Dec 5, 2025 Profit $560
Today is Friday, December 5th, 2025, and this is your Daily Nasdaq Futures Recap, the show where we break down every move, and every trade our robot made throughout the day.
Let’s jump right in.
Market News
We had a steady drip of catalysts today:
at 10:00 AM brought the Core PCE Price Index, followed by Michigan inflation expectations, consumer expectations, consumer sentiment, and real personal consumption.
Then at 3:30 PM, we got consumer credit.
After the close, Oracle and Adobe were set to report earnings. It wasn’t a heavy calendar, but the data we did get carried meaning, especially the PCE number and the inflation expectations.
Overnight Session
Overnight trading stayed quiet and orderly, with the Nasdaq drifting around the 26,500 zone. Investors kept risk light ahead of the PCE release. As Asian markets opened, price barely moved.
Morning Session
The European open kept the market firm, Our robot took one short trade and locked in a small profit, a clean start to the day.
but everything changed at 8:30 AM. The Nasdaq dipped, and by 8:45 AM it slid deeper, touching the 25,579 low. Our short position was sitting on 197 dollars in unrealized profit as we headed toward the US cash open.
The 9:30 AM Open
At the bell, the Nasdaq bounced. AMD and Amazon shot higher, and headlines hit that Netflix is acquiring WBD, sending WBD’s price surging. Our robot closed the short position for 197 dollars profit, And entered a long position into the strength, a sharp, timely exit. Realized profit climbed to 433 dollars. Meanwhile, Bitcoin was rolling over, sliding toward the 90,000 level.
The 10:00 AM Data Dump
Here’s what we got:
Core PCE: 2.8% (vs. 2.9% prior)
Michigan inflation expectations: 4.1% (vs. 4.5%)
Consumer expectations: 55 (vs. 51)
Consumer sentiment: 53.3 (vs. 51)
Real personal consumption: 0.0% (vs. 0.2%)
Despite all that, markets barely flinched. Volume stayed thin, classic Friday behavior as traders slide into weekend mode. Our robot closed the long position Now realized profit held at 440 dollars.
Late Morning
Before noon, the market dipped again. The robot jumped into a short, closed it ten minutes later, and pushed realized profit to 557 dollars.
Afternoon Session
The afternoon was quiet — almost sleepy —with participation fading as weekend plans took over. But Bitcoin kept bleeding, breaking toward the 88,800 level. At 3:30 PM, consumer credit came in at 9.18 Billion, down from 11.01 Billion previously. By the closing bell, our robot wrapped up the day with a 560 dollars net profit,
a solid result for a low-volume Friday.
After Hours
Oracle and Adobe reported earnings, but the impact on Nasdaq futures was minimal.
Summary
Today gave us steady data, light reaction, and clean opportunities for the algo. Our robot closed the session with 560 dollars trading one e Micro Nasdaq contract. For the week:
3 winning days, 2 losing days, for a total weekly profit of 580 dollars. A strong start to December.
Yu, Edward