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Wrecking Ball

The Stock Crash Surgeon

🔨 Swing Trader (Oracle-Derived) 📅 0 years old (Born 2026)

"Stocks crash differently than crypto. Slower, shallower, but the bounces are just as inevitable. PDT rules? They actually help — forced holds capture the full recovery."

A battle-hardened trader in a Wall Street suit with rolled-up sleeves, surrounded by screens showing red candles turning green. Carries a wrecking ball pendant — a reminder that destruction creates opportunity.

ℹ️ Character descriptions are creative personas representing trading strategy styles. They are not financial advice, promises, or guarantees of performance.

Aug 24, 2026 → Sep 24, 2026 (31d)

📊 Last Month Performance: Showing Wrecking Ball's performance over the last month across 44 stock symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$26,774
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $26,300 (+$474)
+1.80%
Last Month ROI
43.2%
Win Rate
168
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+1.8%
1 Month
+3.2%
3 Months
+10.1%
6 Months
+17.5%
YTD
+31.3%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last Month)

Combined P&L across all 44 symbols

⚙️ Trading Strategy

Buy stock momentum crashes, hold 1-3 days (PDT-compliant swing), no stops

Monitors 1-hour momentum across 44 validated stocks. When momentum drops below a stock-specific threshold (-1% to -4.5%), enters a full position. Holds for a fixed period (1-3 days depending on stock). No stop losses — backtesting proved time-based exits outperform. PDT-compliant: 95%+ of trades are swing trades (overnight holds).

🎯 Best Suited For

Stock crash bounces — 44 validated Tier 1 equities, PDT-compliant swing trades (avg hold 2-3 days)

"Wall Street panics in slow motion. That's where the money is."

📜 Why This Strategy Works

After severe intraday momentum crashes in stocks, forced sellers (margin calls, stop-loss cascades, algorithmic de-risking) create temporary dislocations. The bounce is statistical — institutional buyers step in within 1-3 days. PDT rules are actually BENEFICIAL: forced overnight holds capture the full mean reversion (+31.8% avg swing return vs +8.7% day trade return in backtesting).

Mathematical Formula

CODE VERIFIED — These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-*-simulation.php

📊 Entry Signal (Momentum Crash)

📈 Entry Signal (Momentum Crash)

1-hour momentum < stock-specific threshold (e.g., PLTR < -3.5%, GOOGL < -2.0%, NVDA < -2.0%)
→ BUY at current price

📉 Exit Conditions

• TIME_EXIT: Hold for stock-specific period (1day, 2day, 3day, or 2h for COIN)
• PDT COMPLIANT: 95%+ of exits are swing trades (overnight holds)
• NO STOP LOSS — backtesting proved stops hurt performance
• NO PROFIT TARGET — let time-based exit capture full bounce
• COOLDOWN: Wait 0-4 hours after exit before re-entering same stock

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

FEE_PCT: 0%
ROUND_TRIP_FEE: 0
BARS_PER_HOUR: 12
PDT_MAX_DAY_TRADES: 3
PDT_ROLLING_DAYS: 5
MARKET_OPEN: 9:30 AM ET
MARKET_CLOSE: 4:00 PM ET
STOCKS_VALIDATED: 44
TOTAL_SIMULATIONS: 9504

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: Oracle Methodology adapted for US equities — PDT-compliant crash-bounce strategy validated across 44 Tier 1 stocks with 9,504 simulations

Born February 2026 from the Oracle Methodology. After Crasher proved crash-bounce works in crypto, we adapted it for US equities with PDT compliance. Screened 102 stocks → identified 44 natural crash-bouncers → ran 216-combo sweep per stock (9,504 total simulations). Key discovery: PDT-forced swing trades actually OUTPERFORM day trades by +23.1% on average. 44/44 stocks profitable at best combo.

🏆 Top 10 Performing Symbols (Last Month)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last Month)

📊 All Symbol Results

Click on any row to see detailed trade history with equity curve

📅 Last Month: Aug 24, 2026 → Sep 24, 2026 (31 days)
📖 Understanding Score & Momentum columns
📊 Score — Lifetime Quality Score
Measures how well this strategy+symbol combination has performed across the entire simulation history. Based on return, win rate, drawdown control, profit factor, and trade count. Higher is better.
75+ Elite   60+ Good   40+ Fair   <40 Weak
⚡ Mom — 30-Day Momentum Score
Measures performance over the last 30 days only. Same quality model but calibrated for short-term activity. Captures recent regime shifts that the lifetime score may miss.
75+ Hot   60+ Active   40+ Moderate   <40 Quiet
Spread Indicators — Comparing Mom vs Score reveals regime sensitivity:
🔥 Heating Up — Mom is 20+ points above Score. This symbol is performing significantly better recently than its lifetime average. Could indicate a favorable regime shift.
🧊 Cooling Off — Mom is 20+ points below Score. This symbol is underperforming recently despite a strong lifetime track record. Could indicate an unfavorable regime shift.
No icon = Steady — Scores within ±20 points. Consistent performance.
⚠️ Scores are calculated from simulated backtest data and are for informational purposes only. They do not constitute financial advice or predict future performance. Full methodology →
Rank Symbol Score Mom Return 1M Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund Action
1 META 64 75 +37.73% $13,084 $18,020 7 100% - +$4,936 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
2 CRWD 12 72🔥 +23.46% $4,659 $5,752 8 63% - +$1,093 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
3 TQQQ 🔥 PRO 79 58🧊 +16.30% $46,844 $54,479 4 100% - +$7,636 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
4 MU 80 31🧊 +11.66% $82,255 $91,846 4 75% - +$9,591 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
5 ISRG 🔥 PRO 72 50🧊 +11.28% $18,615 $20,715 4 100% - +$2,100 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
6 TSLA 69 — +7.23% $32,698 $35,062 3 100% - +$2,364 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
7 NVDA 71 30🧊 +7.09% $34,231 $36,658 3 67% - +$2,427 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
8 GILD 63 45 +6.87% $15,264 $16,312 6 67% - +$1,049 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
9 GOOGL 72 — +6.70% $25,591 $27,305 2 100% - +$1,715 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
10 PLTR 80 — +5.46% $194,195 $204,798 2 50% - +$10,603 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
11 QQQ 77 38🧊 +5.32% $18,685 $19,679 4 100% - +$994 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
12 JNJ 70 37🧊 +4.89% $15,129 $15,869 6 67% - +$740 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
13 HOOD 77 21🧊 +3.99% $162,495 $168,978 8 50% - +$6,484 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
14 AVGO 68 14🧊 +3.32% $32,747 $33,834 4 50% - +$1,087 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
15 XLK 73 19🧊 +2.82% $20,218 $20,788 4 50% - +$570 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
16 MDT 39 7🧊 +1.28% $12,402 $12,561 3 33% - +$159 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
17 MSFT 65 14🧊 +0.64% $17,002 $17,111 4 75% - +$109 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
18 MS 58 25🧊 +0.54% $14,179 $14,255 8 63% - +$77 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
19 IWM 63 9🧊 +0.33% $14,687 $14,735 3 67% - +$48 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
20 VRTX 60 2🧊 +0.06% $14,991 $15,000 7 57% - +$9 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
21 V 51 — +0.03% $13,592 $13,596 2 50% - +$4 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
22 TLT — — +0.00% $10,209 $10,209 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
23 PG — — +0.00% $11,704 $11,704 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
24 VOO 44 — +0.00% $13,383 $13,383 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
25 ARKK — — +0.00% $15,582 $15,582 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
26 SPY 46 — +0.00% $13,534 $13,534 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
27 VTI 49 — +0.00% $14,204 $14,204 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
28 DIA 48 — -0.34% $12,489 $12,446 2 50% - -$42 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
29 TMO 62 0🧊 -0.39% $15,451 $15,391 3 33% - -$60 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
30 PFE 44 — -0.40% $12,917 $12,865 1 0% - -$52 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
31 AMZN 74 — -0.94% $26,103 $25,858 2 0% - -$245 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
32 AXP 69 3🧊 -1.84% $17,915 $17,585 7 29% - -$330 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
33 KO 42 — -2.10% $12,819 $12,550 2 0% - -$269 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
34 WMT 38 1🧊 -2.26% $12,015 $11,743 4 25% - -$272 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
35 MCD 35 0🧊 -2.57% $12,343 $12,026 3 0% - -$317 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
36 BRK-B 57 0🧊 -3.44% $14,337 $13,843 3 33% - -$493 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
37 IBM 61 0🧊 -3.93% $17,578 $16,887 3 33% - -$691 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
38 ABBV 65 0🧊 -4.23% $17,409 $16,673 4 50% - -$736 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
39 LLY 73 3🧊 -5.35% $27,657 $26,177 6 33% - -$1,480 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
40 MA 57 1🧊 -5.42% $15,137 $14,317 4 0% - -$820 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
41 HD 54 2🧊 -9.02% $15,140 $13,775 6 17% - -$1,366 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
42 BAC 66 3🧊 -10.00% $17,900 $16,110 6 33% - -$1,790 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
43 AMGN 53 2🧊 -11.59% $15,681 $13,864 6 50% - -$1,817 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
44 COIN 17 7 -13.96% $12,135 $10,441 10 30% - -$1,694 -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -

👤 Personality

Disciplined, patient, unshakeable. Watches the market bleed without flinching. Knows that the deeper the dip, the sweeter the bounce. PDT-aware — uses forced multi-day holds as a feature, not a bug.