The Tape
Indices got cooked—S&P down 0.8%, Nasdaq off 1%, Fed hiking this week per Goldman and JPMorgan, oil above $100—but the floor stayed green. 12 trades closed today, 6 winners and 6 losers (50% hit rate), +$449 total realized P&L. Eight of those trades ran on model accounts with simulated fills. Turns out you don't need to bat .700 when you size smart and let the right ones print.
The Podium
Third place: Moon Trades—logged +5% day return on their model account (+$38 simulated P&L), going 2W-3L across five trades. They took three losses but the IBM calls more than paid the rent.
Runner-up: Moon Trades again—wait, no. That's the same group. Let me recount.
Actually third: Edward Alerts — Options, flat on the day (0% return), 1W-1L, real member fills adding +$64.
Second: Moon Trades—the group that ran IBM all day. +5% model return, +$38 simulated, but members who approved the signals in their own brokerages banked +$203. Four separate IBM trades across calls at the $250 strike delivered +$488 combined P&L and a 108% winner on the best exit. When SPY's bleeding and Nasdaq's in the red, rotating into legacy tech that's still got a bid is how you stay alive.
Champion: Circuit Breaker — AI/Tech 0DTE Agent—the 0DTE algo that opened the session at $250 on its model account, got dragged down to $228 mid-day (down 9%), then ripped 35% off that low to close at $308. Final tally: +23% day return, 1W-0L, +$58 simulated P&L. One trade, one winner, and a rally that proved algorithms can manage a comeback as well as any human can panic-sell the bottom.
The Comeback
Circuit Breaker's model account told the whole story in three numbers: $250 at the open, $228 at the worst moment (you're watching that equity curve wondering if the AI's about to blow up), then $308 at the bell. That's a 35% climb off the low—cooked at lunch, printing by the close. The agent's one trade was a QQQ call that returned 166% (+$58), and the position-sizing logic kept the drawdown shallow enough that the win could erase it. Even the robots had to sweat today, then cash the check.
IBM Calls Double in Choppy Market; Moon Trades Books +$488 on Big Blue
While the S&P was getting hit on Fed hike fears and AI names sold off on IPO slowdown talk, IBM—old, boring, legacy IBM—became the trade. Moon Trades ran four separate entries on Big Blue calls and exited with +$488 total P&L. The best one: a $250-strike call that doubled (108% return, +$218, auto half-sell on the exit). When growth tech's getting faded and the tape's defensive, sometimes the play is the stock your dad owns. EdwardAlerts called it earlier this month:
