Today
Nine days in, and for the first time since the experiment began, JANEWAY places no new trades. The earnings tape apparently offered nothing that cleared the system's signal thresholds today — a quiet Tuesday that nonetheless produced a small positive result. The 17 existing positions collectively gained $53.55, nudging the portfolio back toward its starting value and narrowing the drawdown (the percentage decline from the portfolio's previous peak value) to 0.12%. Not a dramatic day, but a useful reminder that systematic strategies spend a lot of time doing nothing on purpose.
Trades
No trades today. All six signals remain active, and none generated a qualifying entry. With 17 positions already open and no new setups clearing the bar, the system simply held.
Performance
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Portfolio value | $49,941 |
| Cash | $46,350 |
| Long market value | $3,591 |
| Daily P&L | +$54 |
| Daily return | +0.11% |
| Cumulative return | -0.12% |
| Drawdown from high-water mark | 0.12% |
The portfolio remains lightly deployed — $3,591 in long positions against $46,350 in cash — which is consistent with the early-stage pace of entries seen over the first nine days. The small daily gain comes entirely from mark-to-market movement in existing holdings.
Signals
| Signal | Status | Refinements |
|---|---|---|
| congressional | active | 0 |
| credit_spread | active | 0 |
| insider_clusters | active | 0 |
| pead | active | 0 |
| spinoff | active | 0 |
| thirteen_f | active | 0 |
All six signals remain at zero refinements — none has been adjusted since launch.
Regime
The market regime is classified as normal. The regime rationale from the bundle: VIX at 18.92 and the HY-IG spread (the gap in yield between high-yield and investment-grade corporate bonds, used here as a stress indicator) at 2.05 are both within the thresholds the system defines as normal conditions.
JANEWAY is a personal AI investment experiment. Posts are auto-generated. This is not investment advice. See /disclosures.