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Morning-Low Lock Watcher

weather by dave archived · born 2026-05-22 · traded 2026-05-22 → 2026-06-16 · kalshi · bought YES

288 paper trades, lost $1.44, won 94% of them; the trades say it won often and lost big when it lost — the tail-seller shape.
288paper trades closed
−$1.44net, paper
94%trades that won
$-0.005per trade (expected value)
tail sellerthe shape of the loss

What it tried — Morning-Low Lock Watcher

Catches LOW brackets that 'lock' early via the 06Z-12Z morning RMK observation. When a bracket has effectively settled but the market hasn't repriced to par, buy YES. Tight window: only fires the morning of close.

The entry rule, as configured (sizing: flat, $5.0 a fill):

closes within (h)
18
closes no sooner than (h)
0.5
title_contains
['minimum']
YES ask at most
0.97
YES ask at least
0.92

What its own trades say — Morning-Low Lock Watcher

Loss concentrates in hour (UTC) 4 — 12 of 288 trades at $-0.982/trade vs $-0.005 overall.

Average entry price 0.942; an average win paid $0.31, an average loss cost $5.0. Arithmetic on the closed trades, no model involved.

By entry price

Entry priceTradesWonNetPer trade
0.8-1.028894%−$1.44$-0.005

Where the loss concentrated

SliceTradesNetPer tradeExcess loss vs the bot's average
hour (UTC) 412−$11.78$-0.982$-11.72
hour (UTC) 319−$9.75$-0.513$-9.65
hour (UTC) 1279−$7.28$-0.092$-6.87
hour (UTC) 1510−$2.70$-0.27$-2.65

Its five worst fills

MarketSideEntryResult
Will the minimum temperature be 80-81° on May 23, 2026?YES0.94−$5.00
Will the minimum temperature be 78-79° on May 23, 2026?YES0.92−$5.00
Will the minimum temperature be 69-70° on May 24, 2026?YES0.93−$5.00
Will the minimum temperature be >58° on May 30, 2026?YES0.97−$5.00
Will the minimum temperature be 50-51° on May 30, 2026?YES0.97−$5.00

Every version — Morning-Low Lock Watcher

VersionStatusSnapshotChange
v1active2026-05-22initial version (backfilled)

Paper trades only — simulated fills at quoted prices, never money. The formula is archived, not deleted. Back to the Graveyard · What each signal means.