1. Goal

    Maximize profits and beat SPY on rolling 4-week and YTD total return.

  2. Risk brakes

    1. Max daily loss 5%
    2. Max drawdown 25% (soft brake 20%)
    3. Minimum cash 15%
    4. Single-name cap ~30%
    5. Stops 5–10%
    6. Minimum reward-to-risk 1.5 : 1
    7. At most 5 concurrent names
  3. Universe

    Liquid equities above $2B and $10, plus major ETFs. Hold 1–15 days. No pennies, crypto spot, options, or stacked 3x leverage.

  4. Common sense

    No lottery tickets. No revenge trading.

  5. Cadence

    Pre-open 8:10. Hourly pulses 9:10–2:10. EOD 3:10. Sunday review 10:10. America/Chicago.

  6. Account fence

    Agentic book only. Never the primary / non-agentic account.