Anatomy of a Losing Day

What four trades in Silver, Russell 2000 futures, and the Long Bond reveal about signal quality, market regimes, bar data—and the path toward better setups

Sep 14, 2026

∙ Paid

September 14, 2026: four completed simulated trades, one winner, three losses, and a net realized result of -$0.94. The loss was small. The lessons were not.

The 30-Second Version

On Monday, September 14, 2026, three “gen2” futures bots ran in fully simulated mode against live Rithmic market data:

bar_si_long_gen2, trading December Silver futures
bar_rty_long_gen2, trading December Russell 2000 futures
bar_ub_long_gen2, monitoring December Ultra U.S. Treasury Bond futures

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