility
Target
$21.00
Conviction 65%
TradingView's price for GSK.L. It is not the last print in this letter.
Desk research framework — not a recommendation to buy or sell.
StocksPenny Plays 2 minPYPD BUY · STXS BUY
PENNY PLAYS
Ticker
Name
Conviction
1d
PYPD↑
PolyPid Ltd.
7
+8.80%
STXS↓
Stereotaxis, Inc.
6
+0.00%
PYPDPENNYBUY🔥 4-issue streak↑
PolyPid Ltd. • Health Care
7/10Conviction
$4.08
▲ +8.80%
Over the next 4 months into the November 28 PDUFA, expect PYPD to stair-step toward $7 as the D-PLEX100 approval path de-risks: the FDA accepted the NDA with Priority Review on Jul 29 — a quarter earlier than the…
Narrative
2/2
Catalyst
2/2
Balance sheet
1/2
Price suppression
1/2
Institutional
0/1
Social
1/1
FDA NDA acceptance + Priority Review granted Jul 29, 2026 — no filing issues identifiedPDUFA target action date: November 28, 2026$15m Azurity milestone triggered (completes $30m upfront/near-term)
Target
$7.00
PYPD between stop and target4.08
1.57
Stop on the left, target on the right. Red and green mark those ends only. The tick is the last price.
TradingView's price for PYPD. It is not the last print in this letter.
Over the next 2 quarters, expect STXS to re-rate toward $3.50 if the Robocath integration shows up in the August 11 Q2 print: the acquisition closed July 9 and folds interventional-cardiology and neurovascular robotics…
Narrative
1/2
Catalyst
2/2
Balance sheet
1/2
Price suppression
2/2
Institutional
0/1
Social
0/1
Q2 2026 earnings August 11 — first combined-company print and synergy guidanceRobocath acquisition closed Jul 9, 2026 — integration milestones through H2Any large-cap surgical-robotics read-across (ISRG results) lifting the category
Target
$3.50
STXS between stop and target1.33
0.73.5
Stop on the left, target on the right. Red and green mark those ends only. The tick is the last price.
TradingView's price for STXS. It is not the last print in this letter.
CryptoCryptocurrency Landscape 2 minJuly closes as a tale of two tapes: spot Bitcoin ETFs limp to their weakest month on record (~$204.7M net) while Ether ETFs near their 2026 record (+$342.9M) on the new staking-product laun…
CRYPTOCURRENCY LANDSCAPE
July closes as a tale of two tapes: spot Bitcoin ETFs limp to their weakest month on record (~$204.7M net) while Ether ETFs near their 2026 record (+$342.9M) on the new staking-product launches — ETH/BTC gained 11% on the month. Bitcoin itself holds ~$64,300 with Fear & Greed at 28 as the CLARITY Act heads toward a Senate vote against open bank lobbying, and Thursday's single-day BTC inflow (+$32.1M) was entirely BlackRock's IBIT offsetting Fidelity and ARK exits.
Ticker
Name
Conviction
1d
BTC
Bitcoin
5
+0.50%
ETH
Ethereum
5.5
+0.13%
BTCHOLD🔥 24-issue streak
Bitcoin
5/10Conviction
$64262.00
▲ +0.50%
Into next week's flow prints, keep BTC on HOLD near $64,300: the demand picture is the weakest since ETF launch — July closes as the lowest-inflow month on record (~$204.7M vs $4.1B of outflows earlier in 2026),…
CLARITY Act Senate vote — banks lobbying to derail itJuly ETF tally finalizes today: record-low ~$204.7M for BTC vs ~$342.9M for ETHNext week's daily flow prints — does breadth extend beyond IBIT
Conviction 50%
TradingView's price for BTC. It is not the last print in this letter.
Into the first week of August, keep ETH on HOLD at ~$1,904 with a constructive lean: the flow data is now genuinely better than Bitcoin's — July's +$342.9M of ETF inflows nears the 2026 record, Morgan Stanley's MSSE…
July ETH ETF inflows +$342.9M — near the 2026 record, first positive month in threeMorgan Stanley MSSE staking ETF launch demand (+$14.3M day one)ETH/BTC +11% in July — relative-strength test continues into August
Conviction 55%
TradingView's price for ETH. It is not the last print in this letter.
Desk research framework — not a recommendation to buy or sell.
General
GeneralCommodities Outlook 4 minGold extends its breakout — $4,135/oz on the front future, securing its first monthly gain in five months — as record Q2 central-bank buying (289t) collides with fresh Iran escalation and a…
COMMODITIES OUTLOOK
Gold extends its breakout — $4,135/oz on the front future, securing its first monthly gain in five months — as record Q2 central-bank buying (289t) collides with fresh Iran escalation and a post-intervention weaker dollar. Copper's supply squeeze keeps working at $6.51/lb (LME backwardation, inventories -10kt on the week), while crude's 23% July rally bleeds premium into Sunday's OPEC+ meeting — WTI -3.8% to $81.90 overnight.
The metals bid is a real-rate/dollar story with hard data behind it: September Fed-hike odds fell from ~80% to 63% after June core PCE cooled to 3.3%, the…
Ticker
Name
Conviction
1d
GC=F
Gold
6.5
+0.92%
HG=F
Copper
7
+3.52%
CL=F
WTI Crude
5.5
-3.81%
SI=F
Silver
5
+2.07%
GoldPRECIOUS METALBUY🔥 24-issue streak
GC=F
6.5/10Conviction
$4135.40
▲ +0.92%
Over the next 1-2 weeks, expect gold to press the $4,200 resistance that opens $4,350: the World Gold Council's Q2 report (Jul 30) showed record central-bank buying of 288.9t (+74% y/y, led by Poland and China) into the…
WGC Q2 2026 report (Jul 30): record 288.9t central-bank net purchases, 89% of reserve managers expect global gold holdings to riseDrone strike on gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta port revives Suez disruption riskSeptember Fed-hike odds trimmed to 63% from ~80% after cool June core PCE (3.3%)
Conviction 65%
TradingView's price for GC=F. It is not the last print in this letter.
Over the next 1-2 weeks, expect copper to keep pressing the May record (~$6.60/lb COMEX, $14,097/t LME): the squeeze is physical, not speculative — LME nearby contracts flipped to ~$24/t backwardation, exchange…
LME nearby/3M spread in ~$24/t backwardation — first sustained scarcity signal this yearLME inventories -10,000t on the week to 262,300t; -20% since end-MayCodelco abandons 1.7Mt production target; warns of another difficult year
Conviction 70%
TradingView's price for HG=F. It is not the last print in this letter.
Into Sunday's OPEC+ meeting (Aug 2), stay flat oil: the 23% July rally is colliding with an expected +188k bpd September supply increase and improving Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic, which bled WTI -3.8% overnight to…
OPEC+ meets Sunday Aug 2 — expected to confirm +188k bpd for SeptemberEIA: US crude inventories -7.2mn barrels to 404.5mn, lowest since 2018Hormuz tanker traffic improving; Saudi assembling 43-nation maritime security coalition
Conviction 55%
TradingView's price for CL=F. It is not the last print in this letter.
Silver stays WATCH at $58.86, now within 2% of the $59-60 reclaim zone that would flip it to BUY: it is trading as gold's high-beta shadow into the same real-rate/dollar tailwinds (record central-bank gold buying,…
Gold's breakout to $4,135 dragging the gold-silver ratio lower$59-60 reclaim test — the trigger level set in this section's prior issuesFXEmpire technical map: hold $55 support, break $60 to target $64
Conviction 50%
TradingView's price for SI=F. It is not the last print in this letter.
Yen intervention + BoJ normalization whipsaws crowded carry tradesNEW
Medium
Medium
Escalating
5
Korea/Japan market-structure stress after KOSPI's -17% three-day routNEW
Low
Medium
New
Watch: OPEC+ meeting Sunday Aug 2 — expected +188k bpd for September
Stocks
StocksPortfolio Reality Check 5 min30d hit rate 45%
PORTFOLIO REALITY CHECK
P&L Across Portfolios
Euro Only
-1.87%
Anti-Fragile
+0.00%
Penny Plays
-4.58%
Trend Follow
+0.00%
Commodities
+0.00%
Crypto
+0.00%
Named holdings. 18 smaller positions (7.16%) are off this picture.
Tech US
Performance
Total Value
$98403.58
Cash
$59511.16
P&L
$-1596.42 (-1.60%)
Realized P&L
$-2664.87
Path statistics are hidden. The quotes are estimated, or the time-weighted return disagrees with dollar P&L.
Today's Moves
Action
Ticker
Qty
Status
Buy
MSFT
2.64
pending
Buy
AMZN
5.05
pending
Buy
INTC
13.06
pending
Buy
PWR
1.81
pending
Current Holdings
Position
Value
Unrealized P&L
TSM ×20.93
$8442.13
-0.9%
XOM ×120
$18899.50
+3.1%
UNH ×8.49
$3579.38
-1.1%
INTC ×14.08
$1283.17
-79.2%
MSFT ×9.35
$4218.37
+15.3%
SBUX ×11.63
$1230.63
-0.7%
CBRE ×8.29
$1239.23
-0.1%
Track Record
4 On Track · 3 Lagging · 4 Stopped Out
Position
Conviction Then
Return Since
Verdict
ASML (2026-07-19)
7/10
-9.8%
Stopped Out
GOOGL (2026-07-20)
7/10
-8.4%
Stopped Out
INTC (2026-07-24)
7.5/10
-13.7%
Stopped Out
META (2026-07-28)
6.5/10
-10.1%
Stopped Out
MSFT (2026-07-28)
6.5/10
+15.9%
On Track
TSM (2026-07-19)
7/10
+1.2%
On Track
UNH (2026-07-19)
6.5/10
-1.1%
Lagging
XOM (2026-07-19)
8/10
+6.5%
On Track
INTC (2026-07-30)
7.5/10
+5.6%
On Track
SBUX (2026-07-30)
7.5/10
-0.7%
Lagging
CBRE (2026-07-30)
7/10
-0.1%
Lagging
Euro Only
Performance
Total Value
$98129.72
Cash
$67308.55
P&L
$-1870.28 (-1.87%)
Realized P&L
$-1870.28
TWR
-1.87%
Sharpe
N/A
Max DD
-1.87%
Sortino
N/A
Calmar
N/A
Ann. return
N/A
Beta vs SPY
N/A
Allocation
Positions31%
Cash69%
Today's Moves
Action
Ticker
Qty
Status
Buy
RR.L
92.01
pending
Buy
SU.PA
4.73
pending
Buy
UBSG.SW
31.59
pending
Buy
GSK.L
69.39
pending
Hold
VIE.PA
0.0000
—
Current Holdings
Position
Value
Unrealized P&L
TTE.PA ×283
$20739.46
—
UNA.AS ×48.5
$2832.95
—
KER.PA ×5.3
$1553.28
—
RR.L ×101
$1460.08
—
VIE.PA ×48.5
$1430.88
—
GLE.PA ×17.29
$1402.26
—
MNDI.L ×158
$1402.26
—
Track Record
4 On Track · 3 Lagging · 1 Stopped Out
Position
Conviction Then
Return Since
Verdict
ASML.AS (2026-07-19)
7/10
-9.7%
Stopped Out
TTE.PA (2026-07-19)
7.5/10
+7.2%
On Track
UNA.AS (2026-07-29)
7/10
-3.0%
Lagging
KER.PA (2026-07-30)
7/10
-0.8%
Lagging
RR.L (2026-07-30)
7.5/10
+1.5%
On Track
VIE.PA (2026-07-30)
7/10
+21.4%
On Track
GLE.PA (2026-07-30)
7.5/10
+0.0%
On Track
MNDI.L (2026-07-30)
6.5/10
-1.4%
Lagging
Anti-Fragile
Performance
Total Value
$100000.00
Cash
$100000.00
P&L
$0.0000 (+0.00%)
Realized P&L
$0.0000
TWR
+0.00%
Sharpe
N/A
Max DD
+0.00%
Sortino
N/A
Calmar
N/A
Ann. return
N/A
Beta vs SPY
N/A
Allocation
Cash100%
Today's Moves
No new activity today — no open thesis needed adjusting.
Penny Plays
Performance
Total Value
$95417.43
Cash
$88032.07
P&L
$-4582.57 (-4.58%)
Realized P&L
$-4582.57
TWR
-4.58%
Sharpe
N/A
Max DD
-4.58%
Sortino
N/A
Calmar
N/A
Ann. return
N/A
Beta vs SPY
N/A
Allocation
Positions8%
Cash92%
Today's Moves
Action
Ticker
Qty
Status
Buy
PYPD
432
pending
Buy
STXS
1324
pending
Current Holdings
Position
Value
Unrealized P&L
GOSS ×18578
$3755.55
—
PYPD ×449
$1833.24
—
STXS ×1341
$1796.57
—
Track Record
2 On Track · 1 Lagging · 2 Stopped Out
Position
Conviction Then
Return Since
Verdict
OTLK (2026-07-19)
7/10
-23.4%
Stopped Out
NRXP (2026-07-28)
6.5/10
-11.0%
Stopped Out
GOSS (2026-07-28)
6/10
+3.8%
On Track
PYPD (2026-07-30)
6/10
+0.0%
On Track
STXS (2026-07-30)
7/10
-0.8%
Lagging
Trend Follow
Performance
Total Value
$100000.00
Cash
$100000.00
P&L
$0.0000 (+0.00%)
Realized P&L
$0.0000
TWR
+0.00%
Sharpe
N/A
Max DD
+0.00%
Sortino
N/A
Calmar
N/A
Ann. return
N/A
Beta vs SPY
N/A
Allocation
Cash100%
Today's Moves
No new activity today — no open thesis needed adjusting.
Commodities
Performance
Total Value
$100000.00
Cash
$80073.18
P&L
$0.0000 (+0.00%)
Realized P&L
$0.0000
TWR
+0.00%
Sharpe
N/A
Max DD
+0.00%
Sortino
N/A
Calmar
N/A
Ann. return
N/A
Beta vs SPY
N/A
Allocation
Positions20%
Cash80%
Today's Moves
Action
Ticker
Qty
Status
Buy
GLD
4.25
pending
Buy
CPER
40.71
pending
Current Holdings
Position
Value
Unrealized P&L
USO ×128
$16625.19
—
GLD ×4.48
$1667.49
—
CPER ×42.61
$1634.15
—
Track Record
2 On Track · 1 Lagging
Position
Conviction Then
Return Since
Verdict
CL=F (2026-07-19)
8/10
-0.7%
Lagging
GC=F (2026-07-27)
6.5/10
+1.1%
On Track
HG=F (2026-07-30)
6.5/10
+0.9%
On Track
Crypto
Performance
Total Value
$100000.00
Cash
$78377.60
P&L
$0.0000 (+0.00%)
Realized P&L
$0.0000
TWR
+0.00%
Sharpe
N/A
Max DD
+0.00%
Sortino
N/A
Calmar
N/A
Ann. return
N/A
Beta vs SPY
N/A
Allocation
Positions22%
Cash78%
Today's Moves
No new activity today — no open thesis needed adjusting.
Current Holdings
Position
Value
Unrealized P&L
BTC-USD ×0.1970
$12825.04
—
ETH-USD ×4.62
$8797.36
—
Track Record
1 On Track · 1 Lagging
Position
Conviction Then
Return Since
Verdict
BTC (2026-07-19)
7/10
-0.6%
Lagging
ETH (2026-07-20)
6.5/10
+1.9%
On Track
30-day hit rate across all portfolios : +44.83%
Glossary
backwardation
A term structure where nearer maturities cost more than later ones, often a stress signal for VIX.
basis point
One hundredth of a percentage point (0.01%).
yield curve
Yields of government bonds across maturities; an inverted curve (short above long) has often preceded slowdowns.
conviction
The desk’s 0-10 score for how strongly the evidence supports an idea; not a probability.
contango
A term structure where later maturities cost more than nearer ones.
drawdown
Peak-to-trough decline of a price or portfolio.
breadth
How many stocks participate in a market move (for example % above their 200-day average).
Sharpe
Excess return per unit of volatility; higher is better.
2s10s
The 10-year yield minus the 2-year yield, a common curve-shape gauge.
beta
Sensitivity of a stock to market moves; 1.0 moves with the market.
VIX
CBOE Volatility Index: the options market’s price for 30-day S&P 500 volatility; higher means more expected turbulence.
RSI
Relative Strength Index: a 0-100 momentum gauge; above 70 is often read as overbought, below 30 as oversold.
P/E
Price-to-earnings ratio: share price divided by earnings per share.
OAS
Option-adjusted spread: the extra yield of a bond over a risk-free benchmark, adjusted for embedded options.
RRG
Relative Rotation Graph: plots relative strength and its momentum to show leaders and laggards.
ATH
All-time high.
TWR
Time-weighted return: performance that removes the effect of cash flows in and out.
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