Author
@therobotjames therobotjames
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Systematic quant trader posting backtests and cross-market microstructure observations, mostly in replies
Shares quantitative trading ideas, backtested rules, and ris
trader score
+0.43
hit rate
67%
mean α
+0.03%
signals 14d
12
Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.
Their picks, scored
Across their last 6 scored bets: 67% hit rate, +0.03% mean alpha, trader score +0.43. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -1.1% since posting (mean over 6 mentions with price data).
Recent signals12receipts included
| date (PT) | ticker | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | GLD | @therobotjames | -0.20 | Argues that repeatedly buying GLD at Thursday's close is inferior to a more sensible trade described elsewhere. | -3.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | · | @therobotjames | · | Proposes testable conditions for insurance demand and short covering as causes of a market anomaly. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | · | @therobotjames | · | Explains how weekend reversals and payroll Fridays could distinguish competing explanations for an anomaly. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | GLD | @therobotjames | -0.10 | Questions whether gold's Friday effect reflects scheduled employment news rather than weekend demand. | -3.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | GLD | @therobotjames | +0.10 | Describes defensive gold buying and short covering as possible pre-weekend flows. | -3.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | · | @therobotjames | · | Identifies weekend insurance demand, short covering and payrolls as possible causes of an observed effect. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | · | @therobotjames | · | Suggests nervous investors may buy protection before markets close for the weekend. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | · | @therobotjames | · | Frames weekend risk aversion as a recurring source of tradable dislocations. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | GLD | @therobotjames | +0.15 | Reports that mechanically buying GLD each Friday was historically profitable but costly and poorly justified. | -3.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | · | @therobotjames | · | Advocates identifying causal flows before designing a strategy to exploit an anomaly. | · | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | GLD | @therobotjames | +0.25 | Reports a historical Friday gold effect worth about 10 basis points per trade after costs. | -3.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-05 | GLD | @therobotjames | +0.10 | Introduces a day-of-week seasonality study in gold without giving a forward trade instruction. | -3.4% | tweet ↗ |
Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.