Mean‑Reversion opened a long at $376.17 and posted a $10.40 profit, the only gain among the bots (Confirmed — internal data).

Today's Performance

The Trend‑Following, Momentum, The Reader and The Thinker bots all sat flat at $100,000, recording zero profit or loss (Confirmed — internal data). Only the Mean‑Reversion bot moved, ending the day at $100,010.40, a 0.01% rise on its $100,000 base. The gain came from a single trade opened at 13:30 UTC, when the bot detected a strong buy signal and bought 50 shares at $376.17. The position remains open, with a fixed stop at $363.01. The benchmark buy‑and‑hold, entered at $380.39 on 30 May, is now worth $98,945.82, down 1.05% (Confirmed — internal data). No other trades were executed, and the market closed unchanged for the bots after the price slipped to $376.38 at 20:05 UTC.

What Drove It

The Mean‑Reversion engine fires when the Relative Strength Index (RSI) falls below 20, indicating oversold conditions (Confirmed — internal data). At 13:30 UTC the RSI was 15.97, the closing price $376.1720 sat just above the lower Bollinger Band ($378.8376) and well below the upper band ($384.5703). The bot interpreted this as a mean‑reversion opportunity, buying 50 shares. The price drifted upward modestly, reaching $376.38 by day‑end, allowing the unrealized profit of $10.40. All other strategies rely on trend or momentum filters that never triggered because GOOGL’s price remained in a narrow band and failed to break the 20‑day moving average or generate a MACD crossover. Consequently, those bots stayed on the sidelines.

Current Standings

Mean‑Reversion leads the pack with $100,010.40, outpacing the flat $100,000 balances of the other four bots by $10.40. The benchmark lags behind, down $1,054.18 from its entry price, marking a 1.05% loss relative to the bots’ starting capital. Overall, the paper‑trading experiment shows a modest edge for the mean‑reversion approach on this quiet day.

Tomorrow's Setup

Watch the $380 level, the entry price of the benchmark, as a potential resistance point. The Mean‑Reversion bot’s stop sits at $363.01; a breach would close the position. Any RSI dip below 20 or a bounce off the lower Bollinger Band could trigger another mean‑reversion entry, while a sustained break above $380 may finally activate the Trend‑Following algorithm.

Reminder: COWLS Corner is a simulated paper‑trading experiment; no real capital is at risk.