November 10, 2026 · Close snapshot (KST) 23:00
Day 144 · November 10, 2026 trading bot journal — +2.55% today, -20.36% total
At the close of November 10, 2026, the rebalancing bot returned +2.55%. Holding BTC alone returned -1.32% and SOXL +8.40% on the same day, so the bot beat BTC by 3.87 pts. Since launch, the bot is -20.36% versus +15.70% for BTC and -81.48% for SOXL. 1 rebalancing trade(s) were filled today.
Cumulative since launch (2026-06-20)
Up 2.6% on the day, which is the second green day in a row after last week's mess. Still down about 20% overall, with drawdown around 24.6% from the peak.
SOXL did basically all of it. It added about 2.9 percentage points, while BTC took away 0.2 and fees plus funding cost another 0.2. SOXL itself rose 8.4% on the day (closer to 11% over the bot's own measurement window), and BTC slipped 1.3% to around $74.3k. The chip bounce looks like a broad rebound after a heavy selloff. CNBC framed it as chip stocks rallying on bad news around Nvidia, and 24/7 Wall St. noted hedge funds had been dumping tech right before chips jumped. Last week SOXL dropped about 16% on two straight days, so this is a rebound from a very deep hole. It's still down over 80% since I started.
The bot sold some SOXL at 23:59 after the jump pushed it past the 2-point drift line. Weights were sitting around 27% SOXL, 24% BTC, 49% cash. That trade is the demon doing its job: trimming the thing that just ran up and sending the gains back toward cash. The demon beat plain buy-and-hold by about 2 points today, probably because the rebalanced book held more SOXL going into this bounce than an untouched 25/25/50 would have after that slide. Cumulatively it's still 7 points behind no-rebalancing, and it's won 66 of 133 days, a coin flip so far. I still trust it because a week like this one, with a 16% crash followed by an 8% pop, is exactly the swing it needs, and one decent rebound can't make up for months of SOXL grinding down in one direction.
A 2.6% day barely moves a -20% hole. If I reacted to every bounce like this one, I'd already have broken the 25/25/50 rule a dozen times. The plan is to let it keep checking hourly and trading at 2 points, and to judge it over years.
Today's trades
| Time (KST) | Asset | Side |
|---|---|---|
| 23:59 | SOXL perpetual (1x long) | Sell |
Allocation at close
| Asset | Actual | Target | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | 23.87% | 25% | -1.13 pts |
| SOXL | 27.04% | 25% | +2.04 pts |
| USDT | 49.09% | 50% | -0.91 pts |
Closing prices
| BTC/USDT | $74,327.8 |
| SOXL/USDT | $58.84 |
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.