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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

Jan 1, 2026 → Feb 14, 2026 (44 days)

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

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

$10,351

Avg Value (per symbol)

Started at: $10,375 ($-24)

-0.23%

Year to Date ROI

40.6%

Win Rate

134

Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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Equity Curve (Year to Date)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Year to Date)

Stock Volume

0 trades

Stock Fees

✓ Commission FREE

Crypto Volume

$1,367,202

134 trades

Crypto Fees

$3,418

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 (Year to Date)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Year to Date)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Year to Date: Jan 1, 2026 → Feb 14, 2026 (44 days)

Rank	Symbol	Return	YTD Start	Final Value	Trades	Win Rate	Fees	Net	Max DD	Avg Hold	Refunds	Last Refund
1	XRPUSD ₿	+1.32%	$12,302	$12,464	11	55%	-	+$162	-4.3%	0.4h	✓	-
2	DOGEUSD ₿	+0.70%	$8,253	$8,311	12	42%	-	+$58	-21.4%	0.3h	✓	-
3	UNIUSD ₿	+0.46%	$11,681	$11,734	11	45%	-	+$54	-13.7%	0.3h	✓	-
4	PEPEUSD ₿	+0.44%	$8,843	$8,882	13	46%	-	+$39	-19.2%	0.3h	✓	-
5	DOTUSD ₿	+0.42%	$10,523	$10,567	13	46%	-	+$44	-9.0%	0.3h	✓	-
6	LINKUSD ₿	+0.27%	$10,033	$10,060	12	50%	-	+$27	-8.4%	0.3h	✓	-
7	BTCUSD ₿	+0.00%	$10,000	$10,000	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-0.0%	0.0h	✓	-
8	SHIBUSD ₿	-0.09%	$10,874	$10,864	15	33%	-	-$10	-13.1%	0.4h	✓	-
9	LTCUSD ₿	-1.31%	$13,188	$13,015	11	45%	-	-$173	-5.9%	0.4h	✓	-
10	SOLUSD ₿	-1.39%	$10,804	$10,654	12	42%	-	-$150	-10.9%	0.3h	✓	-
11	AVAXUSD ₿	-1.43%	$9,019	$8,890	12	42%	-	-$129	-25.3%	0.3h	✓	-
12	ETHUSD ₿	-2.15%	$8,981	$8,788	12	42%	-	-$193	-13.4%	0.4h	✓	-

👤 Personality

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