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Wrecking Ball Class

Stock momentum crashes with macro/temporal filter gates

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Base

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Derivatives

📊 Performance Window: 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months YTD 1 Year 2 Years

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The Foundation

The base strategy — all derivatives build on top of this

Wrecking Ball

The Stock Crash Surgeon

🌊 The Swing Traders BASE

"Stocks crash differently than crypto. Slower, shallower, but the bounces are just as inevitable. PDT rules? They actuall..."

Buy stock momentum crashes, hold 1-3 days (PDT-compliant swing), no stops

Stock crash bounces — 44 validated Tier 1 equities, PDT-compliant swing trades (avg hold 2-3 days)

🎭 Fictional persona

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Derivatives

Filter gates layered on top of the base — macro, temporal, technical overlays

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Earnings Stress

The Catalyst Catcher

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"Earnings create a volatility vortex. Within 5 days of a report, every crash is amplified by uncertainty. Add credit stre..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy dual-gated: Within ±5 days of earnings + Credit Spread > P75. ETFs excluded (no earnings). 135 trades, 57.8% win rate.

Earnings-adjacent crash bounces during credit stress — 57.8% WR, +1.57% avg per trade

🎭 Fictional persona

Macro Monday

The VIX Morning Raider

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"VIX above 18.46 means the options market is pricing fear. Monday morning means that fear has had all weekend to ferment...."

Wrecking Ball base strategy triple-gated: VIX > P75 (18.46) + Monday + Morning session (9:30-11:00 ET). Broader than Storm Monday with strong 65.3% win rate.

VIX-driven Monday morning crash bounces — 65.3% WR, +2.70% avg per trade, high conviction

🎭 Fictional persona

Monday Masher

The Week Opener

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"The weekend builds anxiety. Monday opens with fear selling. That fear is wrong 56% of the time, and the bounces are 32% ..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy filtered to Monday entries only. Same 44 stocks, same momentum thresholds, same hold periods — but the temporal edge compounds everything.

Stock crash bounces on Mondays — 44 validated equities, swing trades, +0.99% avg per trade

⚖️ Mom 58 2 hot

🎭 Fictional persona

RSI Storm Monday

The Technical Tempest

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"Counterintuitive but true: buying crashes when RSI is ABOVE 50 means you're buying a dip in a strong trend, not catching..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy triple-gated: RSI(14) > 50 + Credit Spread > P75 + Monday (full day). Most selective filter — fewest trades, highest per-trade return.

Ultra-selective Monday crash bounces in strong stocks during credit stress — 73.3% WR, +4.20% avg per trade

🎭 Fictional persona

Squeeze Monday

The Short Squeeze Artist

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"Short sellers create their own demise. When credit stress drives fear selling AND short interest spikes above the stock'..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy dual-gated: Credit Spread > P75 + Short Volume > P75 (relative to each stock's own history). 327 trades, 61.8% win rate.

Short squeeze crash bounces during credit stress — 61.8% WR, +1.13% avg per trade

🎭 Fictional persona

Storm Monday

The Perfect Storm

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"Three forces align on Monday mornings during credit stress: institutional rebalancing, weekend fear decay, and morning l..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy triple-gated: Credit Spread > P75 + Monday + Morning session (9:30-11:00 ET). The most selective, highest-conviction character in the lineup.

Premium Monday morning crash bounces during credit stress — 74% WR, +3.32% avg per trade, ultra-high conviction

🎭 Fictional persona

WB Pro Credit

The Credit Spread Hunter

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"Credit spreads are the market's fear thermometer. When they spike, institutions are hedging panic — but panic overshoo..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy gated by high-yield credit spreads > P75 (3.22%). 1,066 trades with 61.6% win rate across 44 stocks.

Stock crash bounces during credit stress — 44 equities, swing trades, +1.04% avg per trade

🎭 Fictional persona

WB Pro YC

The Yield Curve Oracle

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"The yield curve is the bond market whispering the future. When it steepens past 0.5, it means recovery is being priced i..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy gated by yield curve (10Y-2Y spread > 0.5). 1,280 trades validated across 44 stocks with 61.3% win rate.

Stock crash bounces during steep yield curve regimes — macro-filtered swing trades with +1.03% avg per trade

🎭 Fictional persona

Yield Squeeze

The Macro Squeeze Strategist

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"The yield curve tells you the macro regime is favorable. Per-stock short volume tells you the micro setup is loaded. Com..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy dual-gated: Yield Curve (T10Y2Y) > 0.5 + Short Volume > P75 (relative to stock's own history). 437 trades, 62.5% win rate.

Yield curve + short squeeze crash bounces — 62.5% WR, +1.14% avg per trade

🎭 Fictional persona

Yield Stress

The Triple Threat

🌊 The Swing Traders DERIVATIVE

"One signal is a hint. Two signals are a pattern. Three independent macro signals pointing the same way? That's a setup y..."

Wrecking Ball base strategy triple-gated: VIX > P75 + Volume > 2x average + Yield Curve > 0.5. Non-Monday character with strong 67.5% win rate.

Multi-signal crash bounces — any day of week, 67.5% WR, +1.71% avg per trade, high conviction

🎭 Fictional persona

📊 Family Performance Comparison

Comparing 2-Year returns across all members of the Wrecking Ball class

Character	Role	Category	Stock Return	Stock Win Rate	Crypto Return	Crypto Win Rate
🔨 Wrecking Ball BASE	⭐ Base	🌊 The Swing Traders	118.8%	58%	—	—
📊 Earnings Stress	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	4.5%	58%	—	—
🌋 Macro Monday	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	29.7%	65%	—	—
📅 Monday Masher	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	35.8%	55%	—	—
🌪️ RSI Storm Monday	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	5.8%	70%	—	—
🫸 Squeeze Monday	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	9.1%	62%	—	—
⛈️ Storm Monday	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	29.7%	74%	—	—
🏦 WB Pro Credit	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	28.3%	60%	—	—
📐 WB Pro YC	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	34.3%	60%	—	—
🔗 Yield Squeeze	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	12.0%	61%	—	—
🎯 Yield Stress	🔀 Derivative	🌊 The Swing Traders	16.7%	66%	—	—