Alpaca Options Agent

Paper trading · auto-refreshes every 30s

Competition result — 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-03 (judged window)

Final equity
$99,383
P&L
-617
Return
-0.62%
Closed
6
Win rate
33%

Official P&L window: 31 Aug 09:30 ET → 4 Sep 09:30 ET, scored on total account equity at the EOD 3 Sep snapshot. Started at $100,000.

Live now — after the window, still trading

Equity
$96,624
Realised P&L
-3,012
Open
2
Closed
33
Win rate
18%

The agent keeps running past the competition. On 4 Sep a deadline rule force-exited every position each tick while entries stayed open, so one contract was repeatedly bought and re-sold before it was caught and fixed — those round trips are in the post-window table below, and they fall entirely outside the judged window above.

Open positions

contractunderlyingrightqtyentrystoptargetexpirythesis
SMCI260918C00040000SMCIcall91.9239.2439.922026-09-18SMCI is showing a clean intraday breakout (+0.63 ADR from open on 2.03 RVOL) with room left before extension, and the 14-DTE 40 strike offers ~0.49 delta with a very tight 1.5% spread and heavy 3.2k volume — the best liquidity/decay balance in the chain for a 5-day competition horizon.
SMCI260918C00042000SMCIcall121.5737.5443.752026-09-18imported from broker on boot

Closed positions — competition window

contractqtyentryexitP&Lreason
MSTR260918C0014000028.759.95+240underlying 142.72 reached target 142.69
AVGO260918P0034500019.956.05-390underlying 353.64 broke stop 353.51
IWM260918P0029000063.282.18-660underlying 295.81 broke stop 295.34
TSLA260918C00365000111.706.95-475premium -41% at or below -40%
AAPL260909C0032000035.259.40+1,245premium +85% at or above 80%
TSLA260911C0037000028.254.80-690premium -42% at or below -40%

Closed positions — after the window

contractqtyentryexitP&Lreason
SMCI260918C00042000111.641.32-352underlying 39.90 broke stop 39.93
SMCI260918C0004000082.142.12-16competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.042.00-36competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.092.05-36competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.112.10-9competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.122.07-45competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.072.08+9competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.041.95-81competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.072.00-63competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.052.01-36competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.072.03-36competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.052.03-18competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.082.01-63competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000092.021.94-72competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C00040000101.901.90+0competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C00040000101.921.88-40competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C00040000101.841.77-70competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C0004000091.961.79-153competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C00040000101.801.90+100competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C00040000101.901.78-120competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C00040000101.921.84-80competition ends 2026-09-04
SMCI260918C00040000101.871.85-20competition ends 2026-09-04
MSFT260918C0052000027.004.70-460competition ends 2026-09-04
AAPL260918C0032500027.458.50+210competition ends 2026-09-04
AAPL260918C0033000065.625.80+105competition ends 2026-09-04
TSLA260918C00380000112.655.75-690competition ends 2026-09-04
MSTR261016C00150000112.5010.40-210competition ends 2026-09-04

Decision log

time (UTC)symbolactiondetailthesis
2026-09-05T21:05:05ZSMCI260918C00042000reconcileimported 12x from broker
2026-09-04T23:59:37ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:59 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:59:37ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:58:26ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:58 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:58:26ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:57:13ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:57 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:57:13ZMU260911C01020000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:55:59ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:55 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:55:59ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:54:46ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:54 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:54:46ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:53:33ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:53 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:53:33ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:52:21ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:52 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:52:21ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:51:09ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:51 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:51:09ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:49:57ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:49 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:49:57ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:48:44ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:48 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:48:44ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:47:33ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:47 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:47:33ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:46:20ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:46 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:46:20ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:45:09ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:45 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:45:09ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:43:58ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:43 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:43:58ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:42:46ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:42 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:42:46ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:41:33ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:41 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:41:33ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:40:21ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:40 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:40:21ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:39:08ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:39 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:39:08ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:37:53ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:37 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:37:53ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:36:40ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:36 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:36:40ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:35:28ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:35 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:35:28ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:34:17ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:34 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:34:17ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:33:04ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:33 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:33:04ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:31:51ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:31 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:31:51ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:30:40ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:30 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:30:40ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:29:26ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:29 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:29:26ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:28:14ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:28 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:28:14ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:27:02ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:27 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:27:02ZMU260918C01040000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:25:50ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:25 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff
2026-09-04T23:25:50ZMU260918C01050000rejectedquantity 0 is not tradeable
2026-09-04T23:24:38ZNFLX260918P00078000rejected19:24 ET is past the 15:30 entry cutoff