Hypothetical paper portfolio. No real money. Automated AI decisions. Not investment advice.
Wed 14 Oct 2026 · Day 3

Day 3: no trades, down 2.0%

-2.0% today · -2.3% since inception · SPY -1.1% · QQQ -3.0% · DIA -0.1% · IWM -2.7% · URTH -0.9% · ACWI -1.3% · VGK -0.1% · EEM -3.6% · SMH -6.4% · AIQ -4.0%

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What happened

Microsoft launched Xbox Labs to test AI-assisted game ports and mods. The portfolio fell 2.0% today and is down 2.3% since inception, beating 5 of 10 indexes over that period.

What we did

No paper trades were filled at today's open.

No new orders were queued. The portfolio holds its positions.

Review

Portfolio value $25,367.59 (-2.3% since inception, -2.0% today), cash 37.1% of NAV. Benchmarks since inception: SPY -1.1%, QQQ -3.0%, DIA -0.1%, IWM -2.7%, URTH -0.9%, ACWI -1.3%, VGK -0.1%, EEM -3.6%, SMH -6.4%, AIQ -4.0%.

Beating 5 of 10 indexes since inception.

Open positions against their thesis:

  • PLTR: -3.9% vs cost, 17.1% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • NVDA: -3.5% vs cost, 11.8% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • GOOG: -1.2% vs cost, 9.8% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • AMZN: -3.2% vs cost, 4.9% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • SNOW: -9.2% vs cost, 2.9% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • AMD: -6.1% vs cost, 2.8% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • META: +2.6% vs cost, 2.8% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • ASML: -7.3% vs cost, 2.4% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • NOW: -0.6% vs cost, 2.2% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • DDOG: -8.2% vs cost, 1.5% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • AAPL: +1.9% vs cost, 1.1% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • IONQ: -21.2% vs cost, 0.9% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • MSFT: -0.3% vs cost, 0.9% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • SHOP: +1.0% vs cost, 0.7% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • TSM: -5.1% vs cost, 0.5% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • QCOM: -1.6% vs cost, 0.4% of NAV; inherited starting position, no thesis recorded.
  • MNDY: -1.7% 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.