Episode · the market · Nov 3, 10:58 AM

NOW: 2026-11-03T15:58Z

WOKE FOR: MARKET (P1 opportunity)

OBSERVATIONS
- 15:54Z setup, P1, salience 86: COMP new session high: closed 9.565 above 9.55 on 5.3× its median minute volume today; opening range 9.34-9.43.
- 15:54Z setup, P1, salience 73: TMO opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 698.07 above 695.32 on 3.2× its median minute volume today; opening range 680.88-695.32.
- 15:54Z setup, P1, salience 69: HIG opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 135.475 above 135.27 on 2.9× its median minute volume today; opening range 133.6-135.27.
- 15:54Z setup, P1, salience 67: AFL opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 124.965 above 123.85 on 2.2× its median minute volume today; opening range 123.26-123.85.
- 15:54Z setup, P1, salience 66: SF opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 69.03 above 68.47 on 2.1× its median minute volume today; opening range 68.47-68.47.
- 15:55Z setup, P1, salience 86: VIK opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 87.43 above 87.33 on 40.5× its median minute volume today; opening range 86.94-87.33.
- 15:55Z setup, P1, salience 86: SCHE opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 34.255 above 34.2 on 5× its median minute volume today; opening range 34.16-34.2.
- 15:55Z setup, P1, salience 82: HDB opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 23.315 above 23.27 on 4.6× its median minute volume today; opening range 23.06-23.27.
- 15:55Z setup, P1, salience 82: MCK new session high: closed 1004.61 above 1003.17 on 4.5× its median minute volume today; opening range 990.76-998.74.
- 15:55Z setup, P1, salience 81: HYG opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 77.035 above 76.94 on 4.4× its median minute volume today; opening range 76.93-76.94.
- 15:56Z setup, P1, salience 86: BULL opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 5.22 above 5.21 on 10.6× its median minute volume today; opening range 5.15-5.21.
- 15:56Z setup, P1, salience 86: IT opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 202.95 above 200.72 on 4.5× its median minute volume today; opening range 185.94-200.72.
- 15:56Z setup, P1, salience 81: TXRH opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 187.86 above 186.7 on 4.1× its median minute volume today; opening range 186.37-186.7.
- 15:56Z setup, P1, salience 81: TPL opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 332.16 above 326.34 on 3.4× its median minute volume today; opening range 324.32-326.34.
- 15:56Z setup, P1, salience 78: SOLS opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 61 above 60.68 on 3.8× its median minute volume today; opening range 59.88-60.68.
- 15:57Z setup, P1, salience 89: TXT opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 88.6 above 87.62 on 4.8× its median minute volume today; opening range 86.77-87.62.
- 15:57Z setup, P1, salience 86: WYNN opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 78.24 above 78.11 on 6.5× its median minute volume today; opening range 77.36-78.11.
- 15:57Z setup, P1, salience 86: SCHG opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 34.31 above 34.27 on 8.7× its median minute volume today; opening range 34.1-34.27.
- 15:57Z setup, P1, salience 82: ADC opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 68.755 above 68.08 on 4× its median minute volume today; opening range 67.97-68.08.
- 15:57Z setup, P1, salience 81: BLK opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 1168.79 above 1166.8 on 4.4× its median minute volume today; opening range 1155.53-1166.8.
- 15:58Z setup, P1, salience 86: CVS opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 89.465 above 89.35 on 12.9× its median minute volume today; opening range 88.22-89.35.
- 15:58Z setup, P1, salience 86: METU new session high: closed 21.93 above 21.89 on 6.5× its median minute volume today; opening range 21.32-21.5.
- 15:58Z setup, P1, salience 86: DOCU new session high: closed 82.41 above 82.29 on 6.1× its median minute volume today; opening range 79.45-80.1.
- 15:58Z setup, P1, salience 73: USMV opening-range breakout (first 15 min): closed 103.16 above 102.76 on 3.3× its median minute volume today; opening range 102.61-102.76.

YOUR BOOK (the paper account: your decisions trade it; started with $10,000)
cash $9823.03 · equity $9900.66 (-0.99%) · today +0.1% · 1 stocks, 0 options positions
- BYD: 1 shares at 77.82, now 77.615 (-0.24%), stop 75.72, target 81.5, intraday horizon, opened 10:48 AM ET. Thesis: BYD broke above its 15-min opening range high (77.52) on 5.9× median volume, closing at 77.765. Price is above SMA20/50 but below SMA200. RSI 67.9 is strong but not overbought. Reward:risk is >1.2 with stop at 75.72 (-2.5%) and target at 81.50 (+4.8%). No news, but volume confirms the move. Intraday horizon. Invalidation: Price closes below VWAP 77.44 or breaks below 77.52 ORB high.

LIMITS (enforced by code)
- Market: the regular session. New buys: allowed.
- Your envelope: 3/4 entries in 24 h, 1/2 in the last hour, 1/4 open; $912 more can be committed this hour; an entry is 50% of what the risk checks allow; one action per ticker per 30 min; no re-entry for 24 h after a stop-out or 6 h after an exit.
- Risk checks: at most 25% of equity per position ($2475.17); 1/8 positions; conviction ≥ 6/10 (≥ 8 for an overnight buy in the closing window, and none intraday then); price ≥ $5; stop 0.4-10% below the price (default 2.5%); reward:risk ≥ 1.2; no rebuy within 15 min of a sale; $9625.02 deployable cash.
- Options: open premium $0 of the 25% of equity cap ($2475); at most 4% of equity per position; 0/6 positions; conviction ≥ 7; long calls and puts, call and put debit spreads; buy |delta| 0.25-0.7, 7-45 days to expiration; contracts only from an option_menu result in this episode; exits default to -60% / +150% of the position's value, and code closes positions before expiration.
- Intraday stock positions are closed by code in the last minutes of the session; stops and targets rest at the broker as bracket or OCO orders.

MARKET
- SPY 755.92 (+0.03%), QQQ 687.72 (-0.41%), IWM 281.67, DIA 518.14, VIXY 18.105, TLT 81.28

SUBJECT COMP
- 9.56; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT TMO
- 696.96; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT HIG
- 135.44; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT AFL
- 125.02; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT SF
- 69.14; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT VIK
- 87.365; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT SCHE
- 34.255; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT HDB
- 23.325; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT MCK
- 1006.81; technicals: use the tools
- news in our feeds, last 24 h, most severe first:
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bc7fc9fe2904 [Nov 3, 9:58 AM ET | T1 anomaly | price shock | sev 57 | +0.6% since] MCK +0.37% in 1 min (z 4.12 after removing SPY's move)
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SUBJECT HYG
- 77.025; technicals: use the tools
- news: nothing in our feeds about it in the last 24 h

SUBJECT BULL
- 5.205; technicals: use the tools
- news in our feeds, last 24 h, most severe first:
<untrusted source="wire">
bec6f223b97e [Nov 2, 1:15 PM ET | T2 globenewswire.com | lawsuit | sev 34] Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Urges Webull Corporation Investors to Act: Class Action Filed Alleging Investor Harm (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/11/02/3393608/9788/en/bronstein-gewirtz-grossman-llc-urges-webull-corporation-investors-to-act-class-action-filed-alleging-investor-harm.html)
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SUBJECT IT
- 203.195; technicals: use the tools
- news in our feeds, last 24 h, most severe first:
<untrusted source="wire">
2f04abe0be9f [Nov 3, 8:06 AM ET | T1 sec.gov | earnings | sev 60] IT 8-K: 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial C… [cut: 11,217 characters in all]

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  "decisions": [
    {
      "symbol": "IT",
      "action": "buy",
      "allocation_pct": 2.5,
      "sell_pct": 100,
      "stop_loss": 196.13,
      "take_profit": 213.35,
      "horizon": "intraday",
      "setup": "breakout",
      "conviction": 8,
      "rationale": "Gartner reported Q3 earnings that beat EPS by 26.4% and revenue slightly above expectations, with raised full-year guidance. The stock broke its 15-minute opening range (200.72) on 4.5× median volume, closing at 202.95. The catalyst is strong and confirmed by T1 SEC filing and T2 earnings reports. The breakout is clean with heavy volume. Intraday horizon as we are in the closing window.",
      "evidence": [
        "Price 202.95, ORB high 200.72, volume 4.5× median.",
        "EPS beat 26.4%, raised guidance.",
        "T1 SEC 8-K and T2 MarketBeat/Benzinga confirm."
      ],
      "invalidation": "Price closes below VWAP or breaks below 200.72.",
      "structure_id": null,
      "option": null
    },
    {
      "symbol": "BYD",
      "action": "hold",
      "allocation_pct": 0,
      "sell_pct": 0,
      "stop_loss": 75.72,
      "take_profit": 81.5,
      "horizon": "intraday",
      "setup": "breakout",
      "conviction": 0,
      "rationale": "Holding existing position. Price 77.615 is above VWAP 77.44 and ORB high 77.52. No new news. Intraday horizon. Will manage stop and target.",
      "evidence": [
        "Price 77.615, VWAP 77.44, ORB high 77.52.",
        "Stop 75.72, Target 81.5."
      ],
      "invalidation": "Price closes below VWAP 77.44 or breaks below 77.52.",
      "structure_id": null,
      "option": null
    }
  ],
  "watches": [],
  "cancel_watches": [],
  "notes": [
    {
      "subject": "IT",
      "text": "Bought on earnings beat and ORB breakout. Intraday horizon. Close by close."
    },
    {
      "subject": "BYD",
      "text": "Holding. Price above VWAP and ORB. Manage stop/target."
    }
  ],
  "reply": "Bought IT on earnings beat and ORB breakout. Held BYD as price remains above VWAP and ORB high. No other setups met conviction or risk criteria in the closing window."
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