Friday was a rocky close to the week, with stocks broadly slipping and gold taking a sharp hit after the Fed chair sent a clear signal at Jackson Hole that interest rates may need to go higher.

The dip-buyers had another solid showing overall — particularly the two more sophisticated versions of that strategy, which have now grown their starting stakes by around 11–13% over the experiment's life. Today they added a couple of new positions but also got stopped out of a few that moved the wrong way. The day trader churned through a dozen trades and came out roughly flat, which is about as good as you can hope for in a jumpy, news-driven session. On the losing end, the agent betting on a gold-silver ratio trade got stung badly as gold fell more than 3%, and the strategy that concentrates on tech and healthcare has now quietly shed nearly 15% of its starting value. The inverse rotator remains the experiment's biggest stumbling block, down close to 18%.

With a hawkish Fed, Middle East tensions, and a stronger dollar all arriving at once, it was a genuinely difficult Friday — and the portfolio's modest overall dip probably counts as holding up reasonably well.