{"id":102,"date":"2026-01-19T07:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:47:29","slug":"oct-29-2025-loss-157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Oct 29, 2025 Loss 157"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025-10-29 Nasdaq Futures Recap, Loss $157\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ilAUzzgCqaQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is Wednesday, October 29, 2025,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and this is your daily Nasdaq futures recap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Market News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a packed day for the markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 7:00 am, the MBA 30-year mortgage rate came out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 8:30 am, we got September wholesale inventories, followed by pending home sales at 10:00 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the big one: at 2:00 pm, the FOMC statement and Fed interest rate decision,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and at 2:30 pm, Chair Powell\u2019s press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the closing bell, Microsoft, Meta, and Google all report earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely a huge lineup for traders today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overnight Session<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:00 PM to 3:00 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 8:30 pm, as the Asian markets opened, Nasdaq started to climb. Our short position slipped into an unrealized loss,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and by 9:30 pm, Nasdaq jumped sharply higher.We closed the short and flipped long to follow the momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morning Session<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6:00 AM to 12:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market was quiet early on as traders waited for the Fed decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 7:00 am, the Mortgage Refinance Index came in strong at 1327.8, up from 1214.7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>momentum picked up quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 8:00 am, our long position was showing about 200 dollars in unrealized gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 10:00 am, the Pending Home Sales Index came in flat at zero percent, and the market dipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our robot closed the long for a 170 dollars profit and switched short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But by 11:30 am, Nasdaq climbed again ahead of the Fed decision, so we flipped back long,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ending the morning with a realized gain of 175 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afternoon Session<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 2:00 pm, the Fed cut rates by zero point two five %, and Nasdaq instantly turned volatile moving sharply both ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our long flipped short, then back long, but high volatility stopped us out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2:30 pm, during Powell\u2019s press conference, spreads widened dramatically, and our swing trades ended in a loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2:45 pm, all profits were wiped out. Realized losses hit 475 dollars, and before the close,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>total losses reached 717 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 4:00 pm, the big techs dropped their earnings. Microsoft and Meta came in weak,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>while Google surprised to the upside. Nasdaq spiked up and down in seconds. Our robot made a quick short, then a long, and one more short to recover most of the drawdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the end of the after-hours session, total realized loss had narrowed to 152 dollars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a wild FOMC trading day overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lesson learned: trading during FOMC hours is risky volatility and wide spreads can erase gains fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today featured two highly volatile periods the FOMC rate cut and the tech earnings releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a full day of algorithmic trades, we ended with a net loss of 157 dollars. Most of it came during the FOMC window, where spreads were unusually wide and momentum flipped rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a 175 dollars profit, to a 717 dollars drawdown, and finally to a 157 dollars net loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s how wild today was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Wednesday, October 29, 2025, and this is your daily Nasdaq futures recap. Market News It\u2019s a packed day for the markets. At 7:00 am, the MBA 30-year mortgage rate came out. At 8:30 am, we got September wholesale inventories, followed by pending home sales at 10:00 am. 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