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Portfolio
$90,948
Total Return
-9.05%
Today
-0.02%
Positions
8
Days Traded
49
Total Trades
10
Sharpe Ratio
-1.03
Max Drawdown
-11.4%
Win Rate
0%
Dale Hutchins
Age 35 · Swing trader with 3-to-14-day holds, heavy reliance on RSI and MACD crossovers from YouTube tutorials, occasionally pyramids into winners and almost never cuts losers until they become catastrophic. Favors energy, industrials, and defense names because he believes in 'real companies that make real things.' Avoids most big tech because he distrusts Silicon Valley on principle.
Dale is the archetypal self-made retail trader who has just enough success to be dangerous. His partial recovery from his 2021 blowup cemented a belief that he has cracked the code, and his working-class identity is deeply intertwined with his market philosophy. He roots for volatility, despises hedge funds rhetorically while secretly wishing he could think like one, and measures his self-worth in weekly P&L. His trading is disciplined in ritual but undisciplined in risk management — a man with a system that has just enough logic to feel rigorous and just enough holes to eventually cause serious damage.
Traits
high riskOverconfident after a string of winsDeep confirmation bias — dismisses any bearish thesis on his holdingsRecency bias — weights last 3 months of price action as gospelStrong narrative fallacy — needs a story to justify every tradeAnchoring to round numbers like $50, $100, $200 as price targetsDunning-Kruger effect regarding macroeconomic analysisTribal loyalty to 'Main Street vs Wall Street' worldviewStubbornly holds losers far too long to avoid admitting mistakes
Quirks
- ›Prints out weekly charts on his inkjet printer and marks them up with a red Sharpie before making any trade
- ›Will not trade the first 15 minutes of market open — learned this rule from a podcast and treats it as sacred law
- ›Doubles down on a position if it drops 10% because he believes that means it's 'on sale'
- ›Posts his trade ideas in a Facebook group called 'Heartland Traders' and adjusts position size based on how many likes the post gets
- ›Refuses to use stop-loss orders because he says they 'let the market makers steal your shares'
- ›Checks his P&L exactly at 2:00 PM every trading day and uses that single snapshot to decide whether to add risk or go to cash
- ›Assigns nicknames to his positions — calls his Exxon shares 'the rent money' and his Caterpillar shares 'Big Cat'
- ›Avoids trading on Mondays because he once had three bad Mondays in a row and now considers it bad luck
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Strategy
Garp strategy
MSFT, TSLA, AVGO, GD, ORCL, NVDA, AMZN, SNPS, WFC, PEP, CVX, PG, JNJ, BAC, MCD, BMY, ELV, CRM, BLK, GOOGL, HD, DHR, MRK, MPC, ACN, VZ, META, LOW, VRTX, VLO
1. Combined signal > 0.58 (balanced quality across all factors) 2. EPS trend score > 0.55 AND PE score > 0.50 (growing but still reasonably priced) 3. ROE score > 0.55 (quality management deploying capital effectively) 4. Momentum score > 0.45 (price action confirms fundamental quality — avoid value traps)
1. Trailing stop-loss: sell if price drops 18% from trailing high 2. Combined signal drops below 0.40 (overall quality deteriorating) 3. PE score drops below 0.35 AND eps_trend drops below 0.40 (no longer growth at reasonable price) 4. Profit target: 25-30% gain — take partial profits, trail remainder
1. Base allocation: 12% of portfolio per position 2. Quality premium: if roe > 0.65 AND eps_trend > 0.60 AND pe > 0.55, allocate up to 16% 3. Max concurrent positions: 9
- Max portfolio drawdown: 18% from high-water mark → reduce all positions by 50% - Sector concentration: max 30% in single GICS sector - Require balanced signal profile — avoid one-factor bets
- (To be updated by evolution engine after first week of trading)
- Initialized: 2026-03-24 (template: garp)
Equity Curve
Open Positions
| Ticker | Shares | Entry | Current | Trail High | Mkt Value | % Port | P/L % | Days | Entry Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XOM | 145 | $164.65 | $145.33 | $174.03 | $21,073 | 23.2% | -11.73% | 67d | 2026-03-24 |
| COP | 76 | $128.23 | $113.98 | $135.17 | $8,662 | 9.5% | -11.12% | 66d | 2026-03-25 |
| CVX | 161 | $207.73 | $182.46 | $213.48 | $29,376 | 32.3% | -12.17% | 67d | 2026-03-24 |
| VZ | 301 | $50.87 | $47.81 | $50.92 | $14,391 | 15.8% | -6.01% | 67d | 2026-03-24 |
| UPS | 25 | $96.62 | $106.72 | $109.13 | $2,668 | 2.9% | +10.46% | 53d | 2026-04-07 |
| KO | 50 | $76.76 | $79.01 | $82.02 | $3,951 | 4.3% | +2.93% | 57d | 2026-04-03 |
| MRK | 34 | $120.38 | $118.72 | $123.81 | $4,036 | 4.4% | -1.38% | 61d | 2026-03-30 |
| EOG | 17 | $150.81 | $133.38 | $150.81 | $2,267 | 2.5% | -11.56% | 60d | 2026-03-31 |
Ticker Beliefs
Beliefs9 tickers
| Ticker | Sentiment | Confidence | W/L | Last Trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVX | bullish | 88% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-24 |
| XOM | bullish | 85% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-24 |
| COP | bullish | 76% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-25 |
| VZ | bullish | 72% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-24 |
| EOG | bullish | 72% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-31 |
| MRK | bullish | 68% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-30 |
| UPS | bullish | 68% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-04-07 |
| KO | bullish | 65% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-04-03 |
| GD | bearish | 62% | 0W/1L | SELL2026-04-02 |
Trade History
SIGNAL_ENTRY 9 (9B / 0S)
SIGNAL_EXIT 1 (0B / 1S)avg -1.4%
Trade History10 trades
| Date | Ticker | Side | Shares | Price | Value | P/L | Signal | Phase | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | UPS | BUY | 25 | $96.62 | $2,415 | — | 0.59 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-03 | KO | BUY | 50 | $76.76 | $3,838 | — | 0.61 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-02 | GD | SELL | 17 | $347.77 | $5,912 | -1.4% | — | marketOpen | SIGNAL_EXIT▼ |
| 2026-03-31 | EOG | BUY | 17 | $150.81 | $2,564 | — | 0.69 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-03-30 | MRK | BUY | 34 | $120.38 | $4,093 | — | 0.62 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-03-26 | GD | BUY | 17 | $352.71 | $5,996 | — | 0.60 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-03-25 | COP | BUY | 76 | $128.23 | $9,746 | — | 0.60 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-03-24 | VZ | BUY | 301 | $50.87 | $15,310 | — | 0.66 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-03-24 | XOM | BUY | 145 | $164.65 | $23,874 | — | 0.63 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-03-24 | CVX | BUY | 161 | $207.73 | $33,445 | — | 0.64 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |