Stats Edge by Michael Nauss CMT

Stats Edge by Michael Nauss CMT

October: swing and day trading, together

Day trades carried it.

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Michael Nauss CMT
Oct 31, 2026
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So, October is in the books. Here is how the whole system did, the swing book on one $100,000 account and day trading on another, both starting fresh on October 1.

October 2026: day trading +13.5%, swing book -7.0%, together +3.2%, SPY -0.9%

The swing book had a rough month and the day trades more than made up for it.

The worst drop

Drawdown from the high in October: together worst -2.3%, swing book -9.0%, day trading -0.6%

The swing book slid hard in the middle of the month, and together the account barely felt it.

Week by week

Profit or loss each week in October for the swing book, day trading and the two together

This is the whole point of running both. In 3 of the 5 weeks the swing book lost money while the day trades made it.

Where it came from

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