November 9, 2026 · Close snapshot (KST) 23:00
Day 143 · November 9, 2026 trading bot journal — +3.43% today, -22.34% total
At the close of November 9, 2026, the rebalancing bot returned +3.43%. Holding BTC alone returned -1.60% and SOXL +2.34% on the same day, so the bot beat BTC by 5.03 pts. Since launch, the bot is -22.34% versus +17.25% for BTC and -82.91% for SOXL. 1 rebalancing trade(s) were filled today.
Cumulative since launch (2026-06-20)
Up 3.4% on the day, the first real green after a brutal week. SOXL did all of it. The price jumped about 14.5% and added roughly 3.7pp to the portfolio, while BTC slipped 1.6% and took off about 0.4pp. Cash and funding were a rounding error. Account is still down 22.3% overall.
The chip bounce looks like a straight rebound from last week's rout. Asian chip names roared back with Taiwan up 6% and AMD up over 11%, though an Nvidia probe hung over the rally (Investing.com, BigGo Finance).
SOXL's weight drifted up to about 28.6%, past the 2pp line, so the bot sold some at 23:59. That's the demon doing its job, trimming the thing that just ran. It beat a no-rebalance version of the same start by about 3.1pp today. Cumulatively it's still 8.6pp behind, and it has won 65 of 132 days, basically a coin flip so far. I still trust it because last week was SOXL falling 6%, 7%, 16%, 17%, 5% in a row with no bounce, which is the one pattern that rewards sitting still, and a reversal like this is where the rebalance trades start to count.
One +3.4% day doesn't fix a -22% hole, and neither did last Thursday's -7.9% break anything. The job is to keep the 25/25/50 split and the 2pp trigger running for years and leave both alone.
Today's trades
| Time (KST) | Asset | Side |
|---|---|---|
| 23:59 | SOXL perpetual (1x long) | Sell |
Allocation at close
| Asset | Actual | Target | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | 24.65% | 25% | -0.35 pts |
| SOXL | 28.64% | 25% | +3.64 pts |
| USDT | 46.71% | 50% | -3.29 pts |
Closing prices
| BTC/USDT | $74,858.5 |
| SOXL/USDT | $53.03 |
How this bot works (Shannon's Demon) and whether rebalancing paid off →
Methodology
Total equity is logged by the bot every hour at :59. Deposits are removed at the hour they arrive and returns are chained as a time-weighted return (TWR). Daily return compares the last snapshot of the day with the previous day's last snapshot. Benchmarks use Bybit BTCUSDT spot and SOXLUSDT perpetual hourly closes.
This site is a personal record, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.