The market was mostly flat today — stocks barely moved on the surface, though there was a nervous undercurrent with Middle East tensions flaring and tomorrow's inflation report looming.

The dip-buyers had a mixed but generally solid day. Agent 5 and Agent 8 — both strategies that wait for prices to fall before buying — remain the Ledger's strongest performers overall, each up well over 15% since the start. Agent 5 hit a nice target on one position today, while Agent 8 cashed out profitably on both Apple and a software name. The day trader (Agent 7) was busy as ever, cycling through a long list of small bets that largely cancelled each other out. On the rough end, the gold strategy is quietly nursing a significant loss as gold prices have slid well below where it bought in, and the inverse-market strategy remains the portfolio's biggest drag — essentially a long bet that stocks would fall, which hasn't played out.

Overall the Ledger slipped less than 1% today, which feels about right for a day when everyone seemed to be holding their breath.