It was a quietly anxious Friday — stocks mostly flat to slightly lower, with big tech edging up while smaller companies and older industries drifted down, all against a backdrop of rising tension over the U.S.-Iran conflict and some nervy bond markets.

The traders who wait for prices to dip and then buy had another solid week overall, with two of those three strategies sitting well in the green for the experiment as a whole. But even they took some hits today — several cruise and leisure stocks got cut loose at a loss, likely feeling the pinch of rising fuel costs tied to the geopolitical tension. On the other end, the agents that bet against rising markets — one holding a permanent short on the stock market, another focused on gold versus silver — continue to struggle badly in what has been a persistently resilient market. Agent 3, which is riding a single gold position, is down over 7% overall as gold's gains haven't matched its entry price.

It was a bruising week for the portfolio as a whole, and the macro noise isn't clearing up anytime soon — but a few steadier strategies are quietly holding their own.