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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, 2025 → Feb 14, 2026 (365 days)
🎯 Asset Class: 📈 Stocks 102 ₿ Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114 ⚠️ Crypto has 0.25% trading fees - results reflect fee impact

📊 Last Year Performance: Showing Howard Hour's performance over the last year across 12 crypto symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$10,336
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $11,058 ($-721)
-6.52%
Last Year ROI
38.0%
Win Rate
1,284
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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+0.2%
1 Month
-1.6%
3 Months
-1.9%
6 Months
-0.2%
YTD
-6.5%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last Year)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Last Year)

Stock Volume
$0
0 trades
Stock Fees
$0
✓ Commission FREE
Crypto Volume
$13,482,766
1,284 trades
Crypto Fees
$33,707
0.25% of volume

⚙️ 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 (Last Year)

XRPUSD ₿
+10.5%
120 trades
BTCUSD ₿
+0.0%
NO ENTRY
LINKUSD ₿
-0.4%
117 trades
LTCUSD ₿
-2.5%
117 trades
SOLUSD ₿
-4.9%
118 trades
DOTUSD ₿
-5.5%
114 trades
UNIUSD ₿
-7.4%
114 trades
ETHUSD ₿
-10.3%
113 trades
SHIBUSD ₿
-11.2%
118 trades
AVAXUSD ₿
-14.9%
116 trades

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

DOGEUSD ₿
-16.2%
116 trades
PEPEUSD ₿
-15.4%
121 trades
AVAXUSD ₿
-14.9%
116 trades
SHIBUSD ₿
-11.2%
118 trades
ETHUSD ₿
-10.3%
113 trades

📊 All Symbol Results

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📅 Last Year: Feb 14, 2025 → Feb 14, 2026 (365 days)
Rank Symbol Return 1Y Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund
1 XRPUSD ₿ +10.53% $11,277 $12,464 120 48% - +$1,187 -4.3% 0.4h ✓ -
2 BTCUSD ₿ +0.00% $10,000 $10,000 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
3 LINKUSD ₿ -0.40% $10,101 $10,060 117 44% - -$40 -8.4% 0.3h ✓ -
4 LTCUSD ₿ -2.49% $13,348 $13,015 117 44% - -$332 -5.9% 0.4h ✓ -
5 SOLUSD ₿ -4.94% $11,208 $10,654 118 39% - -$554 -10.9% 0.3h ✓ -
6 DOTUSD ₿ -5.46% $11,177 $10,567 114 40% - -$610 -9.0% 0.3h ✓ -
7 UNIUSD ₿ -7.44% $12,678 $11,734 114 43% - -$943 -13.7% 0.3h ✓ -
8 ETHUSD ₿ -10.34% $9,802 $8,788 113 44% - -$1,013 -13.4% 0.4h ✓ -
9 SHIBUSD ₿ -11.18% $12,232 $10,864 118 36% - -$1,368 -13.1% 0.4h ✓ -
10 AVAXUSD ₿ -14.92% $10,449 $8,890 116 41% - -$1,559 -25.3% 0.3h ✓ -
11 PEPEUSD ₿ -15.43% $10,502 $8,882 121 39% - -$1,620 -19.2% 0.3h ✓ -
12 DOGEUSD ₿ -16.21% $9,919 $8,311 116 37% - -$1,608 -21.4% 0.3h ✓ -

👤 Personality

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