{"id":90,"date":"2026-01-19T07:31:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:31:54","slug":"oct-21-2025-loss-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingrobotic.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Oct 21, 2025 Loss $200"},"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=\"2025-10-21 Nasdaq 100 e-Micro Futures Recap Loss $200\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_L1U2aNq40A?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 <strong>Monday, October 21, 2025<\/strong>, and this is your <strong>daily Nasdaq 100 futures recap.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a mixed and choppy trading day, dominated by the release of key <strong>inflation data<\/strong> and <strong>Fed commentary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traders kept a close eye on the <strong>CPI report at 8:30 am<\/strong> and <strong>Federal Reserve Governor Waller\u2019s speech at 9:00 am<\/strong>, both of which shaped the day\u2019s tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overnight Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6:00 pm to 3:00 am Eastern Standard Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market opened weak at <strong>6:00 pm<\/strong> on October 20, continuing the cautious tone from Monday\u2019s close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around <strong>7:00 pm<\/strong>, buying interest emerged, prompting our robot to close its short position and go <strong>long<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>However, the rally was short-lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>8:00 pm<\/strong>, futures reversed lower again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the <strong>Asian markets opened<\/strong>, volatility picked up, and the Nasdaq swung back and forth without clear direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>10:30 pm<\/strong>, futures began to climb steadily,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but by <strong>11:50 pm<\/strong>, that move lost steam, and our long position was <strong>stopped out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The robot then flipped to a <strong>short trade<\/strong>, which it closed around <strong>midnight<\/strong> for a small profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morning Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6:00 am to 12:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The early morning was calm as investors waited for the highly anticipated <strong>CPI report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around <strong>7:00 am<\/strong>, Nasdaq futures began to rise, and our system entered a <strong>long position<\/strong> ahead of the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>8:30 am<\/strong>, the <strong>Consumer Price Index<\/strong> came in <strong>slightly higher than expected<\/strong>, reigniting inflation concerns. The market immediately turned lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>9:00 am<\/strong>, Nasdaq had slipped toward <strong>25,280<\/strong>, and our robot reversed from long to <strong>short<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the <strong>U.S. stock market opened at 9:30 am<\/strong>, selling pressure accelerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combination of sticky inflation and cautious earnings sentiment created sharp, fast swings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between <strong>9:30 and 10:30 am<\/strong>, volatility surged, then gradually subsided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>10:30 am<\/strong>, the market stabilized and edged upward, but the bounce was short-lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>11:15 am<\/strong>, weakness returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Google led the decline<\/strong>, pulling the Nasdaq back down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our robot quickly switched to a short position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, at <strong>11:35 am<\/strong>, a small rebound lifted the market again, producing <strong>50 dollars in unrealized profit<\/strong> on the long trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But momentum faded into <strong>midday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And by <strong>12:50 pm<\/strong>, the index turned lower once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The robot exited the long trade with a loss and re-entered short, bringing total realized losses to around <strong>100 dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Afternoon Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1:00 pm to 4:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>1:10 pm<\/strong>, Nasdaq reversed upward again, triggering another <strong>long entry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market traded sideways into the afternoon, awaiting Fed remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>3:30 pm<\/strong>, <strong>Fed Governor Waller<\/strong> spoke again, but his comments were mostly neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market showed <strong>little reaction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in the final minutes before the <strong>closing bell<\/strong>, buying momentum picked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>4:00 pm<\/strong>, the Nasdaq 100 futures settled around <strong>25,330<\/strong>, ending the cash session modestly higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our trading system executed <strong>over 20 trades<\/strong> throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;An unusually active session given the choppy price action, resulting in a <strong>realized loss of 260 dollars<\/strong> and an <strong>unrealized gain of 60 dollars<\/strong>, for a <strong>net loss of 200<\/strong> dollars by the close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After-Hours Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the bell, <strong>Netflix<\/strong> released its <strong>third-quarter earnings<\/strong>, missing expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stock dropped <strong>over 100 dollars<\/strong>, dragging Nasdaq futures sharply lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our robot quickly closed the prior long and switched to a <strong>short position<\/strong>, which soon showed an <strong>unrealized gain of around 90<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, today\u2019s market reflected <strong>nervous anticipation<\/strong> ahead of big-tech earnings and fresh inflation concerns.<br>Our algorithmic system navigated the volatility well but ended the day with a <strong>realized loss of 260<\/strong> dollars and an <strong>unrealized gain of 60 dollars<\/strong>, for a <strong>net loss of roughly 200 dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, our robot followed its rules with discipline:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cutting losses quickly and capturing profit opportunities as they came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That wraps up today\u2019s Nasdaq 100 futures recap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Monday, October 21, 2025, and this is your daily Nasdaq 100 futures recap. 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