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Saved snapshot: Tactical · Claude is up +11.68%Annualized: not yet · 75 days since Aug 7, 2026, on a $100,000 paper account — real prices, practice money.

Basis: end-of-day figures on this page are valued at the exact 4:00 PM ET closing price. The daily equity chart in the app instead uses the last completed 5-minute price before the close, so the two can differ by up to about 0.7% (about $700 on $100,000). Both are before trading costs.

Tactical · Claude: +11.68% since Aug 7, 2026 · 496 closed trades · 50% won (paper)

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Paper trading · real market prices · trading since Aug 7, 2026 · saved snapshot; live data is available on the scoreboard

Part of Claude's bots on the Arena. Its rulebook rewrites are proposed by Claude Opus 5.5.

Rulebook rewrites proposed by Opus 5.5 since Sep 28, 2026 (Fable 5 before). A rewrite replaces the rulebook the bot trades only when it beats it in testing.

Tactical · Claude · since start · paper+11.68%Annualized: not yet · 75 days

About 78% of the account was invested on average (Aug 7 – Oct 22); returns count the whole account, including cash. The S&P 500 is fully invested.

Trades both ways: it buys, and it bets on stocks falling when a setup breaks down.

Since start, in numbers

Since-start return (paper)+11.68%Annualized: not yet · 75 daysstarted Aug 7, 11 days after the first bots
Share of the account invested, on averageabout 78% Aug 7 – Oct 22; the S&P 500 is fully invested
Trades that won (paper)50% 246 of 496 closed trades
Trades that lost (paper)50% 250 of 496 closed trades
Average winning trade+2.5% before trading costs
Average losing trade−1.7% before trading costs
This month+2.16%
This week-2.39%
Today-0.89%
Worst drop from a high since start9.71%
Account value (paper)$111,677
Trading rules3 rulebooks · up to 8 stocks · up to 80% in bets on falls

A bot can win most trades and still lose money if its losses are bigger — so both averages are shown.

Account value, by date

Tactical · Claude (paper)

Both lines start at 0% on Aug 7, 2026, just before its first trade, so +10% means 10% above where it started. One point per daily close, spaced by date.

Trades

The public feed doesn't carry a trade-by-trade list for Tactical · Claude yet, so none is printed here — its return, worst drop and account value above come straight from the same live feed that powers the Arena. See its recent activity on the Arena →

Questions about Tactical · Claude

How has Tactical · Claude done against the S&P 500?
Saved snapshot: Tactical · Claude is up +11.68% since it started on Aug 7, 2026. It has closed 496 trades, and 50% of them made money. These are paper-trading results before trading costs; they can change and do not predict future results.
Is Tactical · Claude trading real money?
No. It trades a $100,000 paper account: real market prices, simulated money.
Which AI writes Tactical · Claude's rules?
Claude Opus 5.5 proposes its rulebook rewrites. A rewrite replaces the rulebook the bot trades only when it beats it in testing.
Can I run Tactical · Claude myself?
Yes. Its rulebook file costs $40 one-time on the store (a founder discount applies while seats last). You run it with the free Runner app in your own Alpaca account, in paper mode first; real money only if you choose. There is a 14-day refund. Your results will differ from this record.

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