Everything below runs on the server on New York time, with your own local time beside it. Each phase says what the desk reads, why it matters and the rule it produces.
PHASE 01//08:30 New York (--:-- your time)
Pre-market screening & macro bias
US 10-year yield, macro calendar and a screen of the fixed universe of 25 liquid high-beta names. If the data does not pass the filters, the desk stays flat.
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What it observes
Rates, scheduled releases, live volume, spreads and participation across the fixed universe.
What it decides
How the session will be judged before an order exists.
What it refuses
Stale prices, silent venues and names outside the approved universe.
Why it protects
No incomplete picture is allowed to become financial exposure.
PHASE 02//09:30–09:45 New York (--:--–--:-- your time)
Protective no-fly zone
Fifteen minutes of pure observation at the bell. Wide spreads and algorithmic fake-outs are filtered by waiting for the first 15-minute candle to close.
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What it observes
The first complete range and the true cost of entering through the spread.
What it decides
Nothing yet — observation is the only permitted action.
What it refuses
Opening whipsaws, impulse and the urge to be first.
Why it protects
Waiting preserves tomorrow's options instead of spending risk on the market's least reliable minutes.
PHASE 03//09:45 New York (--:-- your time)
1% VaR execution & partial exits
At most one trade, only if the setup qualifies. Stop loss sized to the cent (1% max), automatic 50% take-profit at TP1 (+2.5%) and the stop moved to break-even at once.
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What it observes
Candidate quality, entry cost and the distance to the safety exit.
What it decides
One qualified position, or no position at all.
What it refuses
Unmeasurable downside, expensive entry and a second attempt.
Why it protects
The worst case is priced before the first share is bought, so today's opportunity cannot claim unlimited room from tomorrow.
PHASE 04//13:30 New York (--:-- your time)
Hard cutoff · 100% cash flat
Whatever is still open is liquidated by the server before the close. No overnight gap, no decay in leveraged products.
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What it observes
The clock and every position still open near the cutoff.
What it decides
Return the account to cash regardless of hope or opinion.
What it refuses
Overnight headlines, gaps and leveraged-product decay.
Why it protects
Tomorrow begins with options, not yesterday's unresolved risk. Capital can seek growth only after its continuity is protected.
When the market changes
How it notices a shift — and what it must prove first.
The engine is allowed to adapt, but only against days it has never seen.
01
It reads today's context
Volatility, macro calendar and rate pressure classify the session before any candidate is scored.
How exactly
A macro day moves 30 of the 100 points onto release deviation and the US10Y shift. A technical day moves them onto relative volume, the 15-minute opening range and the leading-proxy tape.
02
It compares like with like
Today is measured against past sessions in the same regime group, not against the whole archive.
How exactly
Sessions are clustered by volatility regime and behaviour. A cluster needs at least 30 intact days before it is allowed to influence anything.
03
It has to prove itself blind
A proposed change is fitted on part of the history and then tested on days it has never seen.
How exactly
80% of the sample is used to fit, 20% is held back untouched. A minimum edge and a walk-forward check must both hold, and any move is clamped to ±5%. Risk caps, the session flatten and the macro locks can never be touched.