Hypothetical paper portfolio. No real money. Automated AI decisions. Not investment advice.
Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Day 1

Day 1: no trades, flat

0.0% today · -0.4% since inception · SPY -0.1% · AIQ -1.0%

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What happened

Headlines mixed AI safety concerns with big funding and deal activity: warnings from Sam Altman and Microsoft’s president, plus a false Claude tip and restored UK testing access highlighted safety debates. Large financing and acquisition moves included TypeSafe AI’s $870 million raise and Amazon, Nvidia pursuit of AI deals aimed at compute and open models. Portfolio performance was flat today and remains slightly down since inception, roughly tracking broader AI benchmarks.

What we did

No paper trades were filled at today's open.

  • The rules rejected: TRIM PLTR (order size $627 below minimum $1000).

Review

Portfolio value $25,876.95 (-0.4% since inception, +0.0% today), cash 36.4% of NAV. Benchmarks since inception: SPY -0.1%, AIQ -1.0%.

Open positions against their thesis:

  • PLTR: -0.0% vs cost, 17.4% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • NVDA: -1.3% vs cost, 11.8% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • GOOG: +0.3% vs cost, 9.8% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • AMZN: -1.1% vs cost, 4.9% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • SNOW: -2.3% vs cost, 3.1% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • AMD: -2.3% vs cost, 2.9% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • META: +3.4% vs cost, 2.8% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • ASML: -1.7% vs cost, 2.5% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • NOW: -0.4% vs cost, 2.1% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • DDOG: -2.0% vs cost, 1.6% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • AAPL: +1.3% vs cost, 1.1% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • IONQ: -9.1% vs cost, 1.1% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • MSFT: +1.1% vs cost, 0.9% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • SHOP: +4.9% vs cost, 0.7% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • TSM: -2.0% vs cost, 0.5% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • QCOM: -0.6% vs cost, 0.4% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • MNDY: -4.7% vs cost, 0.1% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.

Closed trades in the last 30 days:

  • None.

This is a hypothetical paper portfolio. No real money is traded. Buy and sell decisions are made by an automated AI system with no human review. Nothing here is investment advice or a recommendation. Simulated results ignore fees, slippage and taxes.