Keybot the Quant flips short today at munchtime at SPX 7559. It is about time looking back at that trail of sordid trading since late May. The quant wanted to go short more than long, during the time it was long.
The SPX prints the all-time high at 7620.90 and all-time closing high at 7609.78 on Tuesday, 6/2/26.
The banks and retail stocks both slipped on a banana peel out of the gate this morning. This weakness created a pall on the market. The bulls jammed the utilities higher to try and stave off the bears but failed. UTIL came up to test the critical 1114 line in the sand only to fail miserably and collapse to 1095. This price action in utes is a very bad omen and places a crash scenario for the stock market on the table going forward.
At the end of the session, the bulls were pumping retail stocks like mad and managed to push the XRT to 83.37 only 3 measly pennies above the 83.34 line in the sand. PVH takes the pipe in afterhours trading crashing -22%. Wow. PVH is retail so retail stocks in general should take the pipe tomorrow and XRT will likely flip negative again.
The bears need XRT below 83.34 to start pushing stocks lower and get the ball rolling downhill.
The bulls need to keep XRT above 83.34 and then push XLF above 51.32. These two metrics will tell you stock market direction tomorrow.
On the last trade that ran for a couple weeks, the quant program gains +2.5% exactly reversing the prior trade's loss. The actual trading generated by the quant gains +5%. For the year, the benchmark S&P 500 moves into double-digits up +10.4%. The bulls are walking around with their chests puffed out singing, "We're in the Money." For the year, the quant program is up +3% and the actual trading is up a couple percent underperforming the SPX by 8 percentage points. Keybot the Quant exited SSO and entered QID.
6/7/26;
7:00 PM EST =
6/5/26;
9:00 AM EST =
6/3/26;
3:59 PM EST = +21; signal line is +33
6/3/26; 12:27 PM EST = +5; signal line is +34; go short 7559 (Benchmark
SPX for 2026 = +10.4%)(Keybot algo this trade = +2.5%; Keybot algo for 2026 = +3.3%)(Actual
results this trade = +4.9%; Actual results for 2026 = +1.6%)
6/3/26;
9:36 AM EST = +5; signal line is
+35 but algorithm remains long
6/2/26;
10:58 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +36
6/2/26;
9:58 AM EST = +21; signal line
is +37 but algorithm remains long
6/2/26;
9:36 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +38 but algorithm remains long
6/1/26;
3:36 PM EST = +21; signal line
is +37 but algorithm remains long
6/1/26;
1:48 PM EST = +37; signal line
is +38 but algorithm remains long
6/1/26;
1:07 PM EST = +21; signal line
is +38 but algorithm remains long
6/1/26;
12:30 PM EST = +5; signal line
is +39 but algorithm remains long
6/1/26;
11:24 AM EST = +21; signal line
is +39 but algorithm remains long
6/1/26;
10:39 AM EST = +5; signal line
is +39 but algorithm remains long
6/1/26;
10:23 AM EST = +21; signal line
is +40 but algorithm remains long
5/31/26;
7:00 PM EST EOM = +37; signal
line is +40 but algorithm remains long
5/29/26;
9:50 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +40 but algorithm remains long
5/28/26;
3:36 PM EST = +53; signal line
is +40
5/28/26;
11:24 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +39 but algorithm remains long
5/28/26;
11:06 AM EST = +53; signal line
is +40
5/28/26;
10:37 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +39 but algorithm remains long
5/27/26;
9:36 AM EST = +53; signal line
is +39
5/26/26;
11:05 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +38 but algorithm remains long
5/26/26;
10:06 AM EST = +53; signal line
is +39
5/26/26;
10:00 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +38 but algorithm remains long
5/26/26;
9:36 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +39 but algorithm remains long
5/24/26;
7:00 PM EST = +53; signal line
is +39
5/22/26;
10:00 AM EST = +53; signal line
is +39
5/21/26;
9:58 AM EST = +53; signal line
is +38
5/21/26;
9:00 AM EST = +37; signal line
is +38 but algorithm remains long
5/20/26; 3:53 PM EST = +37; signal line is
+39 but algorithm remains long
5/20/26; 2:41 PM EST = +53; signal line is
+40
5/20/26; 11:30 AM EST = +37; signal line is
+41 but algorithm remains long
5/20/26; 9:56 AM EST = +53; signal line is +42; go long 7378 (Benchmark
SPX for 2026 = +7.8%)(Keybot algo this trade = -2.5%; Keybot algo for 2026 = +0.8%)(Actual
results this trade = -4.4%; Actual results for 2026 = -3.3%)
