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Howard Hour
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Howard Hour

The Clock Watcher

⏰ Day Trader 📅 58 years old (Born 1968)

"Amateurs open the market. Professionals close it."

Old-school trader energy. Suspenders. Reads the tape. Clocks everywhere set to 3:00 PM. Naps from 11 AM to 2:30 PM.

📊 View Performance: 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months YTD 1 Year 2 Years
Feb 14, 2024 → Feb 14, 2026 (731 days)
🎯 Asset Class: 📈 Stocks 102 ₿ Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114

📊 2 Years Performance: We gave Howard Hour $10,000 and let her trade 114 symbols from Jan 2, 2024 to today. 🟢 LIVE

$10,069
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $10,000 (+$69)
+0.69%
2-Year ROI
45.7%
Win Rate
18,414
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

Click any period to view detailed stats

+0.1%
1 Month
-0.2%
3 Months
-0.2%
6 Months
+0.1%
YTD
-0.4%
1 Year

Equity Curve (2 Years)

Combined P&L across all 114 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (2 Years)

Stock Volume
$156,629,686
15,868 trades
Stock Fees
$0
✓ Commission FREE
Crypto Volume
$26,684,291
2,546 trades
Crypto Fees
$66,711
0.25% of volume

⚠️ Important Note: This simulation tests each symbol with its own $10K account (not pooled). Crypto symbols can show 40-75%+ fee drag due to high trade frequency.

Stocks are FREE on Alpaca, so the ~100 stock symbols have zero fee impact.

⚙️ Trading Strategy

Trade Power Hour (3-4 PM) momentum

Volume spikes in the final hour. Institutional buying/selling creates momentum. Howard looks for 0.3% moves in the direction of flow.

🎯 Best Suited For

Index ETFs, large-cap institutional stocks

"Everything before 3 PM is foreplay. The real action happens in Power Hour."

📜 Why This Strategy Works

Mutual funds, pensions, and portfolio managers make final adjustments before close—they have to report end-of-day positions.

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

📈 Entry Signal

In Power Hour AND 0.3%+ directional move confirmed
→ Trade in direction of momentum (BUY if up, SHORT if down)

📉 Exit Conditions

• TARGET: Price continues 0.5% in momentum direction
• STOP_LOSS: Price reverses 0.3% against position
• END_OF_DAY: Force exit at 15:55 (before close)

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

POWER_HOUR_START: 15:00
MOMENTUM_THRESHOLD_PCT: 0.3%
TARGET_GAIN_PCT: 0.5%
STOP_LOSS_PCT: 0.3%
COOLDOWN_BARS: 78

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: Institutional rebalancing in the final hour

"Power Hour" (3-4 PM EST) became recognized as institutional rebalancing time in the late 1960s and 1970s.

🏆 Top 10 Performing Symbols (2 Years)

LTCUSD ₿
+30.2%
227 trades
LLY
+26.6%
166 trades
XRPUSD ₿
+24.6%
231 trades
GME
+21.4%
219 trades
UNIUSD ₿
+17.3%
226 trades
AMD
+15.4%
206 trades
WMT
+12.8%
127 trades
GILD
+12.5%
152 trades
RIOT
+12.4%
252 trades
AMZN
+12.0%
140 trades

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (2 Years)

UVXY
-25.5%
249 trades
AMC
-21.1%
237 trades
NET
-19.5%
217 trades
INTC
-18.8%
214 trades
DOGEUSD ₿
-16.9%
235 trades

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 2 Years: Feb 14, 2024 → Feb 14, 2026 (731 days)
Rank Symbol Return Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund
1 LTCUSD ₿ +30.15% $10,000 $13,015 227 52% - +$3,015 -5.9% 0.4h ✓ -
2 LLY +26.56% $10,000 $12,656 166 51% - +$2,656 -2.6% 0.4h ✓ -
3 XRPUSD ₿ +24.64% $10,000 $12,464 231 49% - +$2,464 -4.3% 0.4h ✓ -
4 GME +21.41% $10,000 $12,141 219 45% - +$2,141 -12.0% 0.3h ✓ -
5 UNIUSD ₿ +17.34% $10,000 $11,734 226 46% - +$1,734 -13.7% 0.3h ✓ -
6 AMD +15.36% $10,000 $11,536 206 54% - +$1,536 -7.9% 0.4h ✓ -
7 WMT +12.83% $10,000 $11,283 127 45% - +$1,283 -3.4% 0.4h ✓ -
8 GILD +12.47% $10,000 $11,247 152 48% - +$1,247 -4.4% 0.3h ✓ -
9 RIOT +12.39% $10,000 $11,239 252 42% - +$1,239 -8.1% 0.3h ✓ -
10 AMZN +11.96% $10,000 $11,196 140 49% - +$1,196 -3.9% 0.4h ✓ -
11 SCHW +11.77% $10,000 $11,177 155 53% - +$1,177 -3.1% 0.4h ✓ -
12 GOOGL +11.70% $10,000 $11,170 151 50% - +$1,170 -3.9% 0.4h ✓ -
13 DKNG +11.69% $10,000 $11,169 230 49% - +$1,169 -6.5% 0.4h ✓ -
14 AMGN +10.07% $10,000 $11,007 154 46% - +$1,007 -4.8% 0.4h ✓ -
15 CMCSA +9.34% $10,000 $10,934 137 54% - +$934 -2.4% 0.3h ✓ -
16 AVGO +9.26% $10,000 $10,926 217 47% - +$926 -5.4% 0.3h ✓ -
17 ARKK +9.14% $10,000 $10,914 177 51% - +$914 -5.9% 0.4h ✓ -
18 SPXU +9.00% $10,000 $10,900 70 41% - +$900 -2.8% 0.4h ✓ -
19 MA +8.78% $10,000 $10,878 115 56% - +$878 -4.1% 0.5h ✓ -
20 SHIBUSD ₿ +8.64% $10,000 $10,864 233 42% - +$864 -13.1% 0.4h ✓ -
21 LCID +7.75% $10,000 $10,775 242 38% - +$775 -9.3% 0.3h ✓ -
22 XLK +6.86% $10,000 $10,686 103 53% - +$686 -2.6% 0.3h ✓ -
23 MCD +6.62% $10,000 $10,662 110 48% - +$662 -1.6% 0.4h ✓ -
24 ACN +6.59% $10,000 $10,659 153 54% - +$659 -3.4% 0.4h ✓ -
25 IBM +6.58% $10,000 $10,658 153 49% - +$658 -3.8% 0.4h ✓ -
26 SOLUSD ₿ +6.54% $10,000 $10,654 235 44% - +$654 -10.9% 0.3h ✓ -
27 HOOD +6.42% $10,000 $10,642 235 47% - +$642 -7.0% 0.3h ✓ -
28 GLD +5.89% $10,000 $10,589 40 60% - +$589 -0.6% 0.4h ✓ -
29 DOTUSD ₿ +5.67% $10,000 $10,567 230 46% - +$567 -9.0% 0.3h ✓ -
30 CVX +5.26% $10,000 $10,526 130 45% - +$526 -3.1% 0.4h ✓ -
31 COIN +5.26% $10,000 $10,526 245 42% - +$526 -8.1% 0.3h ✓ -
32 BMY +5.05% $10,000 $10,505 171 51% - +$505 -3.9% 0.4h ✓ -
33 RBLX +4.73% $10,000 $10,473 216 46% - +$473 -6.5% 0.4h ✓ -
34 ARM +4.29% $10,000 $10,429 217 40% - +$429 -7.6% 0.3h ✓ -
35 KO +4.15% $10,000 $10,415 100 53% - +$415 -3.5% 0.6h ✓ -
36 NVDA +4.09% $10,000 $10,409 197 44% - +$409 -6.1% 0.3h ✓ -
37 SLV +4.01% $10,000 $10,401 89 51% - +$401 -1.7% 0.4h ✓ -
38 DIS +3.73% $10,000 $10,373 132 49% - +$373 -6.8% 0.4h ✓ -
39 COP +3.44% $10,000 $10,344 152 48% - +$344 -5.7% 0.4h ✓ -
40 COST +3.44% $10,000 $10,344 118 55% - +$344 -1.9% 0.4h ✓ -
41 PFE +3.38% $10,000 $10,338 139 45% - +$338 -3.4% 0.3h ✓ -
42 XLF +3.34% $10,000 $10,334 66 52% - +$334 -2.5% 0.4h ✓ -
43 MU +3.06% $10,000 $10,306 169 48% - +$306 -12.5% 0.3h ✓ -
44 CRWD +3.01% $10,000 $10,301 199 46% - +$301 -6.3% 0.4h ✓ -
45 AXP +2.91% $10,000 $10,291 134 49% - +$291 -6.6% 0.4h ✓ -
46 JNJ +2.57% $10,000 $10,257 113 53% - +$257 -2.6% 0.4h ✓ -
47 SOXL +1.78% $10,000 $10,178 204 46% - +$178 -13.6% 0.3h ✓ -
48 CSCO +1.63% $10,000 $10,163 99 52% - +$163 -3.6% 0.3h ✓ -
49 BRK-B +1.57% $10,000 $10,157 106 45% - +$157 -3.5% 0.5h ✓ -
50 ADBE +1.25% $10,000 $10,125 143 44% - +$125 -5.1% 0.4h ✓ -
51 XLE +1.05% $10,000 $10,105 102 42% - +$105 -3.8% 0.3h ✓ -
52 REGN +0.77% $10,000 $10,077 171 48% - +$77 -5.0% 0.4h ✓ -
53 GS +0.75% $10,000 $10,075 131 44% - +$75 -9.3% 0.4h ✓ -
54 LINKUSD ₿ +0.60% $10,000 $10,060 234 46% - +$60 -8.4% 0.3h ✓ -
55 JPM +0.54% $10,000 $10,054 130 46% - +$54 -5.7% 0.4h ✓ -
56 UNH +0.46% $10,000 $10,046 150 51% - +$46 -7.5% 0.4h ✓ -
57 PM +0.27% $10,000 $10,027 149 48% - +$27 -6.0% 0.4h ✓ -
58 MDT +0.17% $10,000 $10,017 126 49% - +$17 -3.7% 0.4h ✓ -
59 VZ +0.06% $10,000 $10,006 122 54% - +$6 -4.0% 0.4h ✓ -
60 BTCUSD ₿ +0.00% $10,000 $10,000 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
61 TLT -0.12% $10,000 $9,988 19 42% - -$12 -2.3% 0.4h ✓ -
62 RIVN -0.35% $10,000 $9,965 238 40% - -$35 -10.4% 0.3h ✓ -
63 SQQQ -0.40% $10,000 $9,960 220 39% - -$40 -22.2% 0.3h ✓ -
64 MSFT -0.62% $10,000 $9,938 121 46% - -$62 -4.9% 0.4h ✓ -
65 SLB -0.62% $10,000 $9,938 177 47% - -$62 -7.1% 0.4h ✓ -
66 V -1.24% $10,000 $9,876 98 49% - -$124 -2.4% 0.4h ✓ -
67 OXY -1.30% $10,000 $9,870 157 42% - -$130 -6.3% 0.3h ✓ -
68 MRK -1.73% $10,000 $9,827 148 50% - -$173 -8.3% 0.4h ✓ -
69 USO -1.99% $10,000 $9,801 56 45% - -$199 -4.8% 0.4h ✓ -
70 META -2.07% $10,000 $9,793 160 49% - -$207 -9.8% 0.3h ✓ -
71 ORCL -2.09% $10,000 $9,791 187 49% - -$209 -8.1% 0.4h ✓ -
72 PEP -2.29% $10,000 $9,771 117 49% - -$229 -3.8% 0.4h ✓ -
73 MRNA -2.51% $10,000 $9,749 238 43% - -$251 -9.5% 0.3h ✓ -
74 PANW -2.55% $10,000 $9,745 165 41% - -$255 -6.1% 0.3h ✓ -
75 PG -2.56% $10,000 $9,744 84 45% - -$256 -3.4% 0.4h ✓ -
76 SMCI -2.70% $10,000 $9,730 243 40% - -$270 -13.5% 0.3h ✓ -
77 IWM -2.76% $10,000 $9,724 106 44% - -$276 -7.1% 0.4h ✓ -
78 VTI -2.91% $10,000 $9,709 61 51% - -$291 -5.0% 0.4h ✓ -
79 SPY -2.94% $10,000 $9,706 61 51% - -$294 -4.8% 0.5h ✓ -
80 NIO -2.96% $10,000 $9,704 215 39% - -$296 -12.3% 0.3h ✓ -
81 DIA -3.17% $10,000 $9,683 45 47% - -$317 -5.2% 0.6h ✓ -
82 BIIB -3.25% $10,000 $9,675 187 48% - -$325 -9.7% 0.4h ✓ -
83 QQQ -3.33% $10,000 $9,667 85 51% - -$334 -6.0% 0.4h ✓ -
84 TQQQ -3.57% $10,000 $9,643 215 40% - -$357 -11.5% 0.3h ✓ -
85 PYPL -3.89% $10,000 $9,611 139 43% - -$389 -7.8% 0.4h ✓ -
86 SOFI -3.94% $10,000 $9,606 227 43% - -$394 -9.8% 0.4h ✓ -
87 XOM -4.09% $10,000 $9,591 130 41% - -$409 -6.2% 0.4h ✓ -
88 C -4.09% $10,000 $9,591 157 43% - -$409 -6.6% 0.4h ✓ -
89 BLK -4.65% $10,000 $9,535 148 41% - -$465 -6.0% 0.3h ✓ -
90 TMO -4.79% $10,000 $9,521 166 42% - -$480 -10.5% 0.3h ✓ -
91 BAC -5.65% $10,000 $9,435 116 42% - -$565 -10.8% 0.4h ✓ -
92 VOO -5.71% $10,000 $9,429 62 48% - -$571 -6.6% 0.5h ✓ -
93 TSLA -5.76% $10,000 $9,424 222 47% - -$576 -15.4% 0.4h ✓ -
94 WFC -6.30% $10,000 $9,370 143 41% - -$630 -9.6% 0.4h ✓ -
95 MARA -6.41% $10,000 $9,359 246 42% - -$641 -16.2% 0.3h ✓ -
96 VRTX -6.46% $10,000 $9,354 165 45% - -$646 -9.4% 0.4h ✓ -
97 HD -6.93% $10,000 $9,307 124 42% - -$693 -9.4% 0.4h ✓ -
98 MS -7.48% $10,000 $9,252 145 43% - -$748 -11.8% 0.4h ✓ -
99 ABBV -7.57% $10,000 $9,243 161 43% - -$757 -9.8% 0.3h ✓ -
100 CRM -7.64% $10,000 $9,236 161 46% - -$764 -12.6% 0.4h ✓ -
101 SNOW -7.70% $10,000 $9,230 207 44% - -$770 -7.7% 0.4h ✓ -
102 ISRG -7.71% $10,000 $9,229 150 45% - -$771 -7.9% 0.4h ✓ -
103 NFLX -11.03% $10,000 $8,897 161 45% - -$1,103 -12.9% 0.3h ✓ -
104 AVAXUSD ₿ -11.10% $10,000 $8,890 234 41% - -$1,110 -25.3% 0.3h ✓ -
105 PLTR -11.15% $10,000 $8,885 224 46% - -$1,115 -14.4% 0.4h ✓ -
106 PEPEUSD ₿ -11.18% $10,000 $8,882 243 42% - -$1,118 -19.2% 0.3h ✓ -
107 AAPL -11.42% $10,000 $8,858 141 48% - -$1,142 -15.6% 0.3h ✓ -
108 ETHUSD ₿ -12.12% $10,000 $8,788 218 47% - -$1,212 -13.4% 0.4h ✓ -
109 VXX -14.29% $10,000 $8,571 229 42% - -$1,429 -24.0% 0.3h ✓ -
110 DOGEUSD ₿ -16.89% $10,000 $8,311 235 41% - -$1,689 -21.4% 0.3h ✓ -
111 INTC -18.80% $10,000 $8,120 214 41% - -$1,880 -23.1% 0.3h ✓ -
112 NET -19.53% $10,000 $8,047 217 41% - -$1,953 -20.6% 0.4h ✓ -
113 AMC -21.14% $10,000 $7,886 237 33% - -$2,114 -24.1% 0.3h ✓ -
114 UVXY -25.48% $10,000 $7,452 249 41% - -$2,548 -34.7% 0.3h ✓ -

👤 Personality

Patient all day, then explosive. Believes the first few hours are noise and the last hour is signal.