Oct 30, 2025 Profit 296
Today is Thursday, October 30, 2025,
and this is your daily Nasdaq futures recap.
Market News
A busy morning on the data front:
At 8:30 A M, we had Core PCE prices, Q3 GDP, and Real Consumer Spending all key indicators of economic strength.
At 9:55 AM, FOMC member Bowman gave remarks, adding a bit of volatility to the session.
Then at 11:30 A M, results from the 4 and 8-week Treasury bill auctions came out.
After the close, all eyes were on Apple and Amazon, both set to release their quarterly earnings.
Overnight Session
When the Asian markets opened, Nasdaq began to pull back sharply. Our long position hit the stop and was closed with a loss a weak start to the day. Unrealized loss was 510 dollars.
Morning Session
At 8:10 AM, the market dipped again, and our robot flipped short. Then came the big data drop :
Core PCE at 2.6 percent, well below the previous 3.5 percent. That weaker inflation number pushed the market further down, and our short position gained about 145 dollars in unrealized profit.
By 9:00 AM, Meta was sliding in pre-market trading, and our short position paid off nicely,
unrealized profit climbed to 205 dollars. When the bell rang at 9:30 AM, buyers stepped in,
triggering a long position. But as Google dropped right out of the gate, our robot quickly reversed back short.
At 9:45 AM, short sellers took profit, the Nasdaq popped up, and our short was closed for another long entry.
Then at 9:55 AM, right as Bowman spoke, the market turned lower again.
At 10:00 AM, our robot made two fast swing trades, total realized profit was 162 dollars at that point.
A few later swings went against us, each losing about 109 dollars, bringing the net realized loss to 243 dollars.
Meanwhile, trades on AMD performed great, 600 dollars profit trading 100 shares.
Afternoon Session
At 12:30 PM, a short position was opened, then flipped long around 1:30 PM, and back to short again at 2:05 pm as momentum faded. now net realized loss was 178 dollars.
By 3:00 PM, the market dipped, and that short had an unrealized gain over 120 dollars.
Realized total loss was 108 dollars on the session.
After Hours
After the bell, both Apple and Amazon came out with strong earnings. The market spiked higher with volatility kicking in. Our robot switched to a long position, capturing 100 dollars profit, but around 4:30 PM, the rally faded,
the long was stopped out, and a new short position was established as momentum reversed.
Then market jumped back up, our short position was reversed to a long position.
As Nasdaq continued to edge higher, our long position was carrying over 298 dollars unrealized gain.
Summary
Today’s realized loss came to 368 dollars, but with 298 dollars in unrealized gain and 366 dollars profit from AMD,
we finished the day with a net profit of 296 dollars, a small but positive close to a volatile session.
Yu, Edward