⚠️ 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)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (2 Years)

📊 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	XRPUSD ₿	+24.64%	$10,000	$12,464	231	49%	-	+$2,464	-4.3%	0.4h	✓	-
3	UNIUSD ₿	+17.34%	$10,000	$11,734	226	46%	-	+$1,734	-13.7%	0.3h	✓	-
4	SHIBUSD ₿	+8.64%	$10,000	$10,864	233	42%	-	+$864	-13.1%	0.4h	✓	-
5	SOLUSD ₿	+6.54%	$10,000	$10,654	235	44%	-	+$654	-10.9%	0.3h	✓	-
6	DOTUSD ₿	+5.67%	$10,000	$10,567	230	46%	-	+$567	-9.0%	0.3h	✓	-
7	LINKUSD ₿	+0.60%	$10,000	$10,060	234	46%	-	+$60	-8.4%	0.3h	✓	-
8	BTCUSD ₿	+0.00%	$10,000	$10,000	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-0.0%	0.0h	✓	-
9	AVAXUSD ₿	-11.10%	$10,000	$8,890	234	41%	-	-$1,110	-25.3%	0.3h	✓	-
10	PEPEUSD ₿	-11.18%	$10,000	$8,882	243	42%	-	-$1,118	-19.2%	0.3h	✓	-
11	ETHUSD ₿	-12.12%	$10,000	$8,788	218	47%	-	-$1,212	-13.4%	0.4h	✓	-
12	DOGEUSD ₿	-16.89%	$10,000	$8,311	235	41%	-	-$1,689	-21.4%	0.3h	✓	-

👤 Personality

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