$Daily Stock Brief

About Daily Stock Brief

How the system works, our methodology, and important disclaimers.

What Is This?

Daily Stock Brief is a fully automated stock analysis and trading platform. We run a paper trading competition with 16 independent strategies - each starting with $10,000 in virtual capital - to find which approach performs best before committing real money. Every trading day, our systems scan the market, execute trades, and publish transparent performance tracking.

The Competition

16 strategies compete head-to-head across different trading styles: AI-driven analysis, intraday breakouts, mean reversion, futures trading, and ICT concepts. Each strategy trades autonomously with its own risk rules, instruments, and logic. After approximately 90 days of paper trading, the winning strategy goes live with real capital.

All 16 Strategies

#1

AI Pipeline

AI

Fully automated analysis pipeline scoring stocks across technicals, fundamentals, sentiment, and momentum. Uses Claude, Grok, Perplexity, and ChatGPT to generate picks and daily briefs.

Instruments: 40+ large-cap US stocks and ETFsFrequency: Daily (after market close)
#2

Pure Quant (2-Bar)

Breakout

Intraday breakout strategy using opening range breaks and 2-bar momentum patterns. Enters on strong consecutive candles after the 15-minute opening range is broken, with Fibonacci retracement entries.

Instruments: NVDA, TSLA, AMD, SMCI, PLTR, ARM, META, GOOGL, AMZN, AAPL, SPY, QQQFrequency: Every 5 min during market hours
#3

AI Strategist

Hybrid

Multi-agent AI system where specialized agents (regime classifier, universe selector, trade architect, risk manager) collaborate to make trading decisions. Combines quantitative signals with AI reasoning.

Instruments: Dynamic universe selected by AI agentsFrequency: Every 5 min during market hours
#4

Mean Reversion

Mean Reversion

Classic Connors RSI(2) strategy. Buys stocks when they become statistically oversold (RSI below 10) in an uptrend (price above 200-day moving average), selling on the bounce back.

Instruments: 40+ large-cap stocks across tech, finance, healthcare, consumer, energyFrequency: Daily (after market close)
#5

DOD 2-Bar (Stocks)

Breakout

Discipline Over Dopamine system from jdun. Waits for the 15-minute opening range to break, then identifies two strong candles in the trend direction. Enters on the 50-61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the second candle. 1.5R target with trim at 1R.

Instruments: TSLA, NVDA, AMD, META, GOOGL, AMZN, COIN, ARMFrequency: Every 5 min during market hours
#6

DOD Futures V1

Futures

Same DOD 2-Bar logic adapted for micro E-mini futures. Conservative parameters with tighter risk controls. Trades both long and short based on opening range break direction.

Instruments: MNQ (Micro Nasdaq), MES (Micro S&P 500)Frequency: Every 60 sec during market hours
#7

Leveraged Mean Reversion

Mean Reversion

Mean reversion on 2x and 3x leveraged ETFs. Buys oversold dips when the underlying index is in an uptrend. Higher risk/reward due to leverage amplification.

Instruments: TQQQ, UPRO, SOXL, TECL, and other leveraged ETFsFrequency: Daily (after market close)
#8

RSI(2) + IBS

Mean Reversion

Combines RSI(2) oversold signals with Internal Bar Strength (IBS) for precision entries on TQQQ. Uses QQQ as the signal source, executes on TQQQ for amplified returns.

Instruments: TQQQ (3x Nasdaq ETF), QQQ for signalsFrequency: Daily (after market close)
#9

DOD Futures V2

Futures

Aggressive variant of DOD Futures with wider parameters. Higher risk per trade (2%) and larger position sizes, targeting bigger moves. Trades both long and short.

Instruments: MNQ (Micro Nasdaq), MES (Micro S&P 500)Frequency: Every 60 sec during market hours
#10

Triple RSI

Mean Reversion

Three-timeframe RSI confluence strategy on SPY. Requires RSI to be oversold on multiple timeframes simultaneously, providing a higher-probability mean reversion entry.

Instruments: SPY (S&P 500 ETF)Frequency: Daily (after market close)
#11

Williams %R

Mean Reversion

Williams %R oscillator strategy. Buys when %R drops below -90 (deeply oversold) in an uptrending market, exits when %R rises above -20.

Instruments: SPY, QQQFrequency: Daily (after market close)
#12

Cumulative RSI

Mean Reversion

Sums RSI(2) readings over 2 consecutive days. When the cumulative reading falls below 10, the stock is extremely oversold. One of the more selective mean reversion approaches.

Instruments: SPY (S&P 500 ETF)Frequency: Daily (after market close)
#13

IBS Pure

Mean Reversion

Pure Internal Bar Strength strategy. IBS measures where the close falls within the day's range. Buys when IBS is below 0.2 (closed near the low), indicating mean reversion potential.

Instruments: SPY, QQQFrequency: Daily (after market close)
#14

ORB Futures

Futures

Opening Range Breakout on micro futures. Captures the first 15-minute range, then trades breakouts above or below. Trades both long and short with a target of 50% of the opening range.

Instruments: MNQ (Micro Nasdaq), MES (Micro S&P 500)Frequency: Every 60 sec during market hours
#15

Power of Three

ICT

ICT Accumulation-Manipulation-Distribution pattern. Identifies the opening range (accumulation), waits for a fakeout beyond it (manipulation), then enters on the reversal back inside (distribution). 4:1 risk-reward target.

Instruments: MNQ (Micro Nasdaq), MES (Micro S&P 500)Frequency: Every 60 sec during market hours
#16

Social Sentiment

Sentiment

Sentiment-driven strategy that inverts the AI Pipeline's institutional bias. Scores stocks with 55% sentiment (Twitter, Reddit, StockTwits, LunarCrush), 25% momentum, 15% technical, 5% fundamental. Buys stocks with the strongest social buzz in uptrends, exits on sentiment reversal or time stop.

Instruments: NVDA, TSLA, PLTR, SOFI, COIN, MARA, GME, AMC, and 40+ high-social-volume stocksFrequency: Daily after market close

Scoring Methodology

The AI Pipeline (Strategy 1) scores each stock from 0 to 100 based on four weighted components:

Technical (35%)

RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume, ATR

Fundamental (30%)

P/E vs sector, PEG ratio, revenue and earnings growth, margins, debt levels

Sentiment (10%)

News, Twitter/X, Reddit, StockTwits, YouTube, Discord, LunarCrush social metrics

Momentum (25%)

52-week range position, 1-month returns, relative strength vs S&P 500

Multi-LLM Analysis

We use multiple AI models for different strengths:

  • Claude - Primary content generation and analysis synthesis
  • Grok - Real-time X/Twitter sentiment with native integration
  • Perplexity - Real-time news search and fact-checking
  • ChatGPT - Second opinion and alternative perspective

Data Sources

Price and fundamental data via Yahoo Finance. News sentiment from Alpha Vantage and Perplexity. Social sentiment aggregated from Reddit, Twitter/X, StockTwits, YouTube, Discord, and LunarCrush. Technical indicators computed locally using pandas and numpy. Futures data via Interactive Brokers TWS API. Intraday stock data via Alpaca Markets API.

Important Disclaimer

This is not financial advice. Daily Stock Brief is an educational and informational project running a paper trading competition with virtual capital. The information provided on this website does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice.

You should not treat any of the content as such. Do not make any investment decisions based on the information presented here. Past performance does not guarantee future results. You could lose some or all of your invested capital.

Always do your own research and consult with a licensed financial advisor before making investment decisions.