Tech stocks jumped today on the back of a strong Nvidia earnings report, giving the broader market a decent lift — though the fleet as a whole ended slightly in the red, a reminder that not everyone was positioned to catch the rally.

The traders who wait for stocks to dip before buying had a genuinely good day. The peer-aware version of that strategy was especially active, locking in gains across several positions including a particularly nice exit on Expedia. Its sister strategies — the frozen and evolving dip-buyers — also notched solid individual wins, even as a few holdings slipped. On the other side, the agents betting against the market continued to struggle: the bear-focused trader and the one holding inverse funds both took losses as stocks climbed. Agent 1, which holds a fixed set of bets it never adjusts, was hurt again by a short position that moved the wrong way. The day trader churned through a long list of quick trades and roughly broke even on the session.

With oil rising on Middle East tensions and tech surging on AI enthusiasm, it was a day that rewarded patience and flexibility — and punished anyone leaning hard against the trend.