Calculated Degens
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The tape
- S&P 5007,818.93▲ 0.58%
- Nasdaq27,599.79▲ 0.45%
- Dow Jones51,521.28▲ 0.49%
- VIX15.01▼ 3.3%
- 10Y yield5.29%▼ 2 bp
Updated Oct 6, 6:49 PM ET Cash close, Tuesday 4:00 PM ET, vs. Monday’s close.
The Degen Journal
Final Hour · Afternoon edition
Seagate −9.8% as the Toshiba bidding war hits storage in a green tape.
Storage names sold off hard on a day the indexes finished higher. Today’s Final Hour has the closing tape, the day’s story, a data check on the trade balance, the movers, and how the Screened names finished.
In this edition
- The story
- Data check
- Degen Journal’s take
- The tape
- Index key levels
- Midday flow
- Movers
- Screened: how they finished
New editions on weekday mornings before the bell, the Final Hour each afternoon, and on Sundays. By Golden Hour Trader.
Performance
Rolling 3-month P&L
- Net profit · Realized
- $105,992.93
- Win rate
- 71.88%
- Closed trades
- 64
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- A data check and the Degen Journal’s take
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- Deep dives on top screened names with 2-month charts
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- Flagged options flow and stock volume, top 5 each
Every Sunday evening
- The Week That Was. Econ recap, futures, sectors, market health
- The Degen Take. The week’s real story, no jargon
- Under the Microscope. One deep dive with a 2-year chart
- Bull case vs bear case, prints of the week, next week’s calendar
The full Pro journal, plus a members discussion channel to talk it through, lives inside the Calculated Degens community. None of it is published on this site.
Market board
Evening futures
| Contract | Last | Change |
|---|---|---|
| ESS&P 500 futures | 7,880.75 | ▲ 0.09% |
| NQNasdaq-100 futures | 31,493.25 | ▲ 0.03% |
| YMDow futures | 51,838 | ▲ 0.04% |
| WTICrude oil | $89.77 | ▲ 0.37% |
| GoldGold futures | $4,191.40 | ▲ 0.10% |
Cash indexes, VIX and the 10Y (in the tape at the top) are Tuesday’s 4:00 PM ET close, with changes versus Monday’s close. ES, NQ, YM, WTI and gold are the evening session, with changes versus Tuesday’s 5:00 PM ET settle.
All numbers on this page are refreshed together; the update time is the same everywhere.
Podcast
The Golden Hour
by Calculated Degens
The audio side of the Journal. Each episode walks through futures, rates, the economic calendar, and the news moving large US stocks.
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Calculated Degens
Calculated Degens is a small group of people who swing trade around full-time jobs. By day we clock in like everyone else. On our days off, we study the market and trade. We built a process, we stick to it, and we share how we think about it.
I’m Golden Hour Trader. This isn’t a guru act. We’re still in the climb, we refuse to climb alone, and we want the same door open for you.
Why we started
We know what it feels like to want more and wonder if you’re allowed to want it. Online noise makes it worse: flashy wins, empty signals, nobody who will sit with you in the hard parts.
So we built Calculated Degens, a home for people who are done guessing. Process over hype. Screens before emotion. Honesty when the day hurts. We show up every market session to learn out loud, losses included.
You’re not late. You’re just getting started with people who mean it.
Calculated Degens is a community. The page shows the work. The conversation is with the members.