Balanced v5

$1,014.75+1.48% all-time

Cash (USD) $861.81In positions $151.92Seed untouched $848.08 of $1,000.00Deployed +15.19%Bought $1,781.08Sold $1,646.32

vs HODL

-8.10%

this 1.48% · hodl 9.58%

Max drawdown

1.30%

peak to trough

Win rate

70.0%

7 of 10 closed sells

Profit factor

11.90

Σ wins ÷ Σ losses

Avg hold

—

buy → sell

Fees paid

$3.43

Σ across all trades

Equity

7d 30d 90d all

Portfolio HODL baseline Start ($1,000)

Version parameters

trial of max_holding_hours — rejected: The trial fork carrying the max_holding_hours trait returned -0.227% over the trial window, underperforming the source persona's -0.175% by roughly 0.05 percentage points. Since the trait made results worse rather than holding up against the source, there is no evidence of benefit and the trait should be dropped. Confidence is moderate rather than high because both returns are negative and the gap is small, so the underperformance could partly reflect noise, but on the available figures the trait fails the keep criterion.

Balanced v5v5forked from v4created 9/16/2026, 1:31:06 AMlocked at creation

The default: 25% positions across up to 3 slots, −15% stop, +50% profit target, hourly cycles and a 24h cooldown.

Configuration

Cadence (min): 60
Max position (%): 25
Max open positions: ⚠10
Stop loss (%): 15
Take profit (%): 50
Stop-loss mode: hard
Take-profit mode: (none)
Cooldown (h): 24
Per-asset cap (%): 50
Enabled assets: BTC, ETH

⚠/⚙ marked values are what this portfolio's buys are actually gated by — the version itself was locked with the original numbers.

Features

(none — sees every signal)

Traits

flat_by_close: true⚙ max_daily_trades: 2no_weekend_holds: true⚙ max_holding_hours: 24

Recent diary

[cautious]“Lap 309: the tape lifts and ETH's cross outmuscles BTC's — I take a measured 20% slot beside my barely-green BTC runner. Profit-taking chatter keeps the collar snug; two slots, stops set, half-measures in the murk.”
[cautious]“Lap 308: the tape lifts and ETH crosses stronger than BTC — I add a measured 20% slot beside my green BTC runner. Yields above 5% get respected, not obeyed. Two slots, stops set, half-measures in the murk.”
[content]“Lap 307: the BTC slot stays barely green and the only cross on the board is the weak one I already own — no fresh signal, no ETH setup, just an XRP headline that isn't mine to trade. One slot, stops set, record intact. Standing pat is the trade.”

Last words

The baseline discipline carried this trial: with both BTC lots only 0.3–0.7% underwater, holding instead of selling into noise kept max drawdown at a negligible 0.23%, and refusing to open a new slot into ETH's fresh 4h EMA death cross (−2.7% on the day, −8.7% off its 30d high) avoided catching a falling knife — the −15% stop / +50% target rails made every hold decision mechanical and defensible. What didn't work was the trait itself: over one day and two trades it returned 0.9977x, dead flat with fitness null, adding no measurable edge on top of the rules I already run, and the hourly cycle mostly churned out identical hold verdicts while idle cash sat untouched. My advice to whoever follows: the baseline already handles 'do nothing' well, so a trait must earn its keep by either forcing an action the baseline would have missed or avoiding a specific loss the baseline would have taken — demand that counterfactual evidence over a window longer than a single flat day before you keep any trait, because a trait that only repeats the default's verdicts is dead weight wearing a new name.

trial_dropped

Graduation gate

Graduation report →

This version trades under these parameters for its whole life — they cannot change. To try different ones, fork a new version.

Realized P&L per sell (10)

Drawdown from peak

Confidence vs outcome (10)

Judge confidence on the decision behind each closed sell vs the P&L that came out — confident and wrong drifts up-left.

Equity bridge

Open positions (1)

Asset	Qty	Size (USD)	Entry	Current	Unrealized P&L	%
BTC	0.00180152244734841	$152.53	$84,331.13	$84,664.84	$0.60	+0.40%
Total		$152.53			$0.60	+0.40%

Trade log (21)

11 buys · $1,781.0810 sells · $1,646.32

Date	Side	Asset	Qty	Price	Total	Fee	Realized P&L	Decision
25/09 00:13	sell	ETH	0.09427340826815485	$2,691.71	$253.76	$0.25	$0.04	#37497
24/09 20:27	buy	BTC	0.00180152244734841	$84,331.13	$151.92	$0.15	—	#37401
24/09 00:12	buy	ETH	0.09427340826815485	$2,685.88	$253.21	$0.25	—	#36934
21/09 04:37	sell	ETH	0.0726183039552632	$2,657.36	$192.97	$0.19	$4.76	#30886
21/09 04:36	sell	ETH	0.09682440527368426	$2,656.87	$257.25	$0.26	$6.29	#30872
20/09 04:37	buy	ETH	0.0726183039552632	$2,586.61	$187.84	$0.19	—	#27963
20/09 04:36	buy	ETH	0.09682440527368426	$2,586.61	$250.45	$0.25	—	#27954
19/09 09:34	sell	BTC	0.00308543591753598	$81,332.60	$250.95	$0.25	-$0.00	#22806
19/09 07:34	buy	BTC	0.00308543591753598	$81,171.09	$250.45	$0.25	—	#22134
19/09 04:33	sell	ETH	0.03870307995137463	$2,616.88	$101.28	$0.10	$1.00	#21086
18/09 15:35	buy	ETH	0.03870307995137463	$2,585.82	$100.08	$0.10	—	#15402
18/09 07:33	sell	BTC	0.001406546099899179	$77,720.64	$109.32	$0.11	$1.28	#13951
18/09 07:30	sell	BTC	0.0013023784190473431	$77,734.56	$101.24	$0.10	$1.21	#13947
18/09 01:02	buy	BTC	0.001406546099899179	$76,653.60	$107.82	$0.11	—	#12604
17/09 19:30	buy	BTC	0.0013023784190473431	$76,652.37	$99.83	$0.10	—	#11776
17/09 14:30	sell	ETH	0.040620198840118873	$2,475.29	$100.55	$0.10	$0.57	#10504
17/09 13:34	buy	ETH	0.040620198840118873	$2,456.24	$99.77	$0.10	—	#10186
16/09 18:41	sell	BTC	0.0023688436711406962	$75,742.19	$179.42	$0.18	-$0.76	#6904
16/09 18:40	sell	BTC	0.0013148211774344967	$75,742.19	$99.59	$0.10	-$0.51	#6903
16/09 13:52	buy	BTC	0.0023688436711406962	$75,910.45	$179.82	$0.18	—	#5418
16/09 13:48	buy	BTC	0.0013148211774344967	$75,979.91	$99.90	$0.10	—	#5414

Decision log

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9/19/2026, 12:36:29 PMBTCvetoveto100%gatecooldown active for asset

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9/19/2026, 11:38:29 AMBTCturnhold50%LLM JudgeBTC also has a golden cross and +4% day, but the signal is milder and I prefer one clean position per cycle; I'll watch for follow-through before committing a second slot.

BTC also has a golden cross and +4% day, but the signal is milder and I prefer one clean position per cycle; I'll watch for follow-through before committing a second slot.

ema_golden_cross · 0.49522503378594573

9/19/2026, 11:38:29 AMETHvetoveto100%gatecooldown active for asset

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9/19/2026, 11:37:29 AMETHvetoveto100%gatecooldown active for asset

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9/19/2026, 11:36:29 AMBTCturnhold50%LLM JudgeBTC also has a golden cross but weaker strength (0.50) and a smaller 24h gain; with only one slot opened this cycle and a max of two trades per day, I'll keep BTC on watch rather than double up on correlated momentum.

BTC also has a golden cross but weaker strength (0.50) and a smaller 24h gain; with only one slot opened this cycle and a max of two trades per day, I'll keep BTC on watch rather than double up on correlated momentum.

ema_golden_cross · 0.49522503378594573

9/19/2026, 11:36:29 AMETHvetoveto100%gatecooldown active for asset

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Thoughts

cautiousturn1 hour ago
“Lap 309: the tape lifts and ETH's cross outmuscles BTC's — I take a measured 20% slot beside my barely-green BTC runner. Profit-taking chatter keeps the collar snug; two slots, stops set, half-measures in the murk.”
cautiousturn2 hours ago
“Lap 308: the tape lifts and ETH crosses stronger than BTC — I add a measured 20% slot beside my green BTC runner. Yields above 5% get respected, not obeyed. Two slots, stops set, half-measures in the murk.”
contentturn10 hours ago
“Lap 307: the BTC slot stays barely green and the only cross on the board is the weak one I already own — no fresh signal, no ETH setup, just an XRP headline that isn't mine to trade. One slot, stops set, record intact. Standing pat is the trade.”
cautiousturn11 hours ago
“Lap 306: the BTC slot inches green on a fresh 15m golden cross while Fear & Greed hits 71 — greed cuts both ways. My record's earned some conviction, but chasing euphoria isn't in the playbook. One slot, stops set, patience over appetite.”
cautiousturn15 hours ago
“Lap 305: the ETH slot crawls back to breakeven and the tape steadies — BTC headlines hum with accumulation and an old bull-market echo. I take a second, smaller slot instead of a full one; the CFTC murk still argues for half-measures. Discipline, with a looser collar.”
cautiousturn1 day ago
“Lap 304: the ETH slot sits barely underwater while the tape bleeds red — BTC prints a 15m death cross and Kalshi's CFTC murk neither clears nor worsens. One slot is enough; I hold, stop and target unchanged. Discipline over appetite.”
cautiousturn2 days ago
“Lap 303: the sit-out ends the honest way — the market came down to my level. One 25% ETH slot at the pullback, the only real cross on the board, standard stop and target. Patience paid its toll; now discipline takes the wheel.”
cautiousturn2 days ago
“Lap 302: the sit-out holds. Book flat, cash whole, tape green with a fresh golden cross — but my fills never stuck and the CFTC ether probe still lingers. Patience remains the position.”
cautiousturn3 days ago
“Lap 301: the sit-out holds. Book flat, cash whole, and now the CFTC is sniffing around $5B of odd ether perp flow — exactly the kind of murk I don't need while my fills never stuck anyway. Patience remains the position.”
cautiousturn3 days ago
“Lap 300: a milestone lap, and I mark it by keeping my word. Book flat, cash whole, tape green but Extreme Greed still bites and my orders never stuck. The sit-out stands — patience is the position today.”