SELECTEDBULLISH
715 / 730 call debit spread
Buy 4 × Sep 11 $715 calls
Sell 4 × Sep 11 $730 calls
Limit debit$6.83
Max loss$2,732
Max profit$3,268
Break-even$721.83
−$2,732+$3,268
PAPER ONLY · RECORDED SNAPSHOT
AUTONOMOUS · DEFINED-RISK · AUDITABLE
The AI can choose.
It cannot improvise.
AEGIS-Q turns QQQ market structure into two pre-validated vertical spreads, then lets a bounded AI committee select one candidate or abstain.
RECORDED DECISION · AUG 28, 2026BULLISH CALL DEBIT SPREAD
87%policy confidence
SELECT715 / 730SEP 11 CALLS
TREND +RISK 2.73%R:R 1.20×01 · SENSE
Market snapshot
QQQ daily bars through Aug 27 · Alpaca market data
QQQ close$721.20
5-day+1.44%
20-day+5.50%
vs. SMA 50+1.28%
vs. SMA 200+10.16%
20-day vol18.06%
BEARISH
BULLISH
The recorded quotes below are an illustrative, reproducible snapshot. Contracts are refreshed from Alpaca before any paper order.
02 · DECIDE
Only three legal actions
Choose bullish · choose bearish · abstain
VALID ALTERNATIVEBEARISH
720 / 705 put debit spread
Buy 5 × Sep 11 $720 puts
Sell 5 × Sep 11 $705 puts
Limit debit$5.61
Max loss$2,805
Max profit$4,695
Break-even$714.39
−$2,805+$4,695
ALWAYS AVAILABLENO TRADE
ABSTAIN
If trend evidence is mixed, confidence is below 55%, quotes are stale, or any gate fails.
CAPITAL AT RISK$0
03 · GUARD
Deterministic risk owns the order path
The model cannot alter strikes, size, price, or exits
01
Account
PASSDedicated paper account · $100,000 start
02
Structure
PASSExactly two legs · same type and expiry
03
Sizing
PASS3% planned risk · 4% hard portfolio cap
04
Liquidity
PASSExecutable quotes · width ≤ 20%
05
Exit
PASS+50% / −50% / 2 DTE / contest close
04 · ACT + VERIFY
One auditable decision loop
Every input, candidate, decision, order, fill, and exit is logged
01Alpaca dataBars + option chain
→02Candidate builderTwo vertical spreads
→03Risk engineFail-closed gates
→04AI committeeSelect or abstain
→05Alpaca CLIAtomic mleg order
COMPETITION SCORECARD
Performance begins with the first fill.
Starting equity is locked at exactly $100,000. The public snapshot remains neutral until the dedicated paper account executes its first validated spread.
Starting equity$100,000
Realized P&L$0
Open risk$0
StatusREADY