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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

Nov 14, 2025 → Feb 14, 2026 (92 days)

🎯 Asset Class: 📈 Stocks 102 ₿ Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114 ⚠️ Crypto has 0.25% trading fees - results reflect fee impact

📊 Last 3 Months Performance: Showing Howard Hour's performance over the last 3 months across 12 crypto symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$10,328

Avg Value (per symbol)

Started at: $10,499 ($-171)

-1.63%

Last 3 Months ROI

41.3%

Win Rate

296

Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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Equity Curve (Last 3 Months)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Last 3 Months)

Stock Volume

0 trades

Stock Fees

✓ Commission FREE

Crypto Volume

$3,050,908

296 trades

Crypto Fees

$7,627

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 3 Months)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last 3 Months)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Last 3 Months: Nov 14, 2025 → Feb 14, 2026 (92 days)

Rank	Symbol	Return	3M Start	Final Value	Trades	Win Rate	Fees	Net	Max DD	Avg Hold	Refunds	Last Refund
1	XRPUSD ₿	+7.46%	$11,599	$12,464	28	61%	-	+$865	-4.3%	0.4h	✓	-
2	LINKUSD ₿	+2.32%	$9,832	$10,060	26	54%	-	+$228	-8.4%	0.3h	✓	-
3	LTCUSD ₿	+1.98%	$12,763	$13,015	25	56%	-	+$253	-5.9%	0.4h	✓	-
4	BTCUSD ₿	+0.00%	$10,000	$10,000	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-0.0%	0.0h	✓	-
5	UNIUSD ₿	-0.12%	$11,748	$11,734	24	46%	-	-$14	-13.7%	0.3h	✓	-
6	DOGEUSD ₿	-0.36%	$8,341	$8,311	24	38%	-	-$30	-21.4%	0.3h	✓	-
7	SHIBUSD ₿	-1.05%	$10,980	$10,864	30	37%	-	-$115	-13.1%	0.4h	✓	-
8	SOLUSD ₿	-1.55%	$10,822	$10,654	27	41%	-	-$168	-10.9%	0.3h	✓	-
9	DOTUSD ₿	-1.59%	$10,738	$10,567	29	38%	-	-$171	-9.0%	0.3h	✓	-
10	AVAXUSD ₿	-6.47%	$9,505	$8,890	26	42%	-	-$615	-25.3%	0.3h	✓	-
11	ETHUSD ₿	-8.83%	$9,639	$8,788	28	43%	-	-$851	-13.4%	0.4h	✓	-
12	PEPEUSD ₿	-11.35%	$10,019	$8,882	29	41%	-	-$1,137	-19.2%	0.3h	✓	-

👤 Personality

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