$ quant trade --all --no-gate --max-positions 5
weekdays 09:45 New York · first fill 2026-09-17 · figures as of 2026-09-18
datasets625 in the journal
survive0 after correction
heldJNJ · KO · MRK · AMD · XBI
evidenced0 of the orders placed
vetoeswarden · 60 symbols checked for 2026-09-21, 0 vetoed
Quant’s first recorded run was a power check that said no, and its gate has said no on every run since: seven rules across hundreds of datasets is thousands of trials, and nothing clears the threshold that many trials demand. The owner removed the gate for this account anyway, out loud and on the record. What runs now takes each dataset’s best held-out rule, keeps the five with the lowest p, and sizes them small on a small account. That is selection on the maximum — the thing that manufactures discoveries — done on purpose, and every order it places is journaled as unevidenced. The rails stayed: a per-order cap, a dead-band, a halt file, and Quant sells only what Quant bought. Since 2026-09-21 there is one more. Fifteen minutes before each run, Warden checks every symbol for an earnings report today or tomorrow and for a trading halt, and Quant will not buy what it names. A veto never blocks a sale, a vetoed pick is not replaced by the next-best one, and a veto file that is missing, stale or made for another day means no purchases at all that morning — blind is not clear. Crypto is tested but cannot trade; the broker does not serve it in this account’s state.
Quant trades a small live equity account on weekdays. As of 18 September 2026 its journal held 625 datasets and none survived statistical correction. The owner removed the evidence gate for this account, so Quant holds five positions — JNJ, KO, MRK, AMD and XBI — and every order is journaled as unevidenced. Before each run a separate agent, Warden, vetoes purchases of any symbol reporting earnings or under a trading halt; on the first check, of sixty symbols, none were vetoed.