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As of Oct 12, 2026, Fixed rulebook · System is down -4.86% since Jul 27, 2026, against +5.30% for the S&P 500 over the same dates, on a $100,000 paper account — real prices, practice money. The same rules returned −7.17% before the 27 July 2026 restart (paper, different market).

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.

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Paper trading · real market prices · trading since Jul 27, 2026 · updated Oct 12, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

System has no model — it's a fixed rulebook that no AI writes or rewrites.

Fixed rulebook · System · since start · paper-4.86%
Before 27 July 2026 · paper−7.17%
S&P 500 · same dates+5.30%

That's 10.16 points behind the S&P 500 (+5.30%) over the same dates. The same rules returned −7.17% before the 27 July 2026 restart (paper, different market) — same rules, different weather, opposite result.

About 99% of the account was invested on average (Jul 27 – Oct 13); returns count the whole account, including cash. The S&P 500 is fully invested.

Thinking of buying this rulebook? This file contains all 15 System setup definitions (Earnings Quality Trend acts only as an exit, as on the site). It is an executable rules adaptation, not the hosted account: candle timing, position management and the site's hedge sleeve can differ. Its own record starts the day you run it. In the file: Turtle 20 Breakout, Darvas Box Breakout, Championship VCP Breakout, Capital Guard Breakout, EMA Reclaim Trend, RSI Recovery, Connors RSI(2), Donchian Swing, EMA Pullback Swing, Trend Pulse, Mean Reversion, Breakout Engine, Relative Strength Leader, Flow Confirm, Earnings Quality Trend — every setup that drove a trade in the ledger below. The 2 "System Regime Hedge" trades below came from the site's hedge sleeve — a site-side layer, not a setup, and not in the file. Full disclosure on the store →

A fixed rulebook of classic breakout and trend rules. Never changes — no AI writes it.

Since start, in numbers

Since-start return (paper)-4.86%
S&P 500 over the same dates+5.30%
Share of the account invested, on averageabout 99% Jul 27 – Oct 13; the S&P 500 is fully invested
Trades that won (paper)58% 1691 of 2905 closed trades
Trades that lost (paper)42% 1208 of 2905 closed trades; 6 closed flat
Average winning trade+1.8% before trading costs
Average losing trade−1.7% before trading costs
This month-10.09%
This week-0.72%
Today—
Worst drop from a high since start19.91%
Account value (paper)$95,137
Trading rules1 rulebook · up to 16 stocks · long only

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

Account value, by date

System (fixed rules) (paper)S&P 500, same dates

Both lines start at 0% on Jul 27, 2026, just before its first trade, so +10% means 10% above where it started. One point per daily close, spaced by date. The dotted stretch: no daily closes were recorded from Jul 27, 2026 to Aug 2, 2026, so the line joins its $100,000 start straight to its first recorded close.

How it did it

Since Jul 27, 2026, Fixed rulebook · System has closed 2905 trades: 1691 finished up and 1208 finished down. Its paper account is down -4.86%; the S&P 500 did +5.30% over the same dates. Paper trading on real prices; every figure here is before trading costs.

Month by month

DatesThis bot (paper)S&P 500, same datesTrades closed
Jul 27 – Aug 31+16.86%+3.81%1252781 up, 467 down
Sep 2 – Sep 30-9.45%-0.58%1222677 up, 544 down
Oct 1 – Oct 12so far-10.09%+2.03%431233 up, 197 down

Each row runs from the previous row's last daily close (the first from its $100,000 start) to its own last daily close, and the S&P 500 is measured over exactly the same stretch. The market backdrop matters: a rulebook that shines in one stretch can stall in the next.

The 5 biggest winners

StockClosedResultDollars
NBISAug 17, 2026+19.70%+$1,745
MRNAAug 19, 2026+26.21%+$1,181
EXPEAug 6, 2026+10.85%+$874
BMNRSep 22, 2026+8.45%+$761
AUAug 28, 2026+9.28%+$721

The 5 biggest losers

StockClosedResultDollars
KEELSep 14, 2026-10.35%−$925
QRVOSep 14, 2026-7.27%−$665
ONTOAug 18, 2026-7.00%−$650
TWSTOct 8, 2026-8.28%−$637
UCTTAug 19, 2026-7.00%−$634

It closed 1208 trades at a loss, on average -1.68% each.

Its rules, in plain words

  • No AI writes or rewrites it: it trades one fixed rulebook, the same every day.
  • It can hold up to 16 stocks at once.
  • It only bets on prices going up.
  • Its winners averaged +1.78% and its losers -1.68%, before trading costs.
  • How its 2905 closed trades ended: 968 were closed by its own sell rule; 663 hit their stop-loss; 501 hit a trailing stop (a stop that moves with the price to lock in gains); 465 sold part of the position at a price target; 304 hit their price target; 4 ran out of time (the rule's holding limit).

What System is holding right now (16)

SymbolOpenedUnrealized returnUnrealized P&L
TTMIOct 12, 2026+0.00%$0
BEOct 12, 2026+0.22%$2
FICOOct 12, 2026+0.24%$15
LITEOct 12, 2026+0.28%$22
MTSIOct 12, 2026-0.67%−$51
SNDKOct 12, 2026+0.63%$24
VSXYOct 12, 2026+2.52%$191
FORMOct 12, 2026-2.64%−$196
UOct 12, 2026-0.52%−$37
AMTOct 9, 2026+0.35%$27
SBACOct 9, 2026+2.04%$76
SSRMOct 9, 2026+1.14%$82
FCXOct 9, 2026-0.72%−$54
FROOct 8, 2026+5.44%$208
ALLEOct 7, 2026+2.45%$97
FRSHOct 6, 2026-0.93%−$77

Its last 10 closed trades

Exit reasons are printed exactly as the engine recorded them, never reworded. The latest 50 are in the table below; all 2,905 closed trades are in the downloadable ledger (CSV).

What the rulebook actually does

No model writes these rules and nothing about them changes from day to day. Below is every setup the rulebook has actually traded, counted from the same closed trades listed further down — how often each one fired, how often it finished green, and its average result per trade.

SetupTimes tradedFinished greenAvg return / trade
Mean Reversion59366%+0.34%
Breakout Engine55157%+0.32%
Flow Confirm52352%+0.25%
Connors RSI(2)26360%-0.01%
EMA Reclaim Trend24156%+0.55%
Trend Pulse20568%+1.31%
EMA Pullback Swing12644%-0.12%
Relative Strength Leader12258%+0.27%
Turtle 20 Breakout12146%-0.17%
RSI Recovery9366%+0.84%
Donchian Swing5366%+0.05%
Championship VCP Breakout729%-1.13%
Darvas Box Breakout540%-1.13%
System Regime Hedge20%-0.49%

Every position leaves for one of a fixed set of reasons, printed here exactly as the engine recorded them: sell-signal (968) · stop (663) · trailing-stop (501) · partial-target (465) · target (304) · time (4).

Latest 50 closed trades (of 2,905)

Entry and exit prices are not shown on this public page by design — return %, dollar P&L, the playbook that made the trade, and the exact exit reason are. Exit reasons are printed exactly as recorded, never reworded. Every one of the 2,905 closed trades is in the CSV ledger.

ClosedOpenedSymbolPlaybookReturnP&LExit reason
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026AEHRFlow Confirm-1.14%−$44sell-signal
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026BEBreakout Engine+0.28%$3partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026WOLFMean Reversion+1.46%$28target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026WOLFMean Reversion+0.87%$17partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026AXTIMean Reversion+0.57%$22trailing-stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026FICOBreakout Engine+0.44%$9trailing-stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026AXTIMean Reversion+0.93%$35partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026FICOBreakout Engine+0.79%$16partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026RDDTMean Reversion+3.35%$126target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026FICOBreakout Engine+1.47%$56target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026FICOBreakout Engine+0.88%$34partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026FICOBreakout Engine+0.52%$10trailing-stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 9, 2026SBACEMA Reclaim Trend+2.04%$76partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026FICOBreakout Engine+1.22%$23partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026ASTSFlow Confirm-0.92%−$70sell-signal
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026DOCNMean Reversion+0.63%$24trailing-stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026RDDTMean Reversion+2.01%$76partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026DOCNMean Reversion+1.18%$45partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026TTMIMean Reversion-1.81%−$70stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026VSXYFlow Confirm+0.39%$30sell-signal
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026WOLFMean Reversion-1.44%−$110stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026CLFConnors RSI(2)+0.47%$35sell-signal
Oct 12, 2026Oct 9, 2026CLFFlow Confirm-2.64%−$203sell-signal
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026FSLRBreakout Engine-1.50%−$115stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026TTMIMean Reversion-3.50%−$140stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 9, 2026FMCMean Reversion-3.15%−$4stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026LQDARelative Strength Leader-2.94%−$224stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026WOLFMean Reversion-0.04%−$3stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 8, 2026UTrend Pulse+1.22%$95trailing-stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026CCIBreakout Engine+0.09%$4trailing-stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026ASTSFlow Confirm+0.98%$32trailing-stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026ZETABreakout Engine-1.50%−$110stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026CCIBreakout Engine+1.11%$43partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026CRMBreakout Engine-1.50%−$115stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026WOLFMean Reversion-0.42%−$16trailing-stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026LQDABreakout Engine-4.32%−$333stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026WOLFMean Reversion+4.26%$164partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 8, 2026CRWVRSI Recovery-3.50%−$108stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 8, 2026FROTrend Pulse+4.02%$153partial-target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 9, 2026LITEEMA Pullback Swing-7.00%−$542stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 9, 2026CCIEMA Reclaim Trend+3.40%$84target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 9, 2026CRCLMean Reversion-2.44%−$99stop
Oct 12, 2026Oct 9, 2026ASTSFlow Confirm+6.70%$273target
Oct 12, 2026Oct 9, 2026CIENEMA Reclaim Trend-2.20%−$169stop
Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026HUMEMA Reclaim Trend-0.34%−$23sell-signal
Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026CCIEMA Reclaim Trend+2.04%$51partial-target
Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026IBRXTrend Pulse+1.78%$135trailing-stop
Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026HIMSBreakout Engine+1.75%$35target
Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026HIMSBreakout Engine+1.05%$21partial-target
Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026CIENFlow Confirm-0.66%−$27sell-signal

See all 2,905 trades (CSV) →

Questions about Fixed rulebook · System

How has Fixed rulebook · System done against the S&P 500?
As of Oct 12, 2026, Fixed rulebook · System is down -4.86% since it started on Jul 27, 2026. The S&P 500 did +5.30% over the same dates, so it is 10.16 points behind. It has closed 2905 trades, and 58% of them made money. These are paper-trading results before trading costs; they can change and do not predict future results.
Is Fixed rulebook · System trading real money?
No. It trades a $100,000 paper account: real market prices, simulated money.

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