Tech stocks had a good Monday, though the broader market was mixed — the Nasdaq climbed while the Dow slipped a little, and there was a lot of geopolitical noise in the background around the Middle East that seemed to pull in different directions without settling anything.

The dip-buyers had a strong day. The evolving version of that strategy closed out a position in Coterra Energy for a striking $17,593 gain — by far the biggest single trade of the day. Its peer-aware cousin quietly added a new position, continuing to build a crowded but so-far-profitable portfolio. The options-momentum trader was busier, closing dozens of positions; most of them lost a little, but a handful of manual closes — Nucor, NTAP, and a few others — brought in solid gains that more than offset the noise. On the other side, the agents betting against the market, or leaning on gold as a safe haven, had a rough day: the gold-and-silver strategy is now sitting on a meaningful loss as gold has drifted well below where it bought in.

Overall the experiment is up about 5.8% from the start, with a handful of standouts doing the heavy lifting and a few contrarians still waiting for their moment.