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50K Portfolio Adjustments Starting on 01/20/2026

Gold and Silver have moved much higher as we anticipated and were some of our favorite markets to trade though November 2025. The daily dollar ranges, back and forth price action, and order rejects for stop and market orders at certain times, have made it more difficult to trade the precious metals. It is possible that these markets could go much higher. Many traders anticipate a return to historical Gold/Silver ratios which could drive the price of Silver up to 400-500 based on the current price of Gold. There is a very strong industrial demand for Silver and there have been supply issues, which may continue to drive the price higher. Holding onto longer term trades while anticipating massive equity swings would be one way to trade/invest in these markets. Short term algorithms need adjustments when current price action requires much larger risks to trade moves that are simply "noise levels". A $1000 stop loss is a very small blip in the Silver futures market now.


We are removing both Gold and Silver strategies right now for the 50K Portfolio while trading 14 strategies total for the E-mini S&P, E-mini Nasdaq, Crude Oil and Bitcoin.


Without Silver, the ratio of contracts can be scaled back. Micro Silver is a 1/5th contract while all other Micros in the portfolio are 1/10th contracts. The base lowest common denominator has been 2 contracts per strategy. We can scale this portfolio in multiples of 1 micro contract without Silver.


Bitcoin has two overnight strategies that we will continue to use in the 50K portfolio and monitor. Bitcoin futures are at a steady state level with some nice recurring patterns.


The VIX has spiked to over 20, from the 15 handle on Friday, early on this Tuesday trading day. This can provide some good trading opportunities in the stock index strategies which have been very range bound and "overly" contained lately. The Nasdaq futures are down significantly in the overnight session based on news over the weekend while yields rise.


I'm looking forward to the trading opportunities this week in the stock indexes.


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