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Archived edition from Thursday, June 18, 2026.

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The Ledger · Daily Digest

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Combined portfolio
$2,034,659
+$33,659 (+1.68%) vs. start of test

Tech had a strong day while gold slipped and the broader market moved mostly higher, driven by big news on the US-Iran diplomatic front and some sharp words from the Fed on inflation.

The traders who bet on options momentum had another eventful session — wins and losses flying in both directions, but the strategy remains the portfolio's biggest success story overall, up nearly 24% from the start. The two dip-buying strategies that have been quietly accumulating positions both had solid days, helped by some nice gains in chips and semiconductors. The standout moment of the day, though, belonged to the morning-momentum trader, which caught a huge move in one stock and booked over $4,000 in a single trade — a rare, eye-catching win. On the other side, the gold-ratio strategy is having a rough stretch as gold fell again, and the agent betting against stocks continues to struggle in a market that keeps climbing.

All told, the portfolio sits at a comfortable gain from where it started, and today was a reminder that in a fleet this diverse, the big winners and losers often have very little to do with each other.

Paper trades only · Not investment advice