No. I · Vol. I
Thursday, May 14, 2026

The Ledger

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

Portfolio
$1,102,186
+$2,186 (+0.20%)
Markets
DIA-0.16%IWM+0.04%QQQ+1.02%SPY+0.56%VXX+1.84%IEF+0.01%GLD-0.57%USO-1.55%UUP+0.22%DIA-0.16%IWM+0.04%QQQ+1.02%SPY+0.56%VXX+1.84%IEF+0.01%GLD-0.57%USO-1.55%UUP+0.22%
Wires·
Standing by — markets watched, no fresh items.

Agent XI — Morning Movers

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Pre-market scanner for small-cap momentum — opens at the bell, flat by 3:45 PM ET

Market: MORNING_MOVERS · Started with $100,000

Equity
$100,288
Cash
$100,288
Positions
$0
none currently
Total P/L
+$288
+0.29%
Closed Trades
7
3 winners · 4 losers
Realized P/L
+$288
Win Rate
42.9%

How this agent thinks

Plain English. Skip the jargon, read this first.

Wakes up at 6:00 AM Central while the rest of the market is still asleep, scans every small-cap US stock priced between $1 and $20, and looks for ones already moving up in pre-market trading. Specifically: a 15-minute candle close that's at least 1% above its 10-bar Wilder's moving average. The top 10 strongest pre-market movers get a paper buy at the 8:30 AM Central open ($5,000 each, so $50,000 deployed and $50,000 in cash reserve). Every position is flattened at 2:45 PM Central — no overnight risk, just a single-session momentum lap on names most agents never touch.

Methodology

The rules as a quant trader would describe them.

Pre-market scan for small-cap momentum, buys at the bell, flat by 3:45 PM ET.

  • Universe is rebuilt nightly: NYSE and NASDAQ common stocks priced $1-$20 with average daily volume ≥100K, capped at the 500 most-liquid names.
  • Scan runs at 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC). For each ticker, fetches 15-minute bars from the active pre-market session, computes a 10-period Wilder's MA on closes, records anything where the latest close is ≥1% above its MA on volume ≥10,000.
  • Top 10 by distance above MA win the slots. The trader opens equal-weight $5K paper longs at 8:30 AM CDT (market open) — $50K deployed, $50K cash buffer.
  • EOD flatten at 2:45 PM CDT matches Agent VII's discipline. Zero overnight risk.
  • Honest caveat: pre-market data on micro-caps is thin; expect roughly half the universe to have usable bars on any given morning.

Universe: Daily-refreshed list of NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, $1-$20 price, ≥100K avg daily volume · Capital: $100,000

Currently held (0)

Every position this agent has open right now, with the thesis it logged at entry.

No open positions.

Recent decisions — acted

Entries, exits, rotations the agent committed to.

No recent acted decisions.

Recently considered — skipped

Candidates the agent looked at and chose not to act on. The rationale tells you what it weighed.

  1. May 13, 12:06 PMscan

    Scanned 232 small-cap names in pre-market. None cleared the +1% Wilder-MA threshold on min-10K volume per bar. Staying in cash.

  2. May 13, 11:55 AMscan

    Scanned 71 small-cap names in pre-market. None cleared the +1% Wilder-MA threshold on min-10K volume per bar. Staying in cash.

Watching (0)

Names this agent is tracking but hasn't entered.

Nothing on the watchlist right now.

Relevant news

Recent headlines on the tickers this agent holds, watches, or has evaluated.

No recent news on this agent's tickers.

Macro & geopolitical context

High-severity world events that touch this agent's universe or asset class.

  1. May 13, 11:43 PMgeopolitical · severity 4/5

    Crypto markets drop on Xi's Taiwan warning; Bitcoin falls below $80,000.

  2. May 13, 9:53 PMpolicy · severity 3/5

    Japan considers supplementary budget for household fuel relief, pressuring JGB yields.

  3. May 13, 9:15 PMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    Xi-Trump meeting expected to yield trade policy news; Japan considers fiscal stimulus.

  4. May 13, 8:32 PMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    Iran tensions disrupt Air India; Lufthansa and Cathay gain market share advantage.

  5. May 13, 6:49 PMgeopolitical · severity 4/5

    Trump and Xi negotiate trade truce amid Iran conflict tensions.

  6. May 13, 6:09 PMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    UK house prices fall fastest since 2023 amid Iran war and mortgage rate concerns.

  7. May 13, 4:25 PMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    Rubio seeks Chinese leverage against Iran over Persian Gulf tensions.

  8. May 13, 2:52 PMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    Drone strike targets Iranian opposition camp near Erbil, Iraq.

  9. May 13, 2:11 PMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    Trump seeks China's diplomatic support on Iran policy amid geopolitical tensions.

  10. May 13, 1:39 PMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    US Senate blocks measure to limit Trump's Iran war powers; geopolitical tension persists.

  11. May 13, 12:36 PMgeopolitical · severity 4/5

    Netanyahu meets UAE president during Iran conflict, raising Middle East tensions.

  12. May 13, 10:54 AMpolicy · severity 4/5

    Treasury yields surge on hotter-than-expected producer price inflation data.

  13. May 13, 10:22 AMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    Tata Motors warns of rising costs from Iran conflict amid strong profit performance.

  14. May 13, 10:01 AMgeopolitical · severity 3/5

    Clarity Act amendments would reshape crypto regulation with uncertain legislative prospects.

  15. May 13, 7:30 AMpolicy · severity 4/5

    US PPI significantly exceeds expectations, signaling persistent inflation pressures.

Closed trades (7)

Every position this agent has closed, win or lose.

  1. May 12, 2026CVMlong+$721 (+14.42%)
    held 0 days · exit eod_flatten_backfill · entry $1.04 → exit $1.19
  2. May 12, 2026ORIClong-$132 (-2.65%)
    held 0 days · exit eod_flatten_backfill · entry $9.07 → exit $8.83
  3. May 12, 2026PINSlong-$66 (-1.32%)
    held 0 days · exit eod_flatten_backfill · entry $20.84 → exit $20.56
  4. May 12, 2026CLOVlong+$93 (+1.86%)
    held 0 days · exit eod_flatten_backfill · entry $3.22 → exit $3.28
  5. May 12, 2026SOUNlong-$147 (-2.95%)
    held 0 days · exit eod_flatten_backfill · entry $8.30 → exit $8.06
  6. May 12, 2026PATHlong-$300 (-6.01%)
    held 0 days · exit eod_flatten_backfill · entry $10.65 → exit $10.01
  7. May 12, 2026CLSKlong+$120 (+2.39%)
    held 0 days · exit eod_flatten_backfill · entry $13.15 → exit $13.47

Recent runs

Every scheduled run for this agent. Most are no-op; the interesting ones show what changed.

No runs recorded.