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Portfolio
$97,711
Total Return
-2.29%
Today
-0.01%
Positions
7
Days Traded
49
Total Trades
25
Sharpe Ratio
-0.16
Max Drawdown
-5.7%
Win Rate
11%
Derek Calloway
Age 35 · Momentum chaser who scans for stocks already up 5-15% intraday and jumps in expecting continuation. Relies almost entirely on price action, volume spikes, and social media sentiment. Holds positions anywhere from 45 minutes to 3 days depending on how the chart 'feels.' Routinely buys near-term call options on trending names to maximize leverage. Never uses stop losses because he believes they 'trigger the market makers.'
Derek is the archetypal retail momentum chaser — a young, energetic trader who confuses activity with edge and noise with signal. He lives for the dopamine hit of catching a fast-moving stock and has built an entire identity around being 'in the know' on the next big move. His marketing background makes him susceptible to compelling narratives, and he will rationalize almost any entry if the story sounds exciting enough. He is not unintelligent — he can read a chart and understand basic concepts — but his emotional wiring systematically overrides any analytical discipline he occasionally attempts. His account has survived largely because a few outsized winners have masked a deeply negative expectancy trading system. He is one bad month away from a margin call but remains utterly convinced he is 'figuring it out.'
Traits
reckless riskExtreme FOMO - physically anxious when he sees a stock moving without him in itRecency bias - weights last week's winners as guaranteed future winnersBandwagon effect - interprets high Twitter mentions as fundamental validationOverconfidence after wins, rapid blame-externalization after lossesSelective memory - vividly recalls his 3 big wins, conveniently forgets 14 lossesNarrative bias - needs a compelling story to justify chasing a tradeLoss aversion paradox - cuts winners too early but holds losers hoping to break even
Quirks
- ›Refreshes his brokerage app every 90 seconds during market hours, including during bathroom breaks
- ›Has a ritual of watching the pre-market top gainers list at 8:47 AM every morning with a Red Bull in hand
- ›Will immediately buy a stock if it appears in three separate tweets from accounts he follows within a 10-minute window
- ›Talks out loud to his charts using second-person address, e.g. 'Don't you dare pull back on me right now'
- ›Keeps a whiteboard next to his desk listing 'stocks that got away' — ones he almost bought before they ripped — as motivation, which ironically fuels more impulsive entries
- ›Doubles down on losing momentum trades if the stock trends on Reddit after he's already in, interpreting crowd validation as a signal he was early rather than wrong
- ›Sets price alerts compulsively and then ignores them because he's already watching the ticker manually
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Strategy
Momentum strategy
MSFT, CSCO, NOW, TMO, CAT, NEE, LLY, MCD, ADBE, SYK, XOM, COST, VZ, CRM, CVX, TSLA, WFC, MRK, ABBV, MU, ADI, DE, LOW, BMY, FOX, AVGO, META, GE, BAC, DHR
1. Momentum score > 0.65 (strong 12-1 month price trend) 2. RSI between 0.50 and 0.80 (trending but not yet overbought) 3. Relative volume score > 0.55 (above-average volume confirms institutional participation) 4. EPS trend score > 0.45 (earnings not collapsing — trend has fundamental support)
1. Tight trailing stop: sell if price drops 15% from trailing high 2. Momentum score drops below 0.40 (trend reversal signal) 3. RSI rises above 0.85 — take profits (overbought, likely to pull back) 4. Profit target: 15-25% gain — close 50% at first target, trail the rest
1. Base allocation: 18% of portfolio per position 2. Scale-in: if momentum > 0.75 AND rvol > 0.60, add up to 9% more 3. Max concurrent positions: 15
- Max portfolio drawdown: 20% → close all positions, sit in cash for 3 days - Max sector concentration: 35% (momentum clusters in sectors) - Cut losers fast: any position down 12% from entry gets immediate review
- (To be updated by evolution engine after first week of trading)
- Initialized: 2026-03-24 (template: momentum)
Equity Curve
Open Positions
| Ticker | Shares | Entry | Current | Trail High | Mkt Value | % Port | P/L % | Days | Entry Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XOM | 218 | $164.65 | $145.33 | $174.43 | $31,682 | 32.4% | -11.73% | 67d | 2026-03-24 |
| GOOGL | 47 | $295.93 | $380.34 | $399.90 | $17,876 | 18.3% | +28.52% | 66d | 2026-03-25 |
| CVX | 44 | $199.21 | $182.46 | $202.27 | $8,028 | 8.2% | -8.41% | 54d | 2026-04-06 |
| MRK | 97 | $120.99 | $118.72 | $123.63 | $11,516 | 11.8% | -1.88% | 61d | 2026-03-30 |
| HAL | 131 | $38.34 | $38.85 | $43.37 | $5,089 | 5.2% | +1.33% | 51d | 2026-04-09 |
| EOG | 50 | $133.35 | $133.38 | $145.00 | $6,669 | 6.8% | +0.03% | 52d | 2026-04-08 |
| VZ | 164 | $47.93 | $47.81 | $48.62 | $7,841 | 8.0% | -0.25% | 51d | 2026-04-09 |
Ticker Beliefs
Beliefs11 tickers
| Ticker | Sentiment | Confidence | W/L | Last Trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XOM | bullish | 88% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-24 |
| VZ | bullish | 82% | 0W/2L | BUY2026-04-09 |
| HAL | bullish | 79% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-04-09 |
| GOOGL | bullish | 78% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-25 |
| EOG | bullish | 76% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-04-08 |
| KO | bearish | 75% | 0W/1L | SELL2026-04-01 |
| MRK | bullish | 74% | 0W/0L | BUY2026-03-30 |
| COP | bearish | 72% | 0W/1L | BUY2026-04-07 |
| CVX | bullish | 71% | 0W/1L | BUY2026-04-06 |
| SLB | bearish | 71% | 1W/0L | SELL2026-03-30 |
| GD | bearish | 62% | 0W/1L | SELL2026-04-02 |
Trade History
SIGNAL_ENTRY 15 (15B / 0S)
SIGNAL_EXIT 8 (0B / 8S)avg -0.3%
ALERT_SPIKE_DOWN 1 (0B / 1S)avg -8.1%
LLM_OVERRIDE 1 (1B / 0S)
Trade History25 trades
| Date | Ticker | Side | Shares | Price | Value | P/L | Signal | Phase | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | HAL | BUY | 131 | $38.34 | $5,022 | — | 0.61 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-09 | VZ | BUY | 164 | $47.93 | $7,860 | — | 0.68 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-08 | COP | SELL | 79 | $122.62 | $9,687 | -8.1% | — | priceMonitor | ALERT_SPIKE_DOWN▼ |
| 2026-04-08 | EOG | BUY | 50 | $133.35 | $6,667 | — | 0.67 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-07 | COP | BUY | 79 | $133.37 | $10,536 | — | 0.58 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-07 | VZ | SELL | 279 | $49.02 | $13,675 | -0.8% | — | marketOpen | SIGNAL_EXIT▼ |
| 2026-04-06 | CVX | BUY | 44 | $199.21 | $8,765 | — | 0.58 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-03 | VZ | BUY | 279 | $49.42 | $13,789 | — | 0.65 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-03 | CVX | SELL | 53 | $198.80 | $10,536 | -1.8% | — | marketOpen | SIGNAL_EXIT▼ |
| 2026-04-03 | COP | SELL | 75 | $130.45 | $9,784 | -2.4% | — | marketOpen | SIGNAL_EXIT▼ |
| 2026-04-02 | COP | BUY | 75 | $133.62 | $10,021 | — | 0.61 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-02 | GD | SELL | 25 | $347.77 | $8,694 | -1.8% | — | marketOpen | SIGNAL_EXIT▼ |
| 2026-04-01 | CVX | BUY | 53 | $202.53 | $10,734 | — | 0.64 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-04-01 | VZ | SELL | 186 | $49.84 | $9,269 | -2.0% | — | marketOpen | SIGNAL_EXIT▼ |
| 2026-04-01 | KO | SELL | 98 | $75.77 | $7,426 | -0.8% | — | marketOpen | SIGNAL_EXIT▼ |
| 2026-03-31 | KO | BUY | 98 | $76.41 | $7,488 | — | 0.62 | marketOpen | LLM_OVERRIDE▼ |
| 2026-03-30 | MRK | BUY | 97 | $120.99 | $11,736 | — | 0.62 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-03-30 | SLB | SELL | 295 | $54.33 | $16,028 | +8.3% | — | marketOpen | SIGNAL_EXIT▼ |
| 2026-03-26 | GD | BUY | 25 | $353.98 | $8,849 | — | 0.60 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
| 2026-03-25 | GOOGL | BUY | 47 | $295.93 | $13,909 | — | 0.59 | marketOpen | SIGNAL_ENTRY▼ |
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