The market had a rough Tuesday — stocks slid broadly, with smaller companies hit hardest, and the bond market was flashing warning signs as long-term interest rates climbed back above 5%.

Most of our traders felt the pressure. The dip-buyers had a mixed day: the two stronger versions of that strategy are still well up on the year overall, but each had a handful of positions stopped out today as tech-related names pulled back — likely tied to news about proposed government limits on foreign components in AI chips. The cautious, evolving dip-buyer remains the portfolio's top performer at over 14% up. On the other side, the strategies built around betting against the market haven't found their footing either — the inverse rotator has quietly become our biggest loser, down nearly 20% overall, a reminder that timing a market decline is harder than it sounds. Agent 3, which holds gold as its main bet, is sitting on a painful loss even as gold itself edged up today — it bought in at a much higher price. Agent 11, which chases early morning movers, had a costly day closing out several positions that went the wrong way.

With rate-hike fears back on the table and geopolitical tensions rattling oil markets, today was the kind of day where almost nowhere felt safe — and the portfolio reflected that honestly.