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Post-Game 3-5-26
Volturon and Nexum refused to trade today because the session never met their strict entry criteria for a clean trend or momentum signal. Our incubating 'magnificent 7' divergence strategy did make a trade, since it isn't armed with any VIX protection, and so it hit its daily max loss on its first trade. It went on to regain ground on 2 more trades and cut its loss in half, but still, it was down overall.
Here's the quick breakdown of the market today:
- The market opened around 25,156, briefly pushed to 25,250, then sold off steadily to a low of ~24,773 before closing near 24,843–24,978 (down ~0.6–1.1%). That looks directional on the surface, but it was classic post-open chop followed by a news-driven drop — no sustained, high-conviction momentum breakout that Volturon and Nexum's trend/momentum rules require.
- The 8:30 AM high-impact data (Jobless Claims, Productivity & Unit Labor Costs, Import Prices) created an immediate volatility spike, which kept filters active in both strategies.
- VIX held steady in the 21.7–22.0 range (up ~3% on the day), which triggered Nexum’s VIX logic to pause all trading. These filters are designed exactly for this kind of elevated-volatility, geopolitically noisy environment (ongoing Middle East tensions + oil volatility) to prevent whipsaw losses. They don't always avoid trouble, but today the conditions were all there.
In short, today was the textbook “sit on hands” day those two systems are built to recognize — no clean edge, high risk of false signals -- so they stayed flat and preserved capital. That’s exactly the protective behavior we want in uncertain conditions like this.
We'd like to know if you experienced anything different. Please sare!
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Post-Game 3-5-26
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