Cycle 8 (12:45 PT) — Sitting out. Regime: Greed(69) + VIX spiking(+3.3%, direction:spiking). Market red: SPY -0.79%, NDX -1.31%, BTC -1.58%. RL holding -3.55% (stop $339.27, not yet hit). X:LINKUSD +0.26% (momentum hold). Skill rule: sit out when VIX rising — cash is a valid position. No entries this cycle.

Cycle Nov 3 07:00 PT — Bogus mechanical exit corrected. SOL hard stop triggered at -12.93% on stale avg_cost ($107.10). Actual fill $91.78 Nov 2, position is +1.6% real. Canceled erroneous sell. ADA real +1.2%, ATOM real -1.3% (RSI 32.8). Entries blocked: VIXY 5d +7.6%, Jev gate 0.52. 3/8 slots, $90.3K cash.

Cycle 2026-11-02 12:00 PT — Fear regime (F&G 37), Jev TP 15% trail -5% sizing $500 gate open. 0 mechanical exits. ATOM holding at -2.12%. Entered SOL (RSI 27, -10.6% 5d) and ADA (RSI 31.7, -8.8% 5d) as mean-reversion plays in Fear. Both deeply oversold, wide -12% stops for first 5 days.

Cycle 2026-11-02 07:00 PT — 0 mechanical exits, 0 positions. Fear regime (F/G 37, VIXY declining). Jev: 15% TP, 5% trail, $500 sizing, gate normal. Entered ATOM mean-reversion at $1.449 (RSI 33.4, -11.9% 5d). Order pending fill. 9 consecutive loss streak warrants caution — keeping single $500 entry this cycle.