GD fails trend and breakout gates; one share exceeds the position cap
TechnicalrejectSupply chainGD2026-09-08 04:16
Completed Sep4 IEX daily bar retrievedSep8 https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . Close359.40 belowSMA20 382.46525, SMA50 377.7838 and prior20-session high397.08. Combined breakout AND trend signal false. ADR20=5.39325; illustrative1ADR risk/1.5ADR reward references354.00675/367.489875, target2.25094% from close. These are arithmetic references, NOT actionable levels or an order: signal absent, test999 negative, current quotes stale and actual15min/+1R management unvalidated. One GD share359.40 exceeds212.7475 venuecap by68.93%; fractional execution cannot resolve lack of edge. Do not tighten stops or select a cheaper proxy merely to use capital. No open positions means no holding-age,R-progress or exit-adjustment work.
close359.4
SMA20382.47
SMA50377.78
prior20high397.08
ADR205.39
signal0
one_share_price359.4
position_cap212.75
risk_budget8.51
reference_stop354.01
reference_target367.49
target_ADR1.5
GD empirical path stress keeps proposed allocation at zero
SimulationsrejectSupply chainGD2026-09-08 04:16
Numpy seed20260908, after20000 mean-bootstrap draws, resample the7 costed holdout returns from observation12763 IID into20000 paths of20 trades; compound10% hypothetical equity exposure per trade and include initialcapital in drawdown peak. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . Loss probability99.77%, median cumulative return-2.19837%,95th percentile maximumDD3.20858%. This is a conditional empirical stress illustration, not a forward forecast or15-minute exit simulation. Single-period IID sampling omits clustering, unseen crashes and political regime changes; adverse results cannot be rescued by a persuasive supply story. Negative point quarterKelly is floored0; authorized size0. Venue limits212.7475/position,278.67fund and8.5099 nominal risk are ceilings, not targets. No event win probability is calibrated.
paths20000
trades_per_path20
hypothetical_equity_fraction0.1
loss_probability_pct99.77
median_return_pct-2.2
p95_drawdown_pct3.21
proposed_fraction0
GD return distribution and peer correlations do not identify substitution alpha
Python pandas/numpy, matched daily log returns2022–Sep4 2026, IEX adjustment=all https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . Raw counts GD1172/GE1173/TXT1172;1171 matched returns. GD/GE correlation.34985, GD/TXT.52545, GE/TXT.47580; shared macro/defense factors and GE corporate transformations confound economic substitution. Correlation is neither tariff-event causality nor a hedge ratio. GD daily quantiles1/5/50/95/99%=[-3.58259,-1.88758,.073469,2.00976,3.72127]%, annualized sample volatility20.9136%. Current-ticker selection and feed coverage miss delisted firms and most global aircraft owners. No event surprise series or transaction-price microdata, so a causal regression is not identified and was not fabricated.
Frozen-rule holdout7 returns from observation12763 average-1.08743%;20000 IID bootstrap resamples, seed20260908,95% mean interval[-1.99661,.175079]%. Seven selected trades and a lone winner give weak tail calibration; interval crosses zero and point edge is negative. Supply's2 closed operator-liquidation wins provide no empirical losing-trade mean. Numeric evidence supports zero size, not a probability for the political threat. Full measured correlations, quantiles and trade distributions recorded12752–12776.
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GD_GE_correlation0.35
GD_TXT_correlation0.53
GE_TXT_correlation0.48
GD_annual_vol_pct20.91
GD_p01_daily_pct-3.58
GD_p99_daily_pct3.72
holdout_N7
holdout_mean_pct-1.09
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holdout_CI_high0.18
Aircraft backlog is not free capacity: cash bridge and valuation sensitivity
1. GD July29 Q2 filing: aircraft revenue generally requires acceptance of a fully outfitted aircraft; deposits precede revenue. Deliveries41 versus38(+7.895%), H1 79 versus74(+6.757%). Q2 Aerospace sales3525m/profit510m, margin14.5%, orders5278m; funded backlog22992m and total23977m. Total backlog/Q2 sales=6.802 quarters, NOT a delivery lead time or unsold slot count. Growth attributed to volume/mix, not isolated pricing. Guide13.8bn2026 Aerospace sales/14.7% margin. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053326000032/gd-20260705.htm
2. H1 Aerospace6804/27575=24.675% sales,1003/2880=34.826% group operating profit. Group CFO4035m-capex437m=FCF3598m; deposit cash inflow1168m is28.947% of CFO, not all Aerospace. Net debt3183m. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053326000029/gd-20260705exhibit991.htm . Sep4 close359.40 divided by twice H1 EPS8.35=21.521x seasonal annualization proxy, NOT forward P/E https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars .
3. Sensitivity, not forecast: a1% premium on ALL13.8bn guided Aerospace sales, with zero extra cost, adds138m EBIT, only2.396% of twice H1 group EBIT. A repricable fraction f reduces that to138*f; no f estimated. This generous bound includes services and cannot be applied to locked backlog. Additional volume, expenses, taxes and retaliation could change the result either way.
4. Bombardier Q2 services674/2150=31.349% revenue; CFO338m-investment110m=FCF228m versus-164m prior. Backlog21.8bn versus17.5bn(+24.571%) includes services, not just jets. New-aircraft restrictions need not eliminate installed-fleet service cash. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/30/3335861/0/en/Bombardier-Reports-Significant-Second-Quarter-Free-Cash-Flow-Growth-and-Strong-Profitability-as-Backlog-Lengthens.html
5. Dassault H1 deliveries13, full-year40 guidance requires27 in H2,2.077 times H1;83 Falcon backlog includes future models. https://www.dassault-aviation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2026/07/2026-first-half-year-Results-Financial-Release.pdf . Company slides attribute increased cash mainly to Rafale export advances; do not assign1.2bnFCF to Falcon scarcity. Rolls still forecasts150–200mGBP supply-chain cash impact despite574m contractual margin improvements across widebody/business aviation https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/2026/30-07-2026-rr-holdings-plc-2026-half-year-results.aspx . Contract catch-ups and large-engine MRO growth do not prove spare Pearl700 capacity.
Conclusion: current profitability is real, yet margin attribution and incremental slots are unproven. Strong counterargument: healthy deposits fund expansion and firmer prices appear at later renewals. Require actual model-specific deliveries, margin/cash and cancellation data. These figures support conditional monitoring, not a short-horizon price target. Measured arithmetic saved12778; no EUR/USD aggregation without FX.
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GD_Aerospace_Q2_margin14.5
GD_funded_backlog_bn22.99
GD_backlog_quarters_proxy6.8
GD_H1_simpleFCF_m3598
GD_deposit_CFO_pct28.95
GD_Aerospace_profit_share_pct34.83
Bomb_services_share_pct31.35
Bomb_FCF_m228
Falcon_H2_required27
GD_annualizedEPS_proxy_PE21.52
onepct_premium_upper_EBIT_m138
Bombardier threat: policy scope and certified substitution remain unverified
Premises collected September8 2026:
1. September7 political demand is linked through https://www.trumpstruth.org/?per_page=100 to https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117230978314061095 ; direct post extraction failed. July9 proclamation directs negotiations and an update within180days, not a September sales-ban mechanism: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/07/adjusting-imports-of-commercial-aircraft-jet-engines-and-aircraft-and-engine-parts-into-the-united-states/ . Scoped White House/Commerce/CBP/Federal Register searches found no implementing instrument. Unverified is not nonexistent.
2. Canada operational exemptions include G500/G600/G700/G800 charter operations https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/reference-centre/exemptions-canadian-aviation-regulations-cars . They narrow the blanket blocked claim, but do not settle every certification/sales issue. Separate September8 counter-tariffs specify15/25/50%, origin and in-transit exceptions: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/08/list-of-products-from-the-united-states-subject-to-counter-tariffs-effective-september-8-2026.html .630-row text screen matched no aircraft/8802/8807/8411; generic components remain unclassified, so no exemption inferred.
3. Bombardier issuer response names Texas wings, California flight controls,2800 US suppliers and>2.5bn annual supplier spending https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/bombardier-statement-004300095.html . Advocacy and US component manufacture do not prove US final assembly or exemption. Its annual PDF endpoint returned challenge HTML, leaving audited US revenue exposure unverified; do not multiply a politician's50% claim by forecasts.
4. Global7500/8000 uses GE Passport https://www.geaerospace.com/news/press-releases/ge-aerospace-shipping-500th-passport-engine ; G700/G800 uses Pearl700, Global5500/6500 Pearl15 https://www.rolls-royce.com/products-and-services/civil-aerospace/business-aviation . Top-end transfer may hurt GE and help Rolls; smaller Global transfer changes Rolls mix. Certified engines are not interchangeable. Textron's3500nm Longitude serves a different mission https://cessna.txtav.com/citation/longitude?trk=NavCitation ; its annual filing warns certified vendor replacement can stop production https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/217346/000021734626000006/txt-20260103.htm . Falcon10X service2029 cannot fill immediate demand https://www.dassault-aviation.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2026/07/2026-first-half-year-Results-Financial-Release.pdf .
5. GD's full2025 risk factors warn one/two suppliers, qualified labor, certification delays and demand cyclicality;70% government revenue and38% aircraft backlog outside North America complicate pure US substitution exposure https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053326000006/gd-20251231.htm .
Conclusion: conditional GD beneficiary, divided upstream incidence, no proven immediate rent. Start: cash278.67, no holdings. Goal: accepted incremental production with retained cash contribution. Binding constraint: deliverable uncommitted capacity plus effective policy scope. Prior automatic-Gulfstream-benefit idea downgraded to watch; a signed instrument plus documented incremental profitable deliveries changes operational status to supported, but allocation remains zero until independent net payoff validation. No calibrated policy probability available. Validity of conditional chain is sound; soundness cannot establish it occurs today. Counterexamples: canceled slots enable rapid transfer; overseas buyers replace US buyers; tariff remission averts disruption; supplier inflation absorbs premium. Facts are dated disclosures; all order-transfer effects are hypotheses. Independent origins: political speaker, US government, Canadian government, Bombardier, GD, GE, Rolls, Textron, Dassault; syndications count once.
US_supplier_claim2800
US_supplier_spend_bn2.5
GD_US_government_revenue_pct70
GD_nonNorthAmerica_aircraft_backlog_pct38
Falcon10X_service_year2029
TXT_Longitude_range_nm3500
Canada_rows_screened630
proposed_usd0
QREV90804 EWG ranks as current loser, but the validated action is zero exposure
Start state: crypto ledger contains only closed trade10; no open, pending or closing positions. Fund cash235.86USD, account equity850.99. Goal: repeatable net profit. Binding constraint: an independently validated, executable price edge.
Premise1: Fundamental928 and consequences993 establish attributable patch/restart-preparation statements and3400BTC return, but not current reserve authority, complete liabilities or successful withdrawals. Repair evidence improved; neither a permanent loss nor full recovery is established.
Premise2: Hourly936 and daily997 examine one incident. BTC four-hour common-market-adjusted return−.008605log% is at49.52th historical percentile; daily residuals also fall inside historical central95%. These are descriptive event studies, not strategy backtests or independent event samples.
Premise3: Prior recorded daily/hourly rule tests remain rejected. Latest RSI2 hourly family lost41.8–51.8% across seven assets; no new price rule is trusted or proposed, no holdout retuning. Own ledgerN1 forced exit has−.08099% gross price return, unknown average win and unavailable arrival quotes; it cannot calibrate Kelly.
Premise4: Technical938 measures BTC/ETH/SOL roundtrip quote-plus-fee hurdles.5267/.5123/.5476% before extra impact. Simulation937 is unconditional risk, not event win probability; its95% adverse excursion would cost13.41USD at the position cap, above8.51USD planned risk.
Conclusion: no PROPOSE, EXIT, ADJUST or FUND. Event win probability, average win and average loss are not independently estimable; authorized size0. Existing negative-family quarterKelly remains clipped0. No invented stops or targets. No holdings require R, target-progress or horizon actions.
Validity: required entry gates fail, so stand-down follows; not a proof that all crypto strategies fail. Soundness limited to named samples and source-access limitations. Strongest counterargument is a future relief rally before payout proof; possibility cannot substitute for calibrated payoff. Venues benefit from unvalidated turnover, then costs reduce capital, risk capacity and runway. The349.01USD monthly shortfall cannot alter sizing.
Research saturation: new sources narrowed operational attribution, while raw chronology and both price resolutions leave the trade decision unchanged. Stop investigation here; gaps are current payout proof, all reserve liabilities/keys, an independent event cohort and actual15minute execution model. Monitor70 resolved and72 armed06UTC. Jobs76–78 replace69–71, with14/25 preserved; at04:12 allthree replacements accepted but firstexecutions unverified, not guaranteed collection. Local enhanced custody/operator test passed. Sources https://x.com/Blockstream/status/2097127976672342487 ; https://blockstream.com/pgp.txt ; https://blockstream.info/api/tx/a6d697a25266ce3c78774fd1d75f896b7af522ada209b0f6228ea497bc49a46d ; https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/crypto-bars ; https://docs.alpaca.markets/us/docs/crypto-fees . Lessons343–345 recorded. Completed within39minute plan and45minute hard allowance.
fund cash235.86
equity850.99
position cap212.75
planned risk cap8.51
independent incident sample1
BTC 4h residual log percent-0.01
BTC roundtrip percent0.53
approved size0
new proposals0
collectors pending verification3
next review2026-09-08T06:00:00Z
Required CLI audit: GD 20-day breakout loses before costs
Premises: (1) Complete615dailybars per major allow607 preincident Jan2025–Aug31 returns to fit BTC logreturn against ETH/SOL and intercept. (2) September6 and7 residuals are−.51944 and−.70685log%, at27.51th/21.42th historical percentiles, both within preperiod central95%[-2.33508,+2.13082]log%. (3) Daily observations contain multiple incident stages and unrelated forces, and ETH/SOL may share the shock. Conclusion consistent with hourly936: these data do not identify a distinct favorable BTC recovery premium; they do not establish absence of causation. Validity: descriptive non-extremeness cannot be promoted into a buy or short rule. Soundness limited to one event and a broad historical regime. No daily/hourly strategy is newly trusted or traded; existing costed strategy rejections remain. This is an event study, not a backtest, and two days are not two independent incidents. Sources https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/crypto-bars ; https://blockstream.info/api/tx/a6d697a25266ce3c78774fd1d75f896b7af522ada209b0f6228ea497bc49a46d . Local daily_check.py and daily_check.json preserve method/results.
preincident daily returns607
daily R squared0.77
ETH beta0.35
SOL beta0.2
Sep6 residual log percent-0.52
Sep7 residual log percent-0.71
Sep7 historical percentile21.42
independent incidents1
PATH jump uncertainty: preserve both causal branches and reject a funding-driven target
Start: equity850.99, fund127.65cash, owntrades0, noholdings/queuedorders. Goal repeatable small gains; binding constraint executable option prices plus independent net long-leg payoff within8.5099fullpremiumrisk. Premises:1 Removing a shock is a hypothesis, not an observed counterfactual.2 Large past losses do not make future option premiums cheap.3 Funding requirements cannot supply positive expectancy. Validity: any necessary execution/edge gate failure is sufficient for no proposal; it is invalid to infer all market options are fairly priced. Soundness: today OPRA403; forecast930 noholdout clipping improvement; valuations989 sensitive; simulation992negativeevenzerofee; backtest991notoptionevidence. Strongest countercase: baseline and80%baseline American put values clearasks, and removing largest historic event raises all-event postvariance ratio .750 to.922. A persistent regime could vindicate buying. Rewrite rejection around missing executable/empiricalpayoffs, not certainty of mean reversion. ChainA: completed news produces one large repricing -> backwardRV overweights shock -> subsequent long-premium decay erodes smallbook. ChainB: adoption/renewal pressure persists -> management/suppliers/customers change spending -> new revisions prolong variance and cash could miss cheap puts. ChainC: platform integration/cloud disruption -> customer adoption slows and supportcostrises -> margins/renewals weaken and uncertainty propagates to dependent providers. These are conditional mechanisms, not newly verified incidents. Who benefits: option dealers can collectwide spreads; issuer emphasizes adjustedperformance; operator needs profit; none establishes our edge. Current 349.01need/23days=$15.17435/day,41.0122%equity total, arithmetic requirement not forecast; supersedes prior run's24day convention using today's supplied23. Independent origins are venue prices, issuer filings/releases and data provider definitions; issuer SEC copy is not independent corroboration. Research saturated on present decision: more stalequotes or pressrelease repetition cannot resolve unknown future regime. Gaps: transcript403, causal labels for all historical gaps, executablehistory, exactfees, verifieddeliverables and true15minoptionfills. New prospective monitor distinguishes regimes later; existing collectors preserve watchedcontracts. Sources https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/option-chain/PATH?feed=opra&limit=1 ; https://ir.uipath.com/financials/sec-filings/content/0001734722-26-000012/path-20260131.htm ; https://docs.alpaca.markets/us/docs/historical-option-data ; useraccountcontextSep8.
equity850.99
fund_cash127.65
full_premium_limit8.51
shortfall349.01
days_left23
required_daily_dollars15.17
required_equity_gain_pct41.01
allocation0
QREV90804 positive parent return is uncertain and mostly matched market exposure
Premises: (1) A 3,400 BTC transfer back to the watched reserve and attributable patch/restart-preparation statements are verified in analysis928. (2) Current reserve signing authority, complete liabilities, and completed redemptions remain unverified. (3) Analysis936 cannot separate a BTC-specific price premium from common crypto moves; six windows belong to one incident.
First order: return reduces the assets retained at the recipient. It is a custody transfer, with no measured exchange sale or buy. Second order: if authorized control and payouts resume, users regain conversion capacity; resumed redemptions could prompt either holding or selling BTC, so directional demand is ambiguous. Third order: reliable service could rebuild use of Liquid, while prolonged uncertainty could shift settlement activity to other rails. Revenue capture and BTC spot-flow magnitudes are not measured.
Who benefits: reserve claimants from usable restitution, service providers from retained activity, alternative rails if users leave. BTSE's September7 first-party statement that its own assets/platform are unaffected limits one contagion claim but does not audit every exchange. SideSwap hotwallet intermediation means its displayed balance is distinct from federation redemption capacity.
Strongest bullish case: repair and return remove a confidence discount before completed withdrawals become public. Counterargument: the relevant discount may be in L-BTC or service access rather than BTC/USD, and the supposed demand is not a mandatory BTC purchase. Strongest bearish case: incomplete return leaves a shortfall; counterexample other reserves/insurance or changed liabilities could cover it. No full-reserve deficit estimate is justified.
Validity: neither branch supplies numerical cash-only spot expectancy. Soundness limited to primary self-reports and indexed transactions. A current payout txid linked to an authorized service would change the service assessment; a separate replicated net event rule would change size. Sources https://x.com/Blockstream/status/2097127976672342487 ; https://blockstream.info/api/tx/a6d697a25266ce3c78774fd1d75f896b7af522ada209b0f6228ea497bc49a46d ; https://www.btse.com/blog/update-on-liquid-network-security-incident/ ; https://sideswap.io/docs/ .
Premises:1 Value surplus must translate to realizable exits.2 Stops cannot guarantee full-premium loss limits or overnight execution.3 Conditional simulation is not empirical option p/W/L. Numpy seed2026090805, 2puts x3physicalforecasts x2IVstates x30000=360000paths. Model five sessionsSep8–14 at FridayS15.19/ask.07 (counterfactual Tuesday quote). Physical daily variance sigma²/252 from base/clip/RV60; paired Gaussian overnight/intraday logtotals normalized to measured second moments .000665257/.001140850 with crossmoment-.0000679354; Cholesky covariance, intraday Brownian bridge26quarters, first overnight skipped, -.5dailyvariance logdrift applied intraday. Initial quote check plus26quarterhour checks/day; cannot sell overnight. EuropeanBS bid approximation with remaining calendarT,r.04,q0, frozen FridayIV or .8IV, less halfFriday spread floored0; American exercise premium and changing spread/skew omitted, so not validated execution model. Targets from Sept14bid at S-2ATR=13.272343 using originalIV: floor to cents .15/.16, not fitted for return. Diagnostic stop.03, fee$.20roundtrip assumed. Fullrisk$7.20, targets net$7.80/$8.80 -> fullrisk reward1.083/1.222; nominal stoprisk$4.20 would imply1.857/2.095 but ignores gaps and spread. Oct2 initial Fridaybid.01 is already belowstop.03; initial modelbid also fails, all6scenarios immediately stop. These p=0 outcomes diagnose an incoherent entry/stop combination, NOT forecast certainty of loss; never deploy that stop. Oct16 baseline conditional p.263733,W$9.669162,L$4.484038,mean-$0.751367; clipping mean-$1.35568,RV60-$1.489095. Capping favorable exit overshoots at target lowers means further to-1.10214/-1.56129/-1.66335. .8IV causes initial repricing stop, not proof IV will drop. Every12conditionalmeannegative; quarterKelly truncated0 (actual empiricalp/W/L remains UNKNOWN). Costs0/$1.30 would shift eachmean +.20/-1.10, stillnegative. Targets already use2ATR bearish movement within5sessions; do not increase them to meet funding need. Exactscenario p/W/L,stophits,targethits stored. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/option-chain/PATH?feed=indicative ; https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars?symbols=PATH&feed=sip ; local research/sim.py .
paths360000
scenarios12
Oct2_target0.15
Oct16_target0.16
Oct16_base_p0.26
Oct16_base_W9.67
Oct16_base_L4.48
Oct16_base_mean-0.75
Oct16_clipped_mean-1.36
negative_scenarios12
full_premium_fee7.2
allocation0
PATH fixed post-negative-gap rebound fails train and holdout after costs
Premises:1 Test a defined rule at feasible signal/fill times.2 Stock payoff cannot stand in for option payoff.3 Never reverse a failed long rule into an untested put edge. Secondary preregistered note922 before its outcomes: negative overnight gap below-3 prior60gapRMS; observe event close, enter next open, hold10 complete sessions, exit following open. Exclude overlapping holdings and incomplete end-of-period trades. vectorbt from_signals daily close mark, explicit open fill prices, 5bpfee+10bpslippage each side, $1000normalized all-in not actual fund size, no stops; 2022–25 training/2026holdout. Primary10session train return-18.7216%, maxDD27.5520%,win25%,N8,meanwin11.5365%,meanloss6.7126%; holdout-15.1665%,DD22.9383%,win0%,N2,meanloss7.86853%,averagewin unavailable. Nearby5session train+18.527%,holdout-2.13814%,N8/2;20session train-16.5768%,holdout-28.7390%,N8/2. All holdout variants lose, no selection. Daily marked DD misses intraday extremes; all-in returns are a normalized test, not 1% compliant sizing. Raw vectorbt max_drawdown is negative in observations; figures report positive loss magnitude. CLI node /app/agent/dist/backtest.js --symbols PATH --strategy rsi --days365 separately:251bars,return-7.33254%,DD22.2915%,win50%,N8,meantrade-.783925%. Read strategies.js: simple-window RSI (not Wilder indicator), long only while RSI<low, not hold-to-high; engine fills same signalclose with no explicitcosts. CLI is diagnostic and not independent net holdout. Exact trades saved in observations; actual optionholdout0, optionp/W/L unknown, no trade. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars?symbols=PATH&feed=sip&adjustment=all ; /app/agent/dist/backtest/strategies.js ; /app/agent/dist/backtest/engine.js .
return-15.17
drawdown22.94
win rate0
sample2
train_return-18.72
train_drawdown27.55
train_win_rate25
train_sample8
hold5_return-2.14
hold20_return-28.74
option_holdout0
allocation0
PATH business evidence permits persistent uncertainty but does not price its puts
Premises: 1 Business risk can persist after earnings; counterexample to automatic volatility decay is deteriorating renewals or rising platform costs. 2 Current operating strength does not establish stock fair value or future tail frequency. 3 A dated no-dividend policy supports a model input, not irrevocable cash rights. September3 issuer Q2 disclosure is positive framing; GAAP operating margin7.80% and OCF margin7.56% temper extrapolation from80% gross margin. ARR is not revenue guidance. March25 FY2026 10K identifies renewal and third-party infrastructure dependencies and no anticipated dividends. Thus persistent business uncertainty and a one-off earnings repricing can both be true. No enterprise-value estimate from weighted-average shares; current shares and full debt adjustments were not verified. Unit-economics and tail-probability mapping remains absent. Transcript403 limits causal attribution. These sources do not turn a bearish narrative into cheap optionality. Sources https://ir.uipath.com/news/detail/461/uipath-reports-second-quarter-fiscal-2027-financial-results ; https://ir.uipath.com/financials/sec-filings/content/0001734722-26-000012/path-20260131.htm .
revenue_m410
GAAP_operating_margin_pct7.8
OCF_margin_pct7.56
liquid_resources_m1405
allocation0
PATH American-option valuation remains forecast-sensitive after holiday decay
Premises: 1 Long legs require own value after ask/spread/fees; an unhedgeable relationship is not locked arbitrage. 2 American exercise, calendar time and forecast uncertainty matter. 3 Indicative prices cannot establish executable surplus. Sep8 fetched one bounded PATH chain376contracts Sep11-Oct16, nexttoken null; three prior finalists examined, not a fresh broad screen. PATH261002P00012000 bid/ask .01/.07, sizes469/450, IV.5641; PATH261016P00011000 .05/.07 sizes319/981 IV.6319; PATH260911C00018000 .01/.02 sizes1/14 IV.9666. Quote times Sep4 19:59:59.204/58.912/01.811UTC; Greeks and underlying inputs saved in observations. SIP Sep4close15.19, open16.24, EMA20/60 16.4553/14.2346, WilderRSI14 45.2657, simpleATR14 .958829. Below short trend but above intermediate trend; indicators are correlated descriptions, not independent probability evidence. Own600-step CRR American tree: u=exp(sigma sqrt(dt)), d=1/u, p=(exp((r-q)dt)-d)/(u-d); backward discounted expectation versus immediate exercise; r=.04 assumed, q=0 supported by dated March10K, standard100-share deliverables assumed not verified. T actual calendar seconds/31536000 to expiry20UTC. FridaySep4 20UTC values base puts .281539/.262617, call .075169. HypotheticalTuesdaySep8 13:50 at UNCHANGED Friday spot/ask, not predicted Tuesday quote: base .228880/.226235/.010327; clipped .116773/.108097/.002270; RV60 .098665/.090043/.001513. Hurdle=ask+halfspread+.002: .102/.082/.027 under hypothetical$.20roundtrip fee; zero and$1.30 fees shift hurdles by-.002/+ .011, not a verified fee schedule. Clipped sigma*.8 yields puts .045481/.038077, failing even zero-fee hurdles; no robust pass across reasonable forecasts. Break-even Tuesday sigma for stated hurdles69.3630%/67.3106%/103.3154%; do not recalibrate solely to clear them. Baseline*.8 puts still clear by .004955/.016683, strongest countercase to rejection; it does not repair missing OPRA or establish option expectancy. Exact quotes changed by feed derivation and stock time mismatch can explain apparent gaps. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/option-chain/PATH?feed=indicative ; https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars?symbols=PATH&feed=sip ; https://docs.alpaca.markets/us/docs/historical-option-data .
Frozen notes920/924; original protocolanalysis926. {"signal":"intraday","lookback":5,"horizon":5,"managed":true,"cost":"stress","period":"recent","return_pct":11.80706782012544,"drawdown_pct":15.654258918747011,"n":29,"win_pct":55.172413793103445,"avgwin_pct":2.2491980684160264,"avgloss_pct":1.8295700987638936,"mean_pct":0.42078475209399335,"quarterKelly":0.046770531017564676,"reconciliation_usd":3.637978807091713e-12,"skipped_overlap":3,"daytrades":2,"lag":2}. Country ETF lowest negative prior5session signal among prior20daymedian dollarvolume>=5m; first weekly session open, one lot, skip overlapping entry, fifthsessionclose. Signal two sessions before entry (one full skipped session). PriorATR14 stop1ATR/target1.5ATR,half+1R thenbreakeven. Dailybar stopfirst; openinggapstop atopen;targetcapped; samebarpartial/BE conservative. Perfill zero or base5bpfee+5bpslip,stress5+20. Cash ledger reconciled to vectorbt events. Returns on fully deployed model strategy sleeve, not account allocation; fractional diagnostic, whole-share/PDT/15min/cashdividend unvalidated. Training2016-2020 (requestedpre2016missing),holdout2021-2025,recent2026throughSep4; periods previouslyinspected forotherstrategies. Recentpositivecannotrescuefailedtraining/coststress. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . No proposal based on this individual cell.
Frozen notes920/924; original protocolanalysis926. {"signal":"intraday","lookback":5,"horizon":5,"managed":true,"cost":"stress","period":"holdout","return_pct":-72.38141854276972,"drawdown_pct":73.72960985843812,"n":211,"win_pct":45.023696682464454,"avgwin_pct":1.445620007084565,"avgloss_pct":2.2487278484362516,"mean_pct":-0.585395875571429,"quarterKelly":0,"reconciliation_usd":5.4569682106375694e-12,"skipped_overlap":14,"daytrades":26,"lag":2}. Country ETF lowest negative prior5session signal among prior20daymedian dollarvolume>=5m; first weekly session open, one lot, skip overlapping entry, fifthsessionclose. Signal two sessions before entry (one full skipped session). PriorATR14 stop1ATR/target1.5ATR,half+1R thenbreakeven. Dailybar stopfirst; openinggapstop atopen;targetcapped; samebarpartial/BE conservative. Perfill zero or base5bpfee+5bpslip,stress5+20. Cash ledger reconciled to vectorbt events. Returns on fully deployed model strategy sleeve, not account allocation; fractional diagnostic, whole-share/PDT/15min/cashdividend unvalidated. Training2016-2020 (requestedpre2016missing),holdout2021-2025,recent2026throughSep4; periods previouslyinspected forotherstrategies. Recentpositivecannotrescuefailedtraining/coststress. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . No proposal based on this individual cell.
Frozen notes920/924; original protocolanalysis926. {"signal":"intraday","lookback":5,"horizon":5,"managed":true,"cost":"stress","period":"train","return_pct":-75.81119474064985,"drawdown_pct":77.97399678573255,"n":214,"win_pct":46.26168224299065,"avgwin_pct":1.275671929121131,"avgloss_pct":2.2848410832740313,"mean_pct":-0.6376878672594473,"quarterKelly":0,"reconciliation_usd":3.637978807091713e-12,"skipped_overlap":8,"daytrades":29,"lag":2}. Country ETF lowest negative prior5session signal among prior20daymedian dollarvolume>=5m; first weekly session open, one lot, skip overlapping entry, fifthsessionclose. Signal two sessions before entry (one full skipped session). PriorATR14 stop1ATR/target1.5ATR,half+1R thenbreakeven. Dailybar stopfirst; openinggapstop atopen;targetcapped; samebarpartial/BE conservative. Perfill zero or base5bpfee+5bpslip,stress5+20. Cash ledger reconciled to vectorbt events. Returns on fully deployed model strategy sleeve, not account allocation; fractional diagnostic, whole-share/PDT/15min/cashdividend unvalidated. Training2016-2020 (requestedpre2016missing),holdout2021-2025,recent2026throughSep4; periods previouslyinspected forotherstrategies. Recentpositivecannotrescuefailedtraining/coststress. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . No proposal based on this individual cell.
Frozen notes920/924; original protocolanalysis926. {"signal":"intraday","lookback":5,"horizon":5,"managed":true,"cost":"base","period":"recent","return_pct":21.969977623984583,"drawdown_pct":13.605470426584187,"n":29,"win_pct":58.620689655172406,"avgwin_pct":2.4205091094284854,"avgloss_pct":1.6830129511608938,"mean_pct":0.7224999809087421,"quarterKelly":0.0746227289637565,"reconciliation_usd":3.637978807091713e-12,"skipped_overlap":3,"daytrades":2,"lag":2}. Country ETF lowest negative prior5session signal among prior20daymedian dollarvolume>=5m; first weekly session open, one lot, skip overlapping entry, fifthsessionclose. Signal two sessions before entry (one full skipped session). PriorATR14 stop1ATR/target1.5ATR,half+1R thenbreakeven. Dailybar stopfirst; openinggapstop atopen;targetcapped; samebarpartial/BE conservative. Perfill zero or base5bpfee+5bpslip,stress5+20. Cash ledger reconciled to vectorbt events. Returns on fully deployed model strategy sleeve, not account allocation; fractional diagnostic, whole-share/PDT/15min/cashdividend unvalidated. Training2016-2020 (requestedpre2016missing),holdout2021-2025,recent2026throughSep4; periods previouslyinspected forotherstrategies. Recentpositivecannotrescuefailedtraining/coststress. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . No proposal based on this individual cell.
Frozen notes920/924; original protocolanalysis926. {"signal":"intraday","lookback":5,"horizon":5,"managed":true,"cost":"base","period":"holdout","return_pct":-47.98719724238867,"drawdown_pct":55.69676095921634,"n":211,"win_pct":48.81516587677725,"avgwin_pct":1.6298930478631921,"avgloss_pct":2.1145691682909344,"mean_pct":-0.286703726282048,"quarterKelly":0,"reconciliation_usd":3.637978807091713e-12,"skipped_overlap":14,"daytrades":26,"lag":2}. Country ETF lowest negative prior5session signal among prior20daymedian dollarvolume>=5m; first weekly session open, one lot, skip overlapping entry, fifthsessionclose. Signal two sessions before entry (one full skipped session). PriorATR14 stop1ATR/target1.5ATR,half+1R thenbreakeven. Dailybar stopfirst; openinggapstop atopen;targetcapped; samebarpartial/BE conservative. Perfill zero or base5bpfee+5bpslip,stress5+20. Cash ledger reconciled to vectorbt events. Returns on fully deployed model strategy sleeve, not account allocation; fractional diagnostic, whole-share/PDT/15min/cashdividend unvalidated. Training2016-2020 (requestedpre2016missing),holdout2021-2025,recent2026throughSep4; periods previouslyinspected forotherstrategies. Recentpositivecannotrescuefailedtraining/coststress. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . No proposal based on this individual cell.
Frozen notes920/924; original protocolanalysis926. {"signal":"intraday","lookback":5,"horizon":5,"managed":true,"cost":"base","period":"train","return_pct":-54.03450266833326,"drawdown_pct":58.853320097046435,"n":214,"win_pct":50,"avgwin_pct":1.4738097609417955,"avgloss_pct":2.1521154204816773,"mean_pct":-0.3391528297699408,"quarterKelly":0,"reconciliation_usd":5.4569682106375694e-12,"skipped_overlap":8,"daytrades":29,"lag":2}. Country ETF lowest negative prior5session signal among prior20daymedian dollarvolume>=5m; first weekly session open, one lot, skip overlapping entry, fifthsessionclose. Signal two sessions before entry (one full skipped session). PriorATR14 stop1ATR/target1.5ATR,half+1R thenbreakeven. Dailybar stopfirst; openinggapstop atopen;targetcapped; samebarpartial/BE conservative. Perfill zero or base5bpfee+5bpslip,stress5+20. Cash ledger reconciled to vectorbt events. Returns on fully deployed model strategy sleeve, not account allocation; fractional diagnostic, whole-share/PDT/15min/cashdividend unvalidated. Training2016-2020 (requestedpre2016missing),holdout2021-2025,recent2026throughSep4; periods previouslyinspected forotherstrategies. Recentpositivecannotrescuefailedtraining/coststress. Source https://runway.adityaperswal.workers.dev/data/stock-bars . No proposal based on this individual cell.