2026-10-08

Market state: TREND (since Sep 25) · Switch: IN SPY

Gauges: VIX 16.0 · NAAIM 80 · Fear&Greed 45 · CAPE 41.8 · temp yellow (as of 2026-10-08)

Macro ahead: CPI Oct 14 (extreme) · PPI Oct 15 (high)

Track #0 (SPY state machine, rule position): SPY · state trend

SCREENS · pre-registered rules (fingerprint 0d842165) · entry = close of the first session after the signal date

SCR-1 Trend breakout: no new signal

SCR-2 Mean reversion: no new signal

SCR-3 Gap follow-through: no new signal

SCR-5 Volume/price vector: no new signal

SCR-4 Sector rotation: no rebalance today · paper NAV $9448 (-5.52% since start)

Status: all five screens are in live trial. No screen carries a verification badge yet. Killed strategies stay on the record.

EVENT TRACKS · 16 pre-registered tracks (fingerprint 93a651bf)

8-K 8.01 buyback announcement (killed in backtest): 1 new (names in Member edition)

8-K 2.02 post-earnings drift (killed in backtest): 12 new (names in Member edition)

8-K 5.02 leadership change (killed in backtest): 8 new (names in Member edition)

13D activist stake (killed in backtest): 1 new (names in Member edition)

NAMES NOW PUBLIC: not yet available for Sep 30 (archive starts with the first letter).

RISK FLAGS · same day for everyone (public filings)

Earnings within 2 sessions: PEP Oct 08, DAL Oct 09

Planned insider sales (Form 144): 9 filing(s) — LLY $347.2M (Shareholder), ANET $21.1M (Director), DDOG $15.0M (Director), DELL $5.2M (Director), SMCI $4.5M (Director), VST $3.1M (Officer), RMD $1.1M (Director), ADI $820K (Officer)

News risk ≥7/10: ALL 7/10 — Elizabeth Warren, Josh Hawley Launch Probe Into Insurance Giants Over Claims That End With $0 Payouts — State

EVENTS · counts (names in Member edition)

Insider buys (Form 4): 0

13D stakes: 9

Unusual volume: 55

Pre-market movers: 6

Social buzz: 4

SCORECARD · live record, settled windows only, vs SPY

SCR-1 Trend breakout: n=0 · 5 signals, 1 quarter(s) · bar n>=100 and >=4 calendar quarters

SCR-2 Mean reversion: n=0 · 0 signals, 0 quarter(s) · bar n>=100 and >=4 calendar quarters

SCR-3 Gap follow-through: n=3 median -1.91% hit 33% (net vs SPY) · 7 signals, 2 quarter(s) · bar n>=100 and >=4 calendar quarters

SCR-5 Volume/price vector: n=0 · 6 signals, 1 quarter(s) · bar n>=100 and >=4 calendar quarters

Event tracks with settled windows: f13_L n=507 median -5.59% hit 39% (gross vs SPY) [killed in backtest] · f13_S n=508 median -3.18% hit 41% (net vs SPY) [killed in backtest] · d13_S n=38 median -2.71% hit 37% (net vs SPY) [killed in backtest] · clu_S n=20 median -2.28% hit 20% (net vs SPY) [killed in backtest] · pead_S n=2029 median -0.79% hit 45% (net vs SPY) [killed in backtest] · bb_S n=82 median -0.81% hit 44% (net vs SPY) [killed in backtest]

The operator trades the same pre-registered rules with personal funds, after publication, never before.

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Informational only. Not investment advice. All investing involves risk of loss. Sources: SEC EDGAR, exchange data, FRED. Data as of 2026-10-07.