Nov 17, 2025 Profit $563
Today is Monday, November 17th, 2025,
and this is your Daily Nasdaq Futures Recap,
the show where we break down every move, every catalyst, and of course every single trade our algorithm executed throughout the session.
Market News
It was a relatively quiet Monday on the economic calendar:
- 8:30 AM – New York Empire State Manufacturing Index came out.
- 9:30 AM – Fed Governor Williams spoke.
- 10:00 AM – Construction Spending data landed.
- 11:00 AM – Federal Budget Balance released.
- 11:30 AM – Three- and six-month bill auctions.
- 1:00 PM – FOMC member Kashkari spoke.
- 3:35 PM – Fed Waller followed up later in the afternoon.
No major tech earnings after the close.
Overnight Session
Right at 6:00 PM, when futures opened, the Nasdaq dipped, but within five minutes, buyers stepped in and momentum flipped. Our robot picked up a long position, and as Asia opened, the Nasdaq kept grinding higher, pushing our unrealized gain above 200 dollars. Later, the market dipped again, so our robot locked in a clean profit on that long and took a short position, but that didn’t last long, Nasdaq ripped higher, the short reversed into a long,
By midnight, Nasdaq was hovering around 25,260.
Morning Session
As Europe opened, Nasdaq pulled back, and our robot entered a short position.
At 8:30 AM, the Empire State Manufacturing Index printed 18.7, beating last month’s 10.7. The market briefly recovered, then dipped again, and we closed the short for a small profit. Now realized profit reached 237 dollars.
At 9:30 AM, when the US stock market opened, tech stocks bounced and Nasdaq jumped. Our robot went long.
Around 10:00 AM, Construction Spending came in at 0.2 percent, Unchanged, the market didn’t really respond,
Net realized profit was 421 dollars. but at 11:30 AM Nasdaq pushed higher and our robot grabbed a quick scalp long, bringing realized gains to 429 dollars.
Afternoon Session
The afternoon turned weak. At 1:00 PM, Nasdaq dipped, stopping out our long. From there, the market chopped around the 25,000 level, and our robot took a couple more scalps. By then, realized profit reached 420 dollars on Nasdaq and 141 dollars on AMD, for a combined total of 588 dollars.
At 3:00 PM, Nasdaq dipped again and our robot executed one more short, lifting realized gains to 500 dollars.
But right before the close, one short got stopped out, pulling net realized profit to 476 dollars.
After Hours
No major news hit after the closing bell, which wrapped up a very active Monday.
Summary
Today was a down day, with the Nasdaq falling roughly 300 points. Even so, our robot performed well, capturing 476 dollars trading a single e-Micro Nasdaq contract. AMD volume was extremely light, but we still managed 87 dollars there. That brings total realized gains for the day to 563 dollars.
Yu, Edward