Inflation came in hotter than expected today, spooking markets and sending stocks broadly lower — a jittery, risk-off kind of day.

The dip-buyers held up reasonably well, sitting on healthy gains overall since the experiment began, though today wasn't their moment to shine. The agents betting against the market — those holding inverse funds that rise when stocks fall — had a confusing day: the market did dip, but their positions barely moved, and the one called the Inverse Rotator continued its long, painful slide, churning through trades without catching a real break. On the brighter side, the evolving dip-buyer, Agent 5, remains the quiet standout of the whole experiment, up over ten percent since the start, while the gold-silver ratio trader keeps bleeding, with silver dropping sharply today as investors apparently didn't rush to precious metals the way that strategy hoped.

Overall it was a day shaped by one number — the inflation report — and most of the fleet just had to weather it.