Premises: 1. Reproduced fixed252-high/1.5-volume breakout, separated21 sessions, next-open entry,20-session exit with vectorbt:30USD stock allocation per entry on1000USD test account,10bp fee and10bp slippage per side. Train2016–24; known chronological holdout2025–Sep18,2026. 2. HALO train+.49139%,DD.96270%,win50%,N14; holdout-.468923%,DD1.254913%,win33.333%,N3. TH train+.81828%,DD.71195%,win50%,N2; holdout+1.159881%,DD.469995%,win50%,N2. 50bp slippage stress holdouts-.53919/+1.10714%.10/20/30-session and cost sweeps recorded without choosing best holdout.3 CLI252lookback/2500days/5%stop/15%target HALO+15.1221%,DD9.51497%,win40.625%,N32;TH-7.91524%,DD22.61577%,win30.769%,N26, different exit/signal policy diagnostic only.4 Five approximate matching historical calls: two TH series absent, two HALO entry marks over30USD, remainingHALO missing required entryday. Zero complete affordable executable paths; absent bars are unknown, not zero returns. Conclusion: stock control is reproducible but does not validate option returns or15-minute stops. Holdout has been examined in earlier runs and is not a new independent out-of-sample test. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars and /data/option-bars ; scripts research/study.py,models.py,history.py. No trade authorized by this stock proxy.
return1.16
drawdown0.47
win rate50
sample2
HALO_holdout_return-0.47
HALO_holdout_DD1.25
HALO_holdout_N3
HALO_stress_return-0.54
TH_stress_return1.11
option_queries5
usable_option_paths0
R92004 financing-linked volume is not independent confirmation
Premises: 1. Current HALO volume ratio6.93064 accompanies September17 convertible pricing; the issuer warns that hedge activity may affect price around issuance. 2. A primary SEC exhibit confirms another convertible pricing on February24,2021:700m at.25%, plus105m option. That date appears in the frozen breakout sample with10.57398 volume ratio and next-open20-session return-17.99684%. 3. One classified financing episode is not a six-event financing distribution and does not prove dealer causation. Conclusion: keep the full17-event breakout sample, but do not interpret elevated volume plus price strength as independent fundamental votes. Earlier momentum/SMA correlations .885/.898 remain inherited evidence, not recomputed today. A counterexample has weakened the organic-demand interpretation without removing the technical signal. Sources https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159036/000119312521055596/d110113dex991.htm ; https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; current issuer pricing release recorded30218. Need actual post-financing persistence or disclosed paid demand to strengthen that interpretation.
classified_prior_financing_events1
prior_volume_ratio10.57
prior_20day_return_pct-18
current_volume_ratio6.93
prior_principal_m700
R92004 breakout still qualifies; actual option liquidity remains unresolved
TechnicalwatchConvex tailHALO, TH2026-09-20 04:07
Premises: 1. September 18 HALO close112.45 exceeds prior252-session high111.15 with volume6.93064 times prior20 mean; TH21.19 exceeds20.85 with volume2.41955. 2. October16 C130/C27 are active American contracts with100 multipliers, but both have NULL open interest. The3 and13 OI figures in the prior summary belonged to nearer C125/C26. 3. Indicative bid/ask0/.23 and.07/.18 imply liquidation markdowns100%/61.11%; they are modified quotes, not actual NBBO. If actual bid were.07, buyingTH at.13 would place its.065 stop below that bid; at.18 its.09 stop is above it. This is an algebraic threshold, not a fill forecast. 4. HALO C125 ask.48 and TH C26 ask.52 exceed30-dollar cap, despite TH C26 last trade.19. Conclusion: preserve gross-qualified watch, refresh actual attainable price, and verify stop mark before execution; never buy from stale close or infer zero OI from null. Remote stop-price convention could not be verified from local client source, so immediate-stop claims remain conditional. Sources https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; /data/option-chain/HALO?feed=indicative ; /data/option-chain/TH?feed=indicative ; https://docs.alpaca.markets/us/docs/historical-option-data .
HALO_close112.45
HALO_prior_high111.15
HALO_volume_ratio6.93
TH_close21.19
TH_prior_high20.85
TH_volume_ratio2.42
HALO_ask0.23
TH_ask0.18
TH_hypothetical_limit0.13
TH_hypothetical_stop0.07
R92004 financing flows can mimic sustained breakout demand
Premises: HALO20daymomentum5.965%,distanceSMA50 17.141%,RV20 21.407%,volume6.931x;TH20.193%/21.967%/68.918%/2.420x. Last252session momentum-SMAcorrelation.8851HALO/.8977TH means these are mostly one trend observation. Separate trainOLS using signaldayknownfeatures predicts nextopen-to20close returns. HALO14train/3test MAE21.8884ppmomentum,20.7803SMA,20.6780RV,20.8975volume versusconstant20.7220pp; no convincing improvement. TH2train/2test perfect+/-1traincorrelations are mathematical artifacts of2points, testMAE102.215/39.993/51.890/30.510pp versusconstant28.842pp. Conclusion: no increasedconfidence orsize from correlated indicators or tiny regression. Currentbreakout qualifiesuniverse, mandatepayofftestedseparately; retain frozenfeatures forprospectiveobservation. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; measured30182–83.
HALO_feature_corr0.89
TH_feature_corr0.9
HALO_train14
HALO_test3
TH_train2
TH_test2
HALO_null_MAE_pp20.72
TH_null_MAE_pp28.84
R92002 costed breakout controls and sparse historical-option audit
Premises:1 HALO June30 filing H1OCF420.969m versus253.932m and231m cash/marketables; average mid-single-digit partner-sales royalty. Aug6 issuer Q2revenue481m/royalties307.7m; adjustedEPSguide8.65–9 implies12.49–13.0x at112.45. Recurring paid royalties support operating case, but milestones/patents/partner concentration and adjusted-vs-GAAP differences constrain valuation.2 TH Aug10 Q2revenue85.5m(+39%),netloss9m,adjEBITDA18.2m;H1OCF111m dominated by customeradvances.1.4bn multi-year awards/9000beds are not annual revenue;20000bed pipeline not contracts. Sep10secondary16.1mshares at18.50 proceeds tosellingholders, not corporatecash.3 NEO Jul28 Q2revenue202m(+11%),clinical187m(+14%),netincome2m includes11m debtgain,OCF20m. Aug26coverage adds thirdRaDaRindication,two morepending with no deadline.4 HZO Aug10agreed53cash versus52.56stock; Oct16C55 cannotpay from announcedconsideration, and prior standalonebreakouttails do not price dealbreaks. Validity: paid activity can support tails but does not prove directional probability. Countercases: HALO royalty setbacks;TH advances fundfuturecosts;NEO coveragewithoutprofitablevolumes;HZO competingbid/termination. Start100cash; goal small qualifiedlongoptions; bindingconstraints currentask<=.30 and actualhistoricalcomparablepayoff. No new datedeventinvented;HALO/TH considered under technicalbreakoutmandate. Sources observations30001–4; NEO https://ir.neogenomics.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/336/neogenomics-reports-second-quarter-2026-results and /detail/337/neogenomics-receives-medicare-coverage-for-radar-st-for-immunotherapy-treatment-response-monitoring . Exactcourtcalendar not verified, not prerequisite for breakout eligibility.
Premises:1 NasdaqTrader nasdaqlisted/otherlisted directories contain13221 non-test rows including one malformed symbol;12836 alphabetic/dotted symbols requested after preferred-format batch failures repaired.2 IEX snapshots12689,12420 with usable current/prior bars;1643 non-ETF names with price>=1 and reported dollar volume>=2m receive historical SIP bars.3 All1643 histories returned;1595 have253+bars. Sep18 close above prior252 intraday highs AND volume>=1.5prior20mean AND prior20 dollarvol>=2m yields8:HALO112.45/6.931x,NEO19.91/2.537,NTRA369.39/3.095,SMTC185/1.699,TH21.19/2.420,TWST166.99/1.825,HZO52.56/1.717,MPC424.89/3.965. Technical eligibility is not option edge. Source https://www.nasdaqtrader.com/dynamic/SymDir/nasdaqlisted.txt and otherlisted.txt; https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-snapshots?feed=iex ; /data/stock-bars SIP/all. Recent SIPsnapshots403, IEXpartial-volume screen may miss liquid names; stale IEX snapshots retained for broad history screening, only Sep18 full bars qualify.48 short histories not declared failures.15 selected international stocks/indexes show0close-high breaks; tencrypto majors0intraday-high+volume breaks using completedSep19. International selection is bounded, not exhaustive. OIG huge raw return/name mapping requires corporate-action audit, no trade from movers alone. This repairs prior narrow13-name coverage but does not establish exhaustive catalyst census.
Premises:1 SEC Sep17 announcement grants conditional temporary TSV/AMM relief, permissioned access, volume/symbol limits and issuer objection rights.2 It is already announced before Sep20 research, not a future dated event.3 No contract-level historical same-kind distribution or attributable token cash flow measured. Consequence chain: first, permitted venues can offer qualifying stock liquidity subject to conditions; second, incumbents face potential order-flow competition and integration demand; third, economics depend on actual migration, fees, compliance cost and issuer participation, with no necessary value transfer to UNI or any single network. Who benefits: participating venues/providers potentially, contingent on paid volume. Strong countercase is rapid migration; evidence needed is actual venue notices/volume and retained fees. Conclusion watch primary adoption, do not turn a weekend repeat headline into an unpriced scheduled catalyst. Source https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-90-sec-issues-innovation-exemption-facilitate-trading-tokenized-nms-stock-request-comment . Facts about scope/timing end before these conditional economic inferences.
announcement2026-09-17
relief_years5
matched_events0
position0
R92000 final decision: $100 cash, no holdings to reset, fresh price reviews preserved
Start state:100USDfundcash,1000account equity, no own trades/positions/orders confirmed query_trades. Goal: qualified convex-tail exposure. Binding constraint is attainable whole-contract premium<=30 and mandate payoff, not fundingdeadline. Premises:1 freshSFIXOct16P2.5ask.28/S2.84 needs21.830986% versusN10median16.578014%; P80payoff.552156=1.971985x<4. Best rejectedticket remainsSFIX,28USDpremium. 2 BBbest.176778x andLW inclusive11eventbest.931230x fail; all130affordable expiryeligiblelegs fail. 3 Thirteen-name close-based52week screen0passes. 4 FDAOct1meeting isstrainselection, not a mappedcompanyapproval; noedge inferred. Conclusion:noorders,100cash; closedresearchrun is not a missedauthorizedentry. No holdings, so no stops/targets reset or closedtradelessons due. Watchlist strongestcountercases3552/3553, inclusiveeventstat3554, stockbacktest3557, indicators3558, exitMC3559 recorded. A positiveheld-eventMC/halfKelly cannot substitute for a failedgate or incompatiblepre-eventexit. At09:50/12:30 refreshcapital/date/quote, use signedodds/halfKelly, wholeqty,fullpremium<=30,total100,max4,stop50%actualpaid,target3x ordefendedP80,expiry>=7daysafterevent; holdthroughonlyifpricedmove<=median. ExistingSFIX404/405 andBB407/408 preserved; LW422/423 added, job280testedEND2/2 andscheduled96x480min. ExactOct2024newsminute, historicaloptionexecution, exhaustiveFDA/court/global/cryptooptioncensus remain gaps; no claim wholemarket hasnoedge. Sources https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/option-chain/SFIX?feed=indicative andBB/LW; issuerdates inobservations29824 and finalquotereceipts. No FUND proposal.
equity1000
fund_cash100
ticket_cap30
positions0
orders0
SFIX_premium28
SFIX_hurdle_pct21.83
SFIX_median_pct16.58
SFIX_P80_multiple1.97
LW_P80_multiple0.93
eligible_affordable130
passes0
R92000 exit-policy simulation: an event tail cannot justify a policy that exits before it
Premises: S46.67 K37.5 paid.23, indicativeIV55.94%, N11 empirical signed reactions3554. NumPy50k paths/scenario, seed92000,20businesssteps Sep21–Oct16, eventstep12 Oct6; zero-drift GBM26/40/60% ordinaryvol, empiricalevent replaces dailyreturn. BSM put floored intrinsic,4% rate assumption, preIV55.94%,postIVscenario; initialmodel.23647 vsask.23. Daily stop.115,target.69, exit .01/share friction plus1USD roundtripfee. Hypothetical hold-through means+3.27/+8.81/+7.67USD, targets4.83/11.78/22.62%,but current20.14% hurdle exceeds10.02%median so this hold policy is outside mandate. Mandate-consistent forced Oct5 day11 exit means-13.81/-9.02/+.88USD, targets.556/7.006/20.698%. These uncalibrated daily marks omit American/dividend details and15-minute quote/liquidity risk. Full-premium loss remains possible despite half-premium stop. Separate empiricalterminalintrinsic after.02 friction:2/11wins, meanintrinsic.650308, grid halfKelly6.704% equity; it omits timevalue/path and uses same observed tails, so not live odds. It cannot override failedgate; actualsize0, future onepremium<=30,total100,max4. Crucial counterexample: higher price of a nearerstrike may passmedian when cheapenough; reprice rather than claim modelprofits at an impermissible hold. Sources https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/option-chain/LW?feed=indicative ; stockbars and issuerOct6date29824.
paths50000
event_step12
premium23
initial_model0.24
hold_mean_vol263.27
preexit_mean_vol26-13.81
preexit_mean_vol40-9.02
preexit_mean_vol600.88
intrinsic_halfKelly_pct6.7
empirical_win_pct18.18
live_size0
R92000 event regressions: one tiny holdout improvement is not directional conviction
Premises:11events with9training2024–25 and2heldout2026, pre-event features shiftedone day; dailySIP. Separate OLS regressions of signedclose reaction on momentum20,distanceSMA50,RV20,volume/prior20mean. HoldoutMAE7.40677/1.10737/5.50847/5.21764pp versusconstanttrainingmean4.88297pp. OnlydistanceSMA50 improves this tinyholdout. Trainingcorrelations-.098887/.146293/.070651/-.012508; fullsamplemomentum-SMAfeaturecorrelation.755875. Conclusion no reliable directionalprobability: ninepoints estimateeachintercept/slope and twooutcomes cannot validate selectedfeature. Counterexample persistentregime might produce real predictability; next prospective event must test frozenmodel withoutrefit. Trend/volume indicators are correlated context, not independentvotes. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars ; eventdateobservations29808–26.
train_sample9
holdout_sample2
null_MAE_pp4.88
momentum_MAE_pp7.41
SMA_MAE_pp1.11
RV_MAE_pp5.51
volume_MAE_pp5.22
feature_correlation0.76
R92000 chronological Lamb Weston stock controls cannot validate its cheap put
Premises: 11-event calendar3554, Oct2024 usesOct2 with timing sensitivity retained. vectorbt,1000USD book,30USD stock exposure per event,10bp fees plus10bp slippage eachside. Enter close1/3/5sessions before reactionclose; exit reactionclose. Fixed T1 long train2024–25 return-1.90786%,DD2.00696%,win44.444%,N9;2026holdout return-.267331%,DD.285865%,win50%,N2. T1 short diagnostic train+1.69907%,holdout+.220306%,DD.036535%,win50%,N2; shorts unavailable under mandate. T3/T5 long holdouts-.101134/-.082821%; short+.053443/+.035056%, no bestholdoutselection. Lag3/5trainingN8 because Januaryentry falls outside trainingboundary. CLI breakout20,730days,5%stop/15%target returns25.933855%,DD7.50904%,win37.931%,29trades, buyhold-28.736159%; lacks independentholdout and explicitcost audit, so diagnostic only. Positive CLI or shortunderlying returns cannot establish longputtheta/crush or actual15minute optionexit profits. No live optionstrategy passed; no trade rests on proxy. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars .
return-0.27
drawdown0.29
win rate50
sample2
train_return-1.91
train_sample9
short_holdout_return0.22
CLI_return25.93
CLI_drawdown7.51
CLI_sample29
R92000 inclusive Lamb Weston sample rejects the apparent near-pass; SFIX remains best rejection
Premises: observations29827/29828 recheck primary historical results, not newweekendearnings. SFIX shows sequential client recovery and liquidity withoutdebt; these undermine a distress put. Lower margins and buybacks exceedingquarterFCF keep execution risk relevant. LW cash generation improved substantially as capex fell, while international profitability weakened. Neither adjustedearnings decline nor lowshareprice alone establishes futuretail direction. Counterexamples: stabilization could drive gains; renewedpricecompetition could overwhelm savings. Validity: conditionalcash-to-equitymechanism is coherent. Soundness: futurecash and marketexpectations remain unmeasured. No position or exit reset; both current tickets fail the independentpremium/payoffgate. Sources https://investors.stitchfix.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2026/Stitch-Fix-Announces-Third-Quarter-of-Fiscal-2026-Financial-Results/default.aspx ; https://news.lambweston.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lamb-weston-announces-q4-and-full-year-fiscal-2026-results .
SFIX_cash_investments_m229.4
SFIX_client_QoQ_pct0.9
LW_cashproxy_m532.8
LW_prior_cashproxy_m217.6
R92000 expanded thirteen-name screen finds no completed 52-week breakout
Start state: $100 fund cash, $1000 account equity, zero own positions/orders/trades confirmed query_trades. Goal: participate in qualified convex tails. Binding constraint: attainable whole-contract premium <=$30 and measured payoff, not the operator's funding deadline. Premises: (1) SFIX Oct16P2.5 at unchanged indicative .28/S2.84 needs21.830986% versus N10 median16.578014%; P80 payoff .552156=1.971985x, so both gates fail. This remains best rejected ticket, $28 full premium. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/option-chain/SFIX?feed=indicative ; Sep23AMC issuer https://investors.stitchfix.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2026/Stitch-Fix-Announces-Date-for-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Fiscal-Year-2026-Financial-Results-and-Conference-Call/default.aspx . (2) CAG eleven-event study3513 gives median2.06441/P805.42133%; $23P14 needs8.98876%, P80zero; 0/68 affordable eligible legs pass. (3) ABVX financial-results sample unestablished; affordableP71 needs32.6733%; MLKN inherited cheapest$52 exceeds cap. (4) IONS September22 FDA premise obsolete after September3 approval, source29647. (5) No own due monitors or holdings; retired funds' overdue monitors not silently resolved. Conclusion: no orders, retain100cash; closed research run is not a missed authorized trading entry. Strong counterexample: fresh nearer cheap option passes. At unchanged spots SFIXP2.5 costed median ceiling .110816, BBP7.5 inherited .218311, CAGP15 .162345 after assumed.02 friction; these are research thresholds, not quotes. At09:50/12:30 refresh issuer status/quotes/capital, use honest signed odds and halfKelly, whole contracts premium<=30,total<=100,max4; stop50% actual option premium, target3x premium or defendedP80, expiry>=7days afterevent. Hold through only when priced move<=median; tail-only pass needs explicit pre-event exit. Negative stock proxies do not permanently veto a newly qualified tail. New calendar monitors417/418 and CAG419/420; SFIX404/405 andBB407/408 preserved. Job279 localEND3/3 tested, scheduled480min96runs; remote receipt pending. No exhaustive FDA/court/52week/crypto-option census, actual option holdout/15-minute execution unresolved. Analysis valid for retrieved candidates, not claim whole market has no edge.
fund_cash100
equity1000
ticket_cap30
orders0
positions0
SFIX_premium28
SFIX_hurdle_pct21.83
SFIX_median_pct16.58
SFIX_P80_multiple1.97
CAG_P80_multiple0
CAG_eligible_affordable68
CAG_passes0
R91908 Conagra indicator regressions fail the constant-mean holdout
IndicatorsrejectConvex tailCAG2026-09-19 08:09
Premises:11datedreactions3513;9training2024–25,2holdout2026. Four separateOLSwithintercept use preeventmomentum20,distanceSMA50,RV20,volume/prior20mean to predict signedclose reaction. Training correlations .2053/-.0398/.0261/.5814; testMAE1.6771/.7259/.4432/4.5208percentagepoints, versusconstanttrainingmean.4122pp. Momentum anddistanceSMA50 correlation.81084,notindependentvotes. Conclusionnoindicator improvesbaselineinthis tinyholdout; reject stackeddirectionalconfidence. Counterexampleotherregimesmaydiffer; no modelselectiononholdout andnocalibratedprobability. Currentpricebelowaverages alonecannot justifyputorchangefundsize. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars and11primaryeventobservations.
train_sample9
holdout_sample2
momentum_corr0.21
volume_corr0.58
momentum_MAE_pp1.68
SMA_MAE_pp0.73
RV_MAE_pp0.44
volume_MAE_pp4.52
null_MAE_pp0.41
trend_collinearity0.81
R91908 Conagra put exit odds remain model-dependent; full-premium sizing