Start $100fund cash/$1000 equity,0 own holdings/orders/trades; goal executable long-option asymmetry. Binding constraints $50singlepremium,$100total,max2,>=6matched events, OI>=100,bid>0,spread<=40%,expiry>=event+7,DAYlimits only09:50/12:30. Own5 existing monitors none due; other funds' stale due items untouched. Screen15 chains and61volume/gainer names; no whole-market exhaustive claim. Best rejected ticket LW261016P00040000 S46.67 ask.48bid.33 OI312 spread31.25%, N11median10.0174/P8020.1075,hurdle15.3203%,P80payoff2.71418=5.65455x: numerical payoff/liquidity pass, but Friday indicative quotes not live execution and required Oct5pre-event exit has8costed losing endpoints/0complete affordable paths, prior simulation mean-$16.76. This is an implementation gap, not denial of gross pass or a permanent model veto. No entry this closed research run regardless. BB N13 Oct2C8.5 .43 hurdle11.7647>9.1153median/P801.1985x; full12 NKE Oct9P32 .47 hurdle11.2081>6.8357/P803.5011x; SFIXP2.5 .28 hurdle21.831>16.578/P801.972x and89.29%spread. MLKN mincall.52/OI2 bid0,put.63/OI1 reject. What changes mind: fresh nearer affordable liquid leg, BB C8.5 grossmedian price<=.21831 at unchangedS (costscenario<=.19831), or independently supported pre-event strategy for tail-only LW/NKE; reprice all figures rather than rely on thresholds. NKE grossP80 price<=.41138 alone still requires pre-event exit. Stops for any qualified future fill .5paid, target3xpaid or defendedP80; no contingent order represented as queued. HalfKelly from BB policy simulation0, no honest probability supporting present LW whole48USD ticket; cap is ceiling not allocation. Two-flat-trading-run breach not inferable from research runs; review live qualifying opportunities at441/442/452 without indefinite deferral. MonABVX dateonly/spending11ET; TueMLKNBMO/Philly08:30/Richmond10ET/H6 13ET (calendar3703). IONSSep22obsolete, FDA full coverage unknown, GRALSep23panel notapproval. New452–454 monitors accepted, job286 BB/NKE120min60runs localEND2/2; preserve285 and438–443. No orders, no close lessons outstanding. Source URLs in3703,3714,3728 and underlying observations; https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars .
fund_cash100
single_premium_cap50
LW_premium48
LW_p80_multiple5.65
LW_hurdle_percent15.32
LW_median_percent10.02
BB_p80_multiple1.2
NKE_p80_multiple3.5
orders0
R92008 indicator combination and rejection hierarchy
Premises: indicators describe overlapping price information, not independent votes. NKE RSI32.79 and price35.51 below50DMA40.13/200DMA49.30 jointly identify weak regime; volume1.82x does not turn weakness into qualified 52-week upside breakout. MLKN volume3.02x coexists with price20.66 between50DMA22.34 and200DMA18.68; earnings timing is separately issuer-confirmed. IBIT/ETHA above200DMA but below52-week high lack this breakout trigger. Rule hierarchy: primary event or uncontaminated qualifying breakout; same-kind distribution>=6; actual strike/payoff; OI/bid/spread; sizing; exit-policy-consistent evidence. Reversing hierarchy by using oversoldRSI to excuse NKE3.501x or high volume to excuse MLKN OI1–9 is invalid. Counterexample: strong earnings could reverse both downtrends; indicators do not supply directional certainty. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; measured rows30918–32 and technical3727. BB vectorbt holdout2 cannot resolve strategy expectancy despite favorable short-stock proxy, and short stock is not permitted.
NKE_RSI32.79
MLKN_volume_multiple3.02
NKE_P80_multiple3.5
BB_holdout_sample2
R92008 Nike recovery accounting does not establish operating acceleration
FundamentalwatchConvex liquidNKE2026-09-20 08:20
Premises: Jun30 issuer release for May31 fiscal year https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018726000076/q4fy26exhibit991er.htm . Q4 Direct sales-7%, wholesale+4%, total-1%; reported margin49.2% contains approximately900bp expected tariff recovery. Arithmetic ex-benefit about40.2%, compared reported prior40.3%, not claimed issuer non-GAAP series. EPS.72 less .52 recovery=.20 arithmetic; cannot annualize one seasonal quarter into fair value. Expected986m recovery distinct from approximately300m tariff cash received in full-year operating cash. Who benefits: tariff repayment initially benefits importer balance sheet; retail discounting may transfer some to customers. First stronger wholesale shipments may improve utilization; second sell-through determines future reorders versus inventory; third sustained cash permits reinvestment/dividends but initial shipment recovery may reverse. Counterexample to bearish put: brand recovery, cash9bn and already weak stock can absorb weak sales. Directional narrative alone does not rescue NKE3.50x P80 failure. Goal executable convex return, binding constraint payoff at actual ask; no position.
reported_margin_percent49.2
approx_ex_recovery_margin40.2
expected_recovery_m986
cash_recovery_m300
direct_growth_percent-7
wholesale_growth_percent4
R92008 Nike twelve-event distribution rejects marginal six-event tail pass
StatisticalrejectConvex liquidNKE2026-09-20 08:20
Premises: Oct1 approximately16:15ET earnings, issuer https://investors.nike.com/investors/news-events-and-reports/investor-news/investor-news-details/2026/NIKE-Inc--Announces-First-Quarter-Fiscal-2027-Earnings-and-Conference-Call/default.aspx . Twelve consecutive quarterly events Sep2023–Jun2026, dated issuer originals stored as individual observations; close before AMC to next regular close, adjusted SIP. Absolute median6.835675%,P8014.518459%. S35.51 Oct9P32 .39/.47, OI294, spread17.0213%, premium47,9.8845%OTM, expiry8days past event. Hurdle11.20811% fails median; P80 intrinsic1.645505=3.501074x fails4x. Latest6 alone gives4.009778x; retaining older six reverses result, so no favorable-window selection. Put needs premium<=.411376 solely to cross full-sample gross tail gate at unchangedS; even zero premium cannot cover median at K32, so pre-event Sep30exit remains mandatory. No actual option backtest performed for NKE; no inferred option returns from stock moves. Direct IR Python fetch403, web/SEC primary originals readable; 12-event timing audit not exact first-news timestamps. Tiny heterogeneous sample and tariff/accounting regime changes limit forecast soundness. Valid arithmetic does not establish real bid realization.
sample12
median_abs_percent6.84
p80_abs_percent14.52
hurdle_percent11.21
p80_multiple3.5
ask0.47
OI294
spread_percent17.02
R92008 broad breakout census and event-name regimes
Premises: completed Sep18 SIP adjusted daily bars, 61 unique most-active/gainer names,54 with253bars and7 short histories. Frozen screen close>prior252 high, volume>=1.5prior20, dollarvolume>=10m produces0. This threshold is a research definition, not a mandate amendment. TJGC alone above prior252high:16.84>12.38, volume1.3072x, dollarvolume43.10m; option_contracts Sep29–Oct30 empty independently excludes executable option. Corporate-action/financing cause unresolved; no claim that April financing caused September move. HALO excluded under prior verified Sep17 convertible/capped-call explanation. NKE35.51<SMA5040.1258<SMA20049.2956, RSI32.7897, ATR20 .9145, volume1.8219x: downtrend not upside breakout. MLKN20.66<SMA5022.3409 but>SMA20018.6825, RSI36.5751, volume3.0194x; mixed regime cannot override expensive illiquid options. IBIT46.02>200DMA42.1075 and ETHA19.92>17.1465, but below prior highs71.82/36.04; no6-event qualified crypto catalyst established. All15 technical rows observations30918–32 use stock-bars; their extra BB option-chain citation is irrelevant to other names and supplies no OI. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars .
Premises: BB Oct2 C8.5 costs .43, S7.99; event hurdle11.7647% exceeds N13 median9.1153%, requiring Sep23 pre-event exit. European-call scenario calibrated to .405 indicative midpoint; r4%, halfspread .025, roundtrip friction .02/share, arithmetic RV20 .571319, total variance .0359627 and residual event variance .0234431. Bootstrap247 non-event daily log returns independently across three checks Sep21–23 (calendar decay3/4/5days), 50000 paths seed92008; stop.215, target1.29. Base mean-$5.72394, win28.398%, stop19.392%, target.998%, timeexit79.610%; P05-$29.17/P95+$36.62. Event variance75%/125% means-$11.0527/-.9359, all estimated halfKelly0. Assumed bid construction, iid sampling, daily checks and frozen spreads are not venue executions or calibrated live odds. Does not create an additional permanent veto; BB already fails both payoff alternatives. Contrast forbidden hold-through counterfactual: training11 mean-$22.39 per ticket,2wins, not a traded backtest. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars and /data/option-chain/BB?feed=indicative ; full observations30950–51.
paths50000
mean_pnl-5.72
win_percent28.4
stop_percent19.39
target_percent1
half_Kelly0
R92008 BB pre-event directional proxy with costs and chronological holdout
BacktestsrejectConvex liquidBB2026-09-20 08:14
Premises: frozen13 issuer earnings dates; take underlying close three sessions before reaction and exit last pre-reaction close. This models Monclose toWedclose for ThuBMO, not09:50 execution and not option PnL. vectorbt, $1000 initial, fee1bp/side, baseline slip5bp and stress15bp; train2023–25 N11, held apart2026 N2. Long baseline train return-8.6877%,DD15.0405%,wins36.36%; holdout-2.7203%,DD2.7203%,0wins. Long stress train-10.6747%,holdout-3.1086%. Short diagnostic baseline train+5.0551%,DD7.5176%,63.64%wins; holdout+2.2679%,DD1.8368%,2wins. Short stress train+2.7823%,holdout+1.8680%; shorting itself outside mandate and positive stock returns do not cover put spread/theta. CLI command node /app/agent/dist/backtest.js --symbols BB --strategy breakout --lookback20 --days1000 --stop-pct10 --target-pct30 (actual shell flags spaced) reproduced fullsample +114.1606%,DD30.9747%,34.21%wins,N38 across685bars. CLI aggregate lacks explicit holdout/cost settings, is a separate diagnostic and cannot override failed event gates. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; dates30869–30894. Data selection and history already known to prior managers; chronological holdout is not new prospective evidence. Actual historical option quotes and 15min exits remain unvalidated.
return-2.72
drawdown2.72
win rate0
sample2
train_return-8.69
train_n11
stress_holdout_return-3.11
short_proxy_holdout_return2.27
CLI_return114.16
CLI_drawdown30.97
CLI_win_rate34.21
CLI_n38
R92008 cash and macro consequence chains; priced narrative is not an entry signal
Premises: BB issuer June25 QNX revenue grew26%, but Secure Communications DBNRR92% and OCF4.6m lagged EBITDA36.3m. Source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023526000071/q1fy27ex-991.htm . First order: recurring royalties and renewals would improve revenue quality; weaker retention or lumpy licenses reverse it. Second: incremental software contribution could fund product investment without financing; poor conversion reduces that capacity. Third: durable cash could support repurchases and a higher multiple; disappointing cash could compress the39.95–49.94x adjusted forward PE. Counterexample: growth and balance-sheet cash can sustain the valuation despite low current conversion; a put is not justified by the ratio alone. MLKN Tuesday earnings and Monday household-spending/Tuesday regional surveys test commercial and consumer demand, but survey populations differ from company customers. Stronger orders could help factory utilization then margins then cash; weaker volumes reverse that chain. NKE retailer demand is not office furniture demand. Who benefits: customers may capture lower prices while suppliers lose margins; option sellers benefit when paid implied moves exceed realized moves. All chains are hypotheses without assigned causal probabilities. Sources and dates for MLKN, NKE and agencies recorded30821–30826; no new order follows from a macro narrative.
BB_QNX_growth_pct26
BB_DBNRR_pct92
BB_OCF_m4.6
BB_EBITDA_m36.3
BB_forward_PE_low39.95
BB_forward_PE_high49.94
R92008 BlackBerry cash conversion and valuation counterargument
FundamentalwatchConvex liquidBB2026-09-20 08:11
Premises from issuerJune25 Q1FY27endedMay31 SEC https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023526000071/q1fy27ex-991.htm : revenue152.9m,+26%; adjustedEBITDA36.3m; OCF4.6m, cash/investments422.9m; repurchases10m. CashconversionOCF/EBITDA12.67%,buybacks2.17xOCF; neither represents recurring freecashflow. QNXrevenue72.3m,+26%; SecureCommunicationsARR220m/DBNRR92% show retention weakness despite reportedgrowth. FY27adjustedEPSguide.16–.20 gives39.95–49.94x atSep18S7.99; accountingadjustments andgrowth make this no standalonefairvalue. Q2revenue137–148m andOCF0–10m are guide, notconsensus. Conclusion: bullcase profitableQNXscale versus bearcase weakcashconversion andlicensemix; neither fixes timing ordirection odds. Wouldupgradeonactualrecurringcash/retentionimprovement anddowngradeonburn/ARRerosion, while preserving optiongates. Factsareissuerreports; surpriseprobabilitiesunmeasured.
Premises: (1) own ledger empty and five monitors armed, none due; (2) ABVX issuer lists Sep21 H1 financial results, date only https://ir.abivax.com/events/event-details/h1-2026-financial-results/ ; (3) MLKN issuer Aug25 confirms Sep22 BMO release/08:30ET call https://news.millerknoll.com/2026-08-25-MillerKnoll-Schedules-First-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2027-Conference-Call-and-Webcast ; (4) NYFed https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/calendars/i-sep26.html Sep21 household spending11ET, Sep22 Philly nonmanufacturing08:30/Richmond10ET; (5) Board https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/2026-september.htm adds Sep22 Jefferson10:20ET/H6 13ET, CP13ET/H15 16:15ET both days and H10Mon16:15. IONS Sep22PDUFA obsolete: issuerSep3 approved zilganersen https://ir.ionis.com/news-releases/news-release-details/zanvastrotm-zilganersen-approved-fda-first-and-only-disease . FDA calendar empty rendered table means coverage gap, not zero decisions; GRAL official panel Sep23 09–18ET, outside two sessions, briefing publication could precede it. Event page currently links two conflict waivers, not full briefings. Conclusion: monitor primary cash/results and news timing, never treat calendar certainty as directional edge. Research run cannot queue options; earliest own entry review Monday13:50UTC. Stronger cash or weaker demand both update figures, neither automatic trade. Existing other-fund due monitors remain their responsibility.
own_due0
own_armed5
own_trades0
next_entry_UTC2026-09-21 13:50
MLKN_call_ET2026-09-22 08:30
ABVX_date2026-09-21
calendar_sessions2
R92006 decision: cash in research session; LW gross pass is not yet an executable pre-event trade
Premises: issuerOct6 LWearnings, Q4NAvolume+11% butInternational EBITDA-81%; FY27FCFguide340–420mcomputed. First order downside: adverseprice/mix orEMEAcosts could reduce earnings/cash guidance. Second: lowercapacityutilization andweakpricing would pressure freezerplant returns andcomplicate savings; customers may benefit from lowerprices, so supplierpain isnot automatically demandcollapse. Third: lowercash couldreducebuybacks/deleveraging andcompress valuation, but competitors closingcapacity might restore future margins. Opposite chain: NAsharegains->better utilization/cash->debtpaydown/buybacks, defeating putdirection. SFIX strongerretention->more repeatspend->operatingleverage; weakretention reverses it, but debtfreecashbuffers downside. Hold-through eligibility is mathematical not inferred from these narratives: LW15.3203%hurdle>10.0174%median requiresOct5RTHexit. Who benefits: successfulissuerturnarounds benefit holders/customers; option sellers benefit if impliedeventvariance exceeds actual. No quantified causal probabilities assigned. Source https://news.lambweston.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lamb-weston-announces-q4-and-full-year-fiscal-2026-results and https://news.lambweston.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lamb-weston-announce-fiscal-year-2027-first-quarter-financial ; SFIXJune10issuer in fundamentalrecord. Facts end at issuerreportednumbers; all chains are conditional assumptions.
LW_median_pct10.02
LW_hurdle_pct15.32
LW_NA_volume_pct11
LW_International_EBITDA_pct-81
LW_FCFguide_low_m340
LW_FCFguide_high_m420
R92006 cash bridges and financing exclusion: no fundamental reason to assume a crash
Premises: Jul24 LW issuer results forFYendedMay31: OCF942.9m-capex410.1m=FCF532.8m. OCFgrowth74.6m includes55.1m favorableworkingcapital; higher accruals are not recurring owner earnings. FY27OCF750–800m minuscapex380–410m gives340–420mFCF,21.17–36.19% belowFY26. AtS46.67 and guide137.5–139mshares impliedequity6.417–6.487bn, forecastFCFyield5.24–6.55%; EPSguide2.95–3.25 gives14.36–15.82x. These are scenario valuations, not price targets. Q4 NAvolume+11%/EBITDA+17% counters bearishInternational EBITDA-81%; extra week andprice/mix complicate comparison. Favorable customerretention could defeat the put. SFIXJune10 Q3FCF6.5m versusbuybacks15.1m, cash/investments229.4m/no debt: improvedrevenue andclienttrend counter crash thesis. HALOSep17 $1.3bnconvertible with cappedcalls is excluded as financing-explained breakout, rather than importing its large historical tail. Sources: https://news.lambweston.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lamb-weston-announces-q4-and-full-year-fiscal-2026-results ; https://investors.stitchfix.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2026/Stitch-Fix-Announces-Third-Quarter-of-Fiscal-2026-Financial-Results/default.aspx ; https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159036/000115903626000126/ex-991xhaloxpricingpressre.htm . Issuers are primary but favor positive framing. Valuation is not evidence of earnings surprise. LWOct6date fromSep8issuer, SFIXSep23AMC fromSep2issuer.
LW_FY26_FCF_m532.8
LW_FY27_FCF_low_m340
LW_FY27_FCF_high_m420
LW_WC_contribution_m55.1
LW_forward_PE_low14.36
LW_forward_PE_high15.82
LW_FCFyield_low_pct5.24
LW_FCFyield_high_pct6.54
SFIX_FCF_m6.5
SFIX_buybacks_m15.1
HALO_convertible_m1300
R92006 indicator interplay: small conditional samples and redundant trend signals
Premises: use only pre2026 event rows for exploration; leave 2026 untouched by fit. LW N9 corr(|eventmove|,RSI)=-.60275, corr(|move|,RV20)=.16977; corr(RSI,aboveSMA50)=.68186. BelowSMA50 N5 median|move|19.3708%, above N4 2.3249%. SFIX N8 corresponding correlations .22626,.27716,.91293; belowSMA50 N3median21.0366%,aboveN5median16.4894%. The LW regime split would make the current15.3203% hurdle appear covered, but is selected on nine observations and has no independent calibration. Keep unconditional11-event10.0174%median as hold-through rule; do not substitute attractive subset after seeing the contract. Strongest counterargument: true downside-regime asymmetry may exist; a prospective series of predeclared signals could validate it, not two held-out events. No causal inference from correlations. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; event date URLs recorded in observations30507–30527.
LW_train_n9
LW_RSI_abs_corr-0.6
LW_RV_abs_corr0.17
LW_RSI_trend_corr0.68
LW_below_n5
LW_below_median_pct19.37
LW_above_n4
LW_above_median_pct2.32
SFIX_train_n8
SFIX_RSI_trend_corr0.91
LW_holdout_n2
R92006 trend, volume and volatility do not establish a fresh breakout
Premises: completed Sep18 SIP daily bars; indicators use historical data only and trailing52week highs exclude current bar. LW46.67 belowSMA50 50.7544, aboveSMA20046.0587, RSI14Wilder32.6989, ATR20simple1.398325, RV20annual26.1624%, volume1.4424xprior20, prior252high65.06. SFIX2.84 belowSMA503.504 andSMA2003.9037, RSI34.5858, ATR.1217, RV41.4204%, volume2.0159x, prior252high5.94. Thus neither is a52week high; elevated SFIX volume is not bullish breakout evidence. LW's weak50daytrend supports a downside scenario but SMA200 proximity and lowRSI allow reversal. No technical filter overrides the earnings option hurdle. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars?symbols=LW,SFIX&timeframe=1Day&feed=sip&adjustment=all . Latest quote is Sep18, not a live Sunday market.