Trade Execution — Buys | SECT Capital Quant Research

Redacted — proprietary method withheld. The space is kept so you can see where detail exists.

Execution summary

I filled 6 market orders at Monday's open for the week of October 12, 2026. I show the ATR-scaled stop and the conviction I carried in; the position weightings stay proprietary.

Ticker	Value $	Stop	Composite
VST	6947.16	GTC ATR stop	76.8
LITE	7073.14	GTC ATR stop	74.3
FIGS	7065.34	GTC ATR stop	70.1
SECZ	7148.87	GTC ATR stop	72.7
SEI	7043.21	GTC ATR stop	72.0
GME	6962.15	GTC ATR stop	53.6

Macro environment

VIX

15.41

10Y−2Y

+0.47

HY OAS

3.15

Unemployment

n/a

SPY 20d

+2.29%

Here is how I read the backdrop: volatility is cheap at 15.4 — barely 0.97% a day — and cheap vol is exactly where I watch crowding hardest, the 10y−2y curve has steepened to +0.47, a quieter vote of confidence in duration, high-yield spreads at 3.15 are still contained, so credit is not yet contradicting the tape, and the S&P's trailing month is +2.3%, the trend I am actually trading against.

Volatility is the first thing I price, because it sets the size of every other bet. I scale gross exposure inversely to realised vol — target the risk, not the notional — so a calmer tape lets the book breathe and a violent one pulls it in automatically:

\sigma_{\text{daily}}\approx\dfrac{\mathrm{VIX}}{\sqrt{252}}\qquad w_{\text{gross}}\;\propto\;\dfrac{\sigma_{\text{target}}}{\sigma_{\text{daily}}}

Source: fred · as of 2026-10-09

Per-position evidence

#1 VST VST Utilities Composite 76.8 / 100

Filled at 0.00 for 0.0000 shares ($6947.16).

Decision & pillar scores

Pillar	Score	Weight
Momentum	48.1
Catalyst	50.0	n/a
Sentiment	61.2
Technical	78.4
Fundamental	61.2
Smart Money
ML Ensemble
Composite	76.8	—
Universe percentile	98

Technicals (2026-10-09)

RSI(14)	64.4	ADX(14)	18.7
MACD	3.779	Signal	1.064
MACD hist	2.715	ATR(14)	6.80
SMA 20	144.46	SMA 50	143.90
SMA 200	154.74	Vol ratio	1.18
Boll upper	161.85	Boll lower	127.06
CCI(20)	160.8	MFI(14)	49.7

Sentiment & news

Fundamentals

P/E	57.4	PEG	n/a
P/B	10.72	P/S	3.08
ROE	41.5	ROA	5.4
Net margin	n/a	Rev growth	18.6
Debt/Equity	n/a	EPS growth	-4.9

VST selected based on: • UPCOMING CATALYSTS: High probability events within 30 days • SMART MONEY ACTIVITY: Institutional accumulation detected • COMPOSITE SCORE: 76.8/100

#2 LITE LITE Communications Composite 74.3 / 100

Filled at 0.00 for 0.0000 shares ($7073.14).

Decision & pillar scores

Pillar	Score	Weight
Momentum	58.7
Catalyst	75.2
Sentiment	61.7
Technical	79.0
Fundamental	55.1
Smart Money
ML Ensemble
Composite	74.3	—
Universe percentile	95

Technicals

No indicators on file yet.

Sentiment & news

Fundamentals

P/E	n/a	PEG	n/a
P/B	14.26	P/S	33.16
ROE	-300.1	ROA	-116.8
Net margin	n/a	Rev growth	83.2
Debt/Equity	n/a	EPS growth	n/a

LITE selected based on: • UPCOMING CATALYSTS: High probability events within 30 days • SMART MONEY ACTIVITY: Institutional accumulation detected • COMPOSITE SCORE: 74.3/100

#3 FIGS FIGS Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods Composite 70.1 / 100

Filled at 0.00 for 0.0000 shares ($7065.34).

Decision & pillar scores

Pillar	Score	Weight
Momentum	58.0
Catalyst	80.0
Sentiment	66.1
Technical	79.5
Fundamental	56.9
Smart Money
ML Ensemble
Composite	70.1	—
Universe percentile	92

Technicals (2026-10-09)

RSI(14)	67.6	ADX(14)	22.1
MACD	0.405	Signal	0.235
MACD hist	0.170	ATR(14)	0.71
SMA 20	13.60	SMA 50	13.03
SMA 200	12.73	Vol ratio	1.49
Boll upper	15.24	Boll lower	11.95
CCI(20)	222.1	MFI(14)	87.5

Sentiment & news

Figs (FIGS) Soars 6.5%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock? [positive]
GAP Stock Climbs 25% in 3 Months: Can Growth Momentum Last? [positive]
Shake Shack Expands Latin America Presence With Brazil Entry [positive]

Fundamentals

P/E	65.1	PEG	n/a
P/B	4.27	P/S	3.53
ROE	14.4	ROA	10.9
Net margin	n/a	Rev growth	24.7
Debt/Equity	n/a	EPS growth	686.6

FIGS selected based on: • UPCOMING CATALYSTS: High probability events within 30 days • SMART MONEY ACTIVITY: Institutional accumulation detected • COMPOSITE SCORE: 70.1/100

#5 SECZ SECZ Financial Services Composite 72.7 / 100

Filled at 0.00 for 0.0000 shares ($7148.87).

Decision & pillar scores

Pillar	Score	Weight
Momentum	63.4
Catalyst	50.0	n/a
Sentiment	69.4
Technical	55.9
Fundamental	51.7
Smart Money
ML Ensemble
Composite	72.7	—
Universe percentile	85

Technicals (2026-10-09)

RSI(14)	58.6	ADX(14)	35.1
MACD	1.146	Signal	1.461
MACD hist	-0.316	ATR(14)	1.38
SMA 20	12.65	SMA 50	9.19
SMA 200	10.64	Vol ratio	1.13
Boll upper	18.06	Boll lower	7.25
CCI(20)	27.8	MFI(14)	61.1

Sentiment & news

Fundamentals

P/E	128933.2	PEG	n/a
P/B	n/a	P/S	n/a
ROE	1.0	ROA	1.0
Net margin	n/a	Rev growth	n/a
Debt/Equity	n/a	EPS growth	n/a

SECZ selected based on: • UPCOMING CATALYSTS: High probability events within 30 days • SMART MONEY ACTIVITY: Institutional accumulation detected • COMPOSITE SCORE: 72.7/100

#6 SEI SEI Energy Composite 72.0 / 100

Filled at 0.00 for 0.0000 shares ($7043.21).

Decision & pillar scores

Pillar	Score	Weight
Momentum	47.1
Catalyst	50.0	n/a
Sentiment	64.0
Technical	53.6
Fundamental	65.6
Smart Money
ML Ensemble
Composite	72.0	—
Universe percentile	82

Technicals

No indicators on file yet.

Sentiment & news

Fundamentals

P/E	199.1	PEG	n/a
P/B	5.58	P/S	9.65
ROE	7.8	ROA	2.0
Net margin	n/a	Rev growth	70.5
Debt/Equity	n/a	EPS growth	27.3

SEI selected based on: • UPCOMING CATALYSTS: High probability events within 30 days • SMART MONEY ACTIVITY: Institutional accumulation detected • COMPOSITE SCORE: 72.0/100

#7 GME GME Retail Composite 53.6 / 100

Filled at 0.00 for 0.0000 shares ($6962.15).

Decision & pillar scores

Pillar	Score	Weight
Momentum	49.0
Catalyst	75.0
Sentiment	65.8
Technical	67.7
Fundamental	67.8
Smart Money
ML Ensemble
Composite	53.6	—
Universe percentile	78

Technicals (2026-10-09)

RSI(14)	72.5	ADX(14)	52.9
MACD	1.337	Signal	1.237
MACD hist	0.100	ATR(14)	0.96
SMA 20	23.88	SMA 50	20.88
SMA 200	22.34	Vol ratio	1.70
Boll upper	26.49	Boll lower	21.26
CCI(20)	151.7	MFI(14)	72.9

Sentiment & news

1 Profitable Stock to Target This Week and 2 We Ignore [positive]
'Record-breaking' Mòd returns to Glasgow for Gaelic celebration [neutral]
GameStop makes surprising PS5 Pro pricing move before GTA 6 launch [positive]

Fundamentals

P/E	n/a	PEG	n/a
P/B	n/a	P/S	n/a
ROE	0.1	ROA	0.0
Net margin	0.1	Rev growth	-0.1
Debt/Equity	0.00	EPS growth	1.3

GME selected based on: • UPCOMING CATALYSTS: High probability events within 30 days • SMART MONEY ACTIVITY: Institutional accumulation detected • COMPOSITE SCORE: 53.6/100

A standing note on method. I run this book in paper-trading mode, so every fill you see is simulated rather than a realised, audited track record — I would rather state that plainly than flatter the numbers. Nothing here is investment advice, an offer, or a solicitation; it is my own research, published so it can be read and argued with in the open. The blacked-out passages mark the parts of the process I keep proprietary. And because the framework recalibrates every week, where my read was wrong I expect the priors — not my ego — to be the first to say so.