Dec 4, 2025 Loss $237
Today is Thursday, December 4th, 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 fired off throughout the session.
Let’s jump right in!
Market News
We had a steady drip of catalysts lined up today:
At 8:30 AM, Initial Jobless Claims and Continuing Jobless Claims
At 10:00 AM, Factory Orders
After the Close, No major tech earnings on deck. A relatively light calendar, but the data we did get carried some weight.
Overnight Session
Overnight trading was quiet and controlled, with the Nasdaq drifting around 26,500. Investors remained cautious, waiting for the morning’s labor data. As Asian markets opened, price action barely budged.
No positions were held overnight, the robot sat on the sidelines, waiting for direction.
Morning Session
As Europe opened, the market stayed in low-gear. But at 8:30 AM, the data hit:
Initial Jobless Claims: 191 K, sharply lower than last week’s 218 K, Continuing Claims: 1.939 Millions, slightly below the prior 1.943 Millions. A stronger labor market usually means the Fed stays hawkish,
and the market didn’t like it.
Nasdaq dropped sharply, Our robot entered a short position, In a few seconds, Unrealized profit reached 144 dollars.
The 9:30 AM US Open
At the opening bell, Sellers stepped in, the market pushed down hard, But soon market rebounded,
Forcing our robot to flip the short to a long, locking in a loss on the reversal.
Then at 10:00 AM, we got Factory Orders: at 0.2%, way below the previous 1.3%. That weaker print flipped sentiment again, the market dipped and our long position was stopped out. Realized loss reached 122 dollars.
Then it entered a short position.
10:30 AM Mid-Morning Move Around 10:30, the market broke lower. Our short trade finally started paying off,
showing unrealized profit of 130 dollars And realized loss of 320 dollars.
Moments later, momentum reversed again. The long position now was showing profit, Soon it was closed for a profit drawing our realized loss down to 205 dollars. With downside pressure increasing, the robot re-entered a short position.
Afternoon Session
The afternoon was surprisingly calm, almost eerily so. The Nasdaq hovered around 25,600, drifting sideways with no real conviction. Our robot attempted another long setup, but the chop took it out for a loss.
Realized loss now reached 205 dollars. By the end of the session, Our robot made a losing trade, total realized losses ended with 237 dollars from trading one e-micro Nasdaq futures contract.
After Hours
A quiet close: No major tech earnings. No big catalysts. And the market settled into a low-volatility drift.
Summary
Today brought a mix of data-driven volatility and range-bound indecision. Jobless claims pushed the market around, and our algorithm took a few hits in the chop, ending the day down 237 dollars.
Thanks for tuning in!
Have a great evening,
and I’ll see you tomorrow
for the next Nasdaq Futures Recap!
Yu, Edward