Premises: 1 Preserve nine normalized20session paths and price.13,stop.065,target.39; European BS calibrated to indicative mid.105 gives49.352556% IV,4% assumed rate,no dividend. Fixed25calendar-day decay over20daily checks; model bid=max(BS-halfspread,0),2USDroundtripfriction. 2 Exactequalweight baseline mean-$7.09092,1/9targets,8/9stops; previous-$7.05185 was finite50kresampling, not discrepant data. IIDbootstrap50000 nine-pathmeans(seed92104)95%interval[-12.27064,+1.48562], limitedN9, not calibrated liveEV. Baselinezero-halfspread mean-.30007; IV*1.2/zero-spread+4.29475 andIV*1.2/.025spread-1.04043 show execution/model sensitivity. Positivecorner cannot be selected as reality. 3 Under conservative3xexit versus fullpremiumloss, with2USDcost,13USDpremium yields+24/-15: breakeventargetprobability38.4615%. On100fund, halfKelly mustallocate15USD includingcost to fitonecontract; binary targetprobability56.9231% required. This is an assumption threshold, NOT forecast. At10USDticket+18/-12 threshold54.4%; at15USD+28/-17 threshold58.9333%. Actual50%stopcanreduce loss but gaps/spreadcanrestorefull loss. 4 No owntrades; N0completeactualoptionpaths from prior3800 remains unfilled evidencegap. Base modelhalfKelly0; avoid claiming endpoint55.6%netwins estimates probabilityofhittingtargetbeforestop. Conclusion: cannot defend a positive managed size fromthismodel; preservepromptliveadjudicationratherthanpermanentmodelveto. Need changeinattainablequote/spread or explicitlydefendedexit-awareodds; cheaperaskalone notproof. Currentaccount999.26 =>49.963premiummmaximum,total100,max2; no researchorder. Syntheticthreshold.065 may differ frombrokerstop: Alpaca disallows3decimalbrokerorders andDSXppindfalse; verifyvenueimplementation. Sources https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/option-chain/DSX?feed=indicative ; https://alpaca.markets/support/options-pricing-increments-and-options-order-handling .
sample9
draws50000
IV0.49
mean_pnl-7.09
targets1
stops8
mean_CI_low-12.27
mean_CI_high1.49
halfKelly0
binary_breakeven_pct38.46
one_contract_required_p_pct56.92
premium_cap49.96
R92102 DSX stop-aware path model rejects terminal-payoff certainty; no calibrated live odds
Premises: hypotheticalFridaySep18S46.67,Oct16P40ask.48,bid.33; exitOct5beforeearnings, stop.24,target1.44. EuropeanBS,no dividends/earlyexercise, assumedrate4%,bid=mid-.075,2USDroundtrip. Fit totalvariance to.405mid, splitRV20normalvariance/eventvariance; 3dayblockbootstrap non-eventreturns,50000paths seed92100,11dailychecks throughOct5. Baseline mean-$16.8918,win15.762%,stop75.544%,target3.276%,P05-$37.41/P95+$58.03. Eventvariance75%/125% means-$29.1867/-$5.7825,halfKelly0allcases. This is an assumptions-based sensitivity, not calibratedliveodds or an attainableMondayentry; Mondayquotes/remainingtime require refit. Quarterprobe12USD impossible at48USDwholecontract. Fullpremium48=4.8%equity/48%fund; two suchtickets96=9.6%equity. A50%stop does not cap gap loss. Event-jump counterfactual cannot justify a policy that exits first; model alone is not a permanentveto. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; /data/option-chain/LW?feed=indicative . Inputs/results31127.