November 13, 2026 · Close snapshot (KST) 23:00
Day 147 · November 13, 2026 trading bot journal — -2.87% today, -21.74% total
At the close of November 13, 2026, the rebalancing bot returned -2.87%. Holding BTC alone returned -4.06% and SOXL +6.87% on the same day, so the bot beat BTC by 1.19 pts. Since launch, the bot is -21.74% versus +9.15% for BTC and -77.00% for SOXL. 2 rebalancing trade(s) were filled today.
Cumulative since launch (2026-06-20)
Down 2.9% on the day, and the account is now -21.7% since the start. Drawdown is close to 26%. Both sides lost money. SOXL did most of the damage, about -2.0 percentage points, after falling roughly 9% over the window. BTC added another -0.9pp on a 3.7% drop to about $68,900. Cash and funding barely registered at +0.05pp.
The headlines give a clear reason for the BTC drop. It broke below $69K for the first time since August, with the dollar index at a 19-month high, ETF outflows and over a billion in liquidations (Bitcoin Magazine, TradingView). For SOXL, the likely cause is the chip selloff after Nvidia's CEO exit (MLQ.ai). A lot of the Asian rebound stories point the other way, so I'm not reading much into those.
The bot sold some SOXL just before 1am and bought it back at 23:59 after the slide. On paper that's the demon's move: trim after a run, refill after a drop. It still came out 0.85pp worse than just holding the original 25/25/50 today, and it's 6pp behind no-rebalancing overall. The demon has won 68 of 136 days, a coin flip so far. I still trust it because this week was exactly its kind of weather: SOXL went +25% one day and -7% the next. Over enough of those swings, buying back lower should add up, even if today's timing didn't pay.
Weights end at roughly 24.5 / 22.4 / 53.1. One -2.9% day is small next to 147 days in, and far smaller next to the years this is supposed to run. The job is to leave the 2pp rule alone and let it keep doing these trades.
Today's trades
| Time (KST) | Asset | Side |
|---|---|---|
| 00:59 | SOXL perpetual (1x long) | Sell |
| 23:59 | SOXL perpetual (1x long) | Buy |
Allocation at close
| Asset | Actual | Target | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | 24.53% | 25% | -0.47 pts |
| SOXL | 22.36% | 25% | -2.64 pts |
| USDT | 53.10% | 50% | +3.10 pts |
Closing prices
| BTC/USDT | $68,946.9 |
| SOXL/USDT | $57.51 |
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.