Danny Dip

The Optimist

🛒 Swing Trader 📅 226 years old (Born 1800)

"A 3% pullback in a bull market is just the universe giving you a second chance to buy what you missed."

Spry man of perhaps 70, but his eyes contain centuries. Wears a peculiar mix of Regency-era waistcoat over a modern hoodie, as if he can't decide which century he belongs to.

📊 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

📊 Year to Date Performance: Showing Danny Dip's performance over the year to date across 102 stock symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$11,502

Avg Value (per symbol)

Started at: $11,322 (+$180)

+1.59%

Year to Date ROI

33.1%

Win Rate

344

Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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Equity Curve (Year to Date)

Combined P&L across all 102 symbols

⚙️ Trading Strategy

Buy 3% dips, target 5% profit

Waits for quality assets to pull back 3% from recent highs, then enters with a 5% profit target. Uses trailing stops to protect gains during extended runs.

🎯 Best Suited For

Bull markets and quality stocks

"Dips are just discounts with a deadline."

📜 Why This Strategy Works

In uptrending markets (which is most of market history), pullbacks are temporary. Institutions use them to accumulate. Danny's 3% threshold filters out normal volatility.

Mathematical Formula

CODE VERIFIED — These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-danny-simulation.php

📊 Recent High (Lookback)

                        Recent High = MAX(Closet-n ... Closet)                    

                        Finds the highest closing price over the lookback period to measure the dip from.                    

                            Lookback Period = 20 bars                        

                            Recent High = max(array_slice(closes, -20))                        

                            Uses closing prices only (not highs)

                    📁 getRecentHigh() 
                    @ lines 166-171                

📊 Dip Percentage Calculation

                        Dip % = ((Current Price - Recent High) ÷ Recent High) × 100                    

                        Measures how far the current price has fallen from the recent high. Negative values indicate a dip.                    

                            Current Price = latest closing price                        

                            Recent High = MAX of last 20 closes                        

                            Example: Price=$97, High=$100 → Dip = -3%

📊 Entry Signal (Buy the Dip)

                        Signal = Dip % ≤ -3%                    

                        When price drops 3% or more from the 20-bar high, Danny sees a buying opportunity.                    

                            DIP_THRESHOLD_PCT = 3.0%                        

                            Entry triggers when: dipPct <= -DIP_THRESHOLD_PCT                        

                            Position size: 100% capital (fractional for crypto, whole shares for stocks)

📈 Entry Signal (Buy the Dip)

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📉 Exit Conditions

                        • TARGET: Price ≥ entry × 1.05 (+5% gain)                    

                        • STOP_LOSS: Price ≤ entry × 0.97 (-3% loss)                    

                        • MAX_HOLD: Hold time ≥ 14 days                    

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

                        DIP_LOOKBACK:
                        20
                    

                        DIP_THRESHOLD_PCT:
                        3%
                    

                        TARGET_GAIN_PCT:
                        5%
                    

                        STOP_LOSS_PCT:
                        3%
                    

                        MAX_HOLD_DAYS:
                        14
                    

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: Baron Rothschild during the Napoleonic Wars

The legend says Baron Rothschild made a fortune during the panic following the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. His alleged advice: "Buy when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own."

🏆 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	SOXL	+39.92%	$31,090	$43,501	10	60%	-	+$12,411	-35.0%	1.2d	✓	-
2	MU	+34.02%	$9,135	$12,242	9	78%	-	+$3,108	-35.3%	2.8d	✓	-
3	INTC	+25.95%	$14,614	$18,406	7	71%	-	+$3,792	-28.4%	2.9d	✓	-
4	OXY	+23.04%	$11,050	$13,596	4	100%	-	+$2,546	-10.3%	6.0d	✓	-
5	RIOT	+19.33%	$4,382	$5,229	12	58%	-	+$847	-63.2%	23.1h	✓	-
6	GOOGL	+16.01%	$14,180	$16,451	3	100%	-	+$2,270	-12.7%	4.7d	✓	-
7	SMCI	+13.68%	$3,482	$3,959	11	55%	-	+$476	-80.5%	1.4d	✓	-
8	GME	+12.77%	$7,694	$8,677	4	75%	-	+$983	-41.9%	2.0d	✓	-
9	ARM	+12.59%	$4,344	$4,891	7	57%	-	+$547	-64.8%	2.0d	✓	-
10	LLY	+12.23%	$15,043	$16,883	5	60%	-	+$1,840	-15.9%	4.1d	✓	-
11	COP	+12.16%	$9,011	$10,107	4	75%	-	+$1,096	-17.9%	6.2d	✓	-
12	ABBV	+11.67%	$10,613	$11,851	2	100%	-	+$1,239	-16.8%	5.6d	✓	-
13	MRNA	+11.34%	$5,531	$6,158	10	50%	-	+$627	-66.5%	1.9d	✓	-
14	AVGO	+10.77%	$16,146	$17,885	5	60%	-	+$1,739	-23.6%	3.3d	✓	-
15	USO	+10.48%	$9,833	$10,864	2	100%	-	+$1,031	-13.1%	6.0d	✓	-
16	NIO	+9.58%	$13,541	$14,838	7	57%	-	+$1,297	-28.6%	2.0d	✓	-
17	VXX	+8.66%	$9,395	$10,209	6	50%	-	+$814	-45.0%	2.1d	✓	-
18	SLV	+8.13%	$14,812	$16,016	9	44%	-	+$1,204	-14.0%	5.9d	✓	-
19	AMD	+7.61%	$17,294	$18,610	7	43%	-	+$1,316	-37.8%	2.6d	✓	-
20	SQQQ	+7.39%	$11,976	$12,862	6	50%	-	+$885	-33.6%	2.3d	✓	-
21	BIIB	+6.95%	$11,299	$12,084	3	67%	-	+$785	-22.4%	3.7d	✓	-
22	NVDA	+6.75%	$9,058	$9,670	3	67%	-	+$611	-47.0%	3.2d	✓	-
23	GILD	+5.54%	$10,084	$10,642	1	100%	-	+$559	-12.5%	9.3d	✓	-
24	BMY	+5.40%	$8,626	$9,092	1	100%	-	+$466	-20.0%	5.8d	✓	-
25	UVXY	+5.15%	$7,944	$8,353	10	40%	-	+$409	-61.4%	1.4d	✓	-
26	CMCSA	+5.15%	$8,616	$9,059	1	100%	-	+$444	-19.5%	5.8d	✓	-
27	WMT	+5.04%	$12,136	$12,747	1	100%	-	+$612	-6.9%	6.9d	✓	-
28	AMGN	+5.04%	$10,875	$11,423	1	100%	-	+$548	-12.0%	6.4d	✓	-
29	PFE	+5.00%	$11,229	$11,791	1	100%	-	+$561	-6.1%	5.6d	✓	-
30	AXP	+4.89%	$9,920	$10,405	2	100%	-	+$485	-18.1%	7.3d	✓	-
31	IBM	+4.85%	$11,699	$12,266	4	50%	-	+$567	-6.0%	4.0d	✓	-
32	BLK	+4.42%	$14,225	$14,853	2	50%	-	+$629	-9.1%	4.7d	✓	-
33	C	+4.20%	$11,921	$12,421	3	67%	-	+$501	-17.4%	5.5d	✓	-
34	SNOW	+4.17%	$7,061	$7,356	7	43%	-	+$294	-40.8%	3.4d	✓	-
35	MARA	+2.87%	$9,919	$10,203	14	43%	-	+$285	-46.1%	1.0d	✓	-
36	AMZN	+2.51%	$12,714	$13,033	3	67%	-	+$319	-17.3%	5.3d	✓	-
37	PM	+1.91%	$10,425	$10,624	2	50%	-	+$199	-3.7%	4.9d	✓	-
38	JPM	+1.79%	$10,470	$10,658	2	50%	-	+$187	-23.6%	6.3d	✓	-
39	MS	+1.73%	$11,030	$11,221	2	50%	-	+$191	-21.4%	5.4d	✓	-
40	DIS	+1.66%	$9,379	$9,535	1	100%	-	+$156	-18.6%	5.7d	✓	-
41	REGN	+1.16%	$11,438	$11,570	2	50%	-	+$133	-23.1%	4.9d	✓	-
42	VOO	+0.00%	$11,290	$11,290	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-4.2%	2.5d	✓	-
43	XLE	+0.00%	$11,039	$11,039	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-4.4%	7.7d	✓	-
44	JNJ	+0.00%	$11,477	$11,477	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-3.1%	9.4d	✓	-
45	KO	+0.00%	$10,069	$10,069	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-4.9%	10.1d	✓	-
46	VTI	+0.00%	$11,302	$11,302	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-4.5%	2.5d	✓	-
47	XOM	+0.00%	$9,389	$9,389	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-7.4%	8.0d	✓	-
48	VZ	+0.00%	$10,657	$10,657	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-6.7%	7.6d	✓	-
49	QQQ	+0.00%	$11,120	$11,120	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-4.7%	7.7d	✓	-
50	PEP	+0.00%	$9,195	$9,195	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-13.1%	5.9d	✓	-
51	VRTX	+0.00%	$10,076	$10,076	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-20.8%	4.5d	✓	-
52	AAPL	+0.00%	$11,467	$11,467	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-10.0%	5.6d	✓	-
53	IWM	+0.00%	$10,903	$10,903	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-11.7%	5.3d	✓	-
54	TLT	+0.00%	$9,688	$9,688	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-3.7%	8.0d	✓	-
55	HD	+0.00%	$9,417	$9,417	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-13.9%	6.6d	✓	-
56	CSCO	+0.00%	$11,667	$11,667	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-3.1%	10.6d	✓	-
57	COST	+0.00%	$9,554	$9,554	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-9.0%	8.2d	✓	-
58	BRK-B	+0.00%	$11,618	$11,618	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-3.1%	5.9d	✓	-
59	MCD	+0.00%	$10,874	$10,874	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-3.0%	8.8d	✓	-
60	DIA	+0.00%	$10,226	$10,226	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-3.2%	23.9h	✓	-
61	XLF	+0.00%	$11,187	$11,187	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-7.7%	4.7d	✓	-
62	CVX	+0.00%	$8,920	$8,920	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-14.4%	8.9d	✓	-
63	MDT	+0.00%	$10,281	$10,281	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-8.9%	6.9d	✓	-
64	SPY	+0.00%	$11,256	$11,256	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-4.3%	2.5d	✓	-
65	PG	+0.00%	$11,247	$11,247	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-3.7%	8.9d	✓	-
66	MRK	-0.78%	$11,016	$10,930	1	0%	-	-$86	-17.9%	6.1d	✓	-
67	NET	-0.88%	$10,064	$9,975	8	38%	-	-$89	-32.2%	2.6d	✓	-
68	ACN	-0.97%	$9,574	$9,481	3	67%	-	-$93	-14.7%	7.7d	✓	-
69	BAC	-1.21%	$13,351	$13,190	1	0%	-	-$162	-15.8%	6.6d	✓	-
70	SLB	-1.30%	$9,967	$9,838	2	50%	-	-$130	-22.1%	6.3d	✓	-
71	AMC	-1.34%	$5,157	$5,088	12	33%	-	-$69	-52.2%	1.7d	✓	-
72	GLD	-1.42%	$10,492	$10,343	3	33%	-	-$149	-6.1%	8.8d	✓	-
73	TSLA	-1.63%	$14,471	$14,235	3	33%	-	-$236	-32.0%	2.3d	✓	-
74	CRWD	-2.35%	$10,993	$10,734	6	33%	-	-$258	-28.2%	3.4d	✓	-
75	MA	-2.91%	$12,057	$11,706	1	0%	-	-$351	-6.6%	6.7d	✓	-
76	TMO	-2.99%	$8,948	$8,680	1	0%	-	-$268	-21.7%	5.2d	✓	-
77	V	-3.01%	$9,791	$9,496	1	0%	-	-$295	-9.6%	3.2d	✓	-
78	WFC	-3.01%	$11,816	$11,461	1	0%	-	-$356	-13.1%	5.5d	✓	-
79	NFLX	-3.01%	$12,631	$12,251	1	0%	-	-$380	-15.4%	6.9d	✓	-
80	XLK	-3.02%	$9,104	$8,829	1	0%	-	-$275	-12.2%	4.7d	✓	-
81	GS	-3.03%	$10,887	$10,557	1	0%	-	-$330	-18.8%	5.7d	✓	-
82	PYPL	-3.17%	$7,589	$7,349	3	33%	-	-$241	-32.8%	5.5d	✓	-
83	TQQQ	-3.20%	$13,662	$13,225	6	33%	-	-$437	-40.6%	1.9d	✓	-
84	META	-3.25%	$8,427	$8,153	3	33%	-	-$274	-28.8%	4.2d	✓	-
85	SCHW	-3.63%	$12,594	$12,137	1	0%	-	-$457	-13.5%	5.8d	✓	-
86	RIVN	-4.56%	$4,847	$4,626	8	38%	-	-$221	-55.2%	1.8d	✓	-
87	ARKK	-6.10%	$20,633	$19,374	2	0%	-	-$1,259	-21.5%	3.1d	✓	-
88	SPXU	-6.24%	$9,071	$8,505	2	0%	-	-$566	-27.6%	4.2d	✓	-
89	MSFT	-6.39%	$11,713	$10,964	2	0%	-	-$748	-14.5%	6.5d	✓	-
90	ISRG	-6.42%	$10,199	$9,545	2	0%	-	-$655	-20.7%	5.1d	✓	-
91	UNH	-6.44%	$9,043	$8,461	2	0%	-	-$582	-24.8%	5.5d	✓	-
92	COIN	-6.88%	$9,502	$8,849	10	30%	-	-$654	-46.7%	1.3d	✓	-
93	ORCL	-8.85%	$10,729	$9,780	7	29%	-	-$950	-29.3%	3.3d	✓	-
94	PANW	-9.31%	$9,262	$8,400	3	0%	-	-$862	-27.2%	4.1d	✓	-
95	DKNG	-10.74%	$12,067	$10,771	6	17%	-	-$1,296	-45.9%	2.7d	✓	-
96	HOOD	-11.09%	$22,307	$19,833	7	14%	-	-$2,474	-37.6%	1.7d	✓	-
97	ADBE	-12.22%	$7,976	$7,002	4	0%	-	-$975	-34.6%	4.7d	✓	-
98	CRM	-13.99%	$9,588	$8,246	4	0%	-	-$1,341	-27.5%	4.8d	✓	-
99	PLTR	-14.55%	$51,366	$43,892	5	0%	-	-$7,474	-34.2%	2.1d	✓	-
100	LCID	-19.68%	$6,403	$5,143	9	11%	-	-$1,260	-57.4%	1.7d	✓	-
101	SOFI	-20.54%	$12,254	$9,737	7	0%	-	-$2,517	-30.6%	2.3d	✓	-
102	RBLX	-21.10%	$18,128	$14,303	9	11%	-	-$3,825	-32.4%	3.5d	✓	-

👤 Personality

Eternally bullish, impossibly optimistic. Has seen Napoleon's wars, the Long Depression, the Great Depression, 1987, 2000, 2008, and 2020—and made money in each recovery.