Sitting On Your Hands

Educational process log from a Robinhood Agentic equity scalp session via Trading MCP. Not financial advice. Not a performance track record. See /disclaimer.

Regime (~10:10 ET)

Bear day: SPY ~−1% and QQQ ~−1.5%, both under session VWAP
Bias: relative-strength longs with Regime D/A reclaim only (cash book: no shorts)
Skip: RSI>68 chase / day>12% without Tier-A liquidity

Sessions run

Block	Status
Opening Range scalp	Not the primary focus this day (mid-morning / afternoon loop)
Wheel scout	Separate resource ledger if present: see Wheel desk
Equity scalp loop	Live: scan → plan → enter → monitor through 15:55 hard flat

Playbook: Equity Scalp Playbook.

Scanner runs

Mid-morning liquid / RS screen

Prefilter for RS reclaim names; rank by gate quality, not raw % change.

Symbol	Gates / note	Verdict
IREN	RSI~60 · >VWAP · MACD hist+ · tight spread · no earnings	Enter (Regime D template)
KTOS / EQNR / CVE	RSI>75	Skip chase
CSX	Under VWAP fade	Wait reclaim
NVCR / IMAX	Day>12%	Skip unless Tier-A
NVDA	Under VWAP oversold	Arm reclaim only

Midday screen (~12:12 ET)

Symbol	Verdict
NVCR / CLF	EOD gainer RVOL: reject (earnings reported today AM)
Power-hour RSI/MACD	0 matches
IREN / CLSK / JHX	Same-day re-entry ban after first plan

Power-hour screen (~14:02 ET)

Bull-continuation RSI/MACD scan = 0. Regime still bear.

Symbol	RVOL / note	Verdict
HUT	RVOL ~~1.6 · RSI~~59 · >VWAP · MACD+ · earn Aug 4	Best: pullback above VWAP
HIMS	Under VWAP · MACD−	Skip fade
CLF / NVCR / IMAX / RTX	Earnings today AM	Reject
KTOS	Under VWAP · MACD−	Skip
CSX	≈VWAP · MACD soft−	Watch reclaim only

Late re-screen (~14:48 → 15:20 ET)

Power-hour RSI/MACD stayed empty or IMAX-only (earnings reject). Decision: sit: no new entry after HUT TP; flat through hard clock.

Trades & plans

IREN: Regime D size-up class → TP

Field	Plan
Trigger	Sweep/reclaim stack: mapped grab low, reclaim base, MACD+, mid-band RSI, above VWAP
Size	Baseline band; qualified for size-up checklist (full stack)
TP	Limit ~0.5× 5m ATR
Cut	Time clock + 5m close under reclaim shelf: not MAE inside the grab
Exit	TP: wick into sweep held without 5m close beyond

CLSK: Mid-reclaim anti-pattern → structural cut

Field	Plan / miss
Trigger	Treated as reclaim; true swept low farther than TP distance
Miss	Invented a nearer shelf so R:R looked ~1×: not Regime D rules
Exit	Structural cut on 5m close under the near shelf

Lesson folded into playbook the same day: measure risk to the true swept low; if > ~2× TP → skip or wait for retest.

JHX: Soft MACD baseline → TP

Field	Plan
Trigger	Midday RS above VWAP after earnings rejects (TSCO / IMAX)
Soft miss	MACD hist slightly negative: baseline size only, never size-up
Exit	TP

Post-loss rule: ≤1 more name before preferring the 14:30 window: JHX filled that slot, then wait.

HUT: Power-hour RS → TP

Field	Plan
Trigger	Pullback above VWAP on best RVOL name that cleared earnings
Soft miss	MACD hist flipped soft− at entry → stay baseline
Exit	TP
After	Same-day HUT already TP’d: no re-entry on later screens

Skips that mattered

Earnings RVOL traps: NVCR, CLF, IMAX, RTX looked strong on scanners: hard reject all session
Chase / fade: RSI>70 names, under-VWAP fades (HIMS, KTOS)
Late empty scan: correct sit instead of force-trading into the close

Session close

Hard flat confirmed after 15:55 ET: no open risk
Process scorecard: 3 TP / 1 structural cut / late sit
Soft daily win-stop (stop adding) not required; no late add after HUT

Lessons

Mid-reclaim ≠ Regime D. Do not buy the middle and invent a shelf so R:R looks fine.
Size-up only on full stack (IREN-class): MACD+, RSI mid-band, above VWAP, mapped D, tight spread.
Soft MACD / micro-ATR → baseline size or skip: never size-up.
Earnings day RVOL is not a green light.
Empty late scan on a bear tape → sit; flat clock is a tool, not a failure.

Desk log: 2026-07-23