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October 9, 2026 update: all engines were stopped. CORE is parked, SURGE-R and RANGE are retired, and SURGE Simple v1 is the only engine in development. The record below is unchanged. Version and commissioning snapshot recorded October 6, 2026 for the October 7 paper lineup. These facts document preparation, not a successful future trading session. Historical build names and numbers are unchanged.

Historical engine performance

CORE, RANGE, original SURGE and SURGE-R are no longer active development engines. The new SURGE Simple 1, 2 and 3 cohorts have separate paper accounts and will be shown on the homepage after their first individually verified sessions.

October 9 original SURGE: one runner-recorded VEEA loss of −$23.07 gross. A separate user-confirmed manual VEEA win is excluded. Full-account EOD reconciliation remains blocked; the original SURGE entry is labeled accordingly in the underlying evidence.

View archived October 7 development notes and prior engine descriptions

Historical planning snapshot retained for traceability. The planned October 7 lineup described below is no longer the active strategy lineup.

CURRENT DEVELOPMENT

Three engines.
Built to be tested.

The planned October 7 paper lineup pairs CORE, the reversal control, with SURGE v2 and SURGE-R v1, two separate $2K small-cap momentum experiments.

October 7 · Planned paper lineup. CORE continues as the control. SURGE v2 is scheduled to begin its technical-risk cohort. SURGE-R v1 is commissioned for its first paper session on October 7, 2026. Neither new cohort has published results yet.
CORESURGE v2SURGE-R v1 · COMMISSIONED

Evidence before promotion.

  1. Separate engines and accountsEach active experiment keeps its own rules, execution records, and results.
  2. October 7 planned lineupCORE 17/20, SURGE v2 $2K, and SURGE-R v1 $2K commissioned for October 7.
  3. Reconcile and reviewMeasure completed trades, wins and losses, expectancy, and sample size.
  4. Improve with evidenceDocument changes, compare versions, and validate before promotion.

TREVORTRADER™ ENGINE LAB

One control. Two momentum experiments.

CORE remains the reversal control. SURGE v2 and SURGE-R v1 are intended for a head-to-head paper comparison, with separate accounts, versions and evidence.

ENGINE FAMILY 01

CORE

Reversal Engine

Instrument: SPY options

Catches the turn after the panic.

PAPER · ONGOING
EXPERIMENT 01 · PAPERCORE 17/20Internal strategy configuration label · thresholds proprietary

The idea

Tests whether a confirmed turn after an extended move can produce a repeatable reversal setup.

What it watches

SPY price action, momentum shifts, and confirmation that a potential turn is holding.

Life of the Trade · actual October 6 trade

SPY261006P00775000 · 4 contracts.

Entry 07:19:04 PT at $0.16; exit 07:30:16 PT at $0.19. TARGET trigger. +$12.00 gross before fees.

CORE passed broker reconciliation. Fees remain pending.

Follow the October 6 review →

Paper evidence

October 6, 2026 session · Entry repair v1 · Gross before fees

Cumulative experiment metrics: Results since October 5, 2026 are shown in Evidence Over Time below. Earlier sessions are excluded until historical reconciliation is complete.

Completed trades · sample size
1 on Oct 6
Win rate
1/1 on Oct 6
Net expectancy / trade
Unavailable · Fees pending
Evidence verdict
Reconciled · Edge unvalidated

October 6 gross: +$12.00.

Read the October 6 trades and PDCA →

PAPER ENGINE 02 · NEW COHORT

SURGE

Momentum Engine

Instrument: US small-cap stocks

Finds the stock that’s already moving.

PAPER · ONGOING
EXPERIMENT 01 · PAPERSURGE v2 · $2K ChallengeTechnical-risk cohort · Scheduled October 7, 2026

The idea

Tests short-duration momentum trades with technical stops, risk-based sizing and risk-multiple targets in a dedicated $2,000 paper account.

Planned session: October 7, 2026. Entry eligibility begins at 4:00 AM Pacific. Startup and broker state must still be verified.

What it watches

Price strength, volume expansion, low float, recent news, liquidity, and a confirmed chart setup.

Life of the Trade · actual October 5 trade

VEEA · 327 shares.

Entry 10:37:30 PT at $5.06; exit 10:40:53 PT at $5.2404 weighted average. TARGET trigger. +$58.99 gross before fees.

Partial fills changed the realized average. Across the full session JAGX lost $64.46 in three trades. Risk v3 ran on October 6; those SURGE results remain Pending. SURGE Technical Risk v2 starts a new prospective cohort on October 7.

Follow the actual Life of the Trade story →

Paper evidence

October 5, 2026 session · Earlier build · Gross before fees

Cumulative experiment metrics: Results since October 5, 2026 are shown in Evidence Over Time below. Earlier sessions are excluded until historical reconciliation is complete.

Paper fills may be better than live fills, especially in fast-moving, thinly traded small caps.

Completed trades · sample size
7 on Oct 5
Win rate
3/7 on Oct 5
Net expectancy / trade
Unavailable · Fees pending
Evidence verdict
Broker-matched · Edge unvalidated

October 6 production ledger: −$75.75 gross across 4 trades. Broker reconciliation remains pending, so these results are not yet included in verified cumulative evidence.

Next cohort: SURGE v2 is scheduled for October 7. Earlier-build results above are historical evidence, not results or validation of v2.

Read the trades, PDCA and cohort change →

PAPER ENGINE 03 · COMMISSIONED

SURGE-R

Small-Cap Momentum Engine

Instrument: US small-cap stocks

A separate momentum hypothesis. A separate evidence record.

PAPER · COMMISSIONED
NEW EXPERIMENT · PAPER ONLYSURGE-R v1 · $2K ChallengeDedicated $2,000 paper account · Planned October 7, 2026

The idea

Compare a separate small-cap momentum strategy head-to-head with SURGE v2 while CORE remains the control.

Commissioning

SURGE-R v1 Candidate 5 is built, independently audited and commissioned. All 31/31 tests passed with no commissioning blockers. Code hash: 180865af106fc3c2.

Account isolation passed. No orders were sent during commissioning. The first paper session is scheduled for October 7, 2026; this is not confirmation that trading has started.

SURGE-R and SURGE v2 each start with $2,000 paper capital and retain separate accounts and records. This compares two complete systems, not a single rule.

Paper evidence

No SURGE-R results are shown yet. Results appear only after EOD reconciliation. Performance metrics remain unavailable, not zero.

Evidence verdict: Commissioned · First session scheduled · Edge unvalidated.

Experiment history: CORE Experiment 02 · 30/20 is retired from the active account lineup. CORE 17/20 continues with Entry repair v1 as the paper control. SURGE v2 is scheduled for a new October 7 cohort; SURGE-R v1 is commissioned for October 7. Numeric labels identify internal strategy configurations; their underlying thresholds remain proprietary.

Our research standard: Paper performance is simulation evidence, not a proven live trading result. Wins and losses belong in the same record. Published metrics must identify the experiment, dates, completed-trade sample size, and costs. Missing metrics remain unpublished rather than appearing as zero. Detailed signal thresholds remain proprietary.

Full performance evidence

The archive below includes historical trades and clearly labels records whose full-account reconciliation remains unresolved. The October 9 original SURGE loss is included; the manual trade is excluded.

RANGE (Breakout Engine) retired Oct 6, 2026 after a paper account decline of −$8.69 ($300 → $291.31; recorded trade P&L −$8.00 gross, fees/adjustments unresolved). Replaced by SURGE-R.