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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
Aug 14, 2025 → Feb 14, 2026 (184 days)
🎯 Asset Class: 📈 Stocks 102 ₿ Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114 ⚠️ Crypto has 0.25% trading fees - results reflect fee impact

📊 Last 6 Months Performance: Showing Howard Hour's performance over the last 6 months across 12 crypto symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$10,335
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $10,531 ($-197)
-1.87%
Last 6 Months ROI
41.9%
Win Rate
630
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 6 Months)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Last 6 Months)

Stock Volume
$0
0 trades
Stock Fees
$0
✓ Commission FREE
Crypto Volume
$6,522,712
630 trades
Crypto Fees
$16,307
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 6 Months)

XRPUSD ₿
+8.9%
60 trades
UNIUSD ₿
+2.7%
54 trades
LINKUSD ₿
+2.5%
60 trades
DOGEUSD ₿
+0.8%
56 trades
BTCUSD ₿
+0.0%
NO ENTRY
LTCUSD ₿
-0.5%
52 trades
SHIBUSD ₿
-2.3%
59 trades
DOTUSD ₿
-3.9%
60 trades
SOLUSD ₿
-4.4%
57 trades
PEPEUSD ₿
-8.0%
60 trades

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last 6 Months)

ETHUSD ₿
-9.4%
58 trades
AVAXUSD ₿
-8.9%
54 trades
PEPEUSD ₿
-8.0%
60 trades
SOLUSD ₿
-4.4%
57 trades
DOTUSD ₿
-3.9%
60 trades

📊 All Symbol Results

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📅 Last 6 Months: Aug 14, 2025 → Feb 14, 2026 (184 days)
Rank Symbol Return 6M Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund
1 XRPUSD ₿ +8.94% $11,441 $12,464 60 55% - +$1,023 -4.3% 0.4h ✓ -
2 UNIUSD ₿ +2.67% $11,429 $11,734 54 52% - +$305 -13.7% 0.3h ✓ -
3 LINKUSD ₿ +2.46% $9,819 $10,060 60 53% - +$242 -8.4% 0.3h ✓ -
4 DOGEUSD ₿ +0.80% $8,245 $8,311 56 43% - +$66 -21.4% 0.3h ✓ -
5 BTCUSD ₿ +0.00% $10,000 $10,000 NO ENTRY - - - -0.0% 0.0h ✓ -
6 LTCUSD ₿ -0.51% $13,082 $13,015 52 50% - -$67 -5.9% 0.4h ✓ -
7 SHIBUSD ₿ -2.29% $11,119 $10,864 59 42% - -$255 -13.1% 0.4h ✓ -
8 DOTUSD ₿ -3.85% $10,990 $10,567 60 40% - -$423 -9.0% 0.3h ✓ -
9 SOLUSD ₿ -4.37% $11,141 $10,654 57 39% - -$487 -10.9% 0.3h ✓ -
10 PEPEUSD ₿ -7.99% $9,653 $8,882 60 47% - -$771 -19.2% 0.3h ✓ -
11 AVAXUSD ₿ -8.90% $9,758 $8,890 54 43% - -$868 -25.3% 0.3h ✓ -
12 ETHUSD ₿ -9.36% $9,696 $8,788 58 40% - -$908 -13.4% 0.4h ✓ -

👤 Personality

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