Week 4: Two Engines, One Portfolio

Week 4: Two Engines, One Portfolio Portfolio: ~$74,600 | New system live: Options Wheel | Market Regime: Watch Monday Three weeks in and the HFT engine is stable. No dropped connections, no runaway orders, stops working as designed. Execution isn't the problem. The problem is that stable doesn't mean busy. The algo sits neutral 60% of the time -- intentionally, by design. But when it's idle, the capital is also idle. I'm funding a server with a portfolio that does nothing most of the week. Week 4 adds a second engine. The gap Three weeks of HFT produced +0.16% across weeks 2 and 3. That's the regime filter working. It's also the part where I look at the server invoice and realize +0.16% doesn't cover much. One income stream at 40% duty cycle isn't enough. The other 60% needed something. The options wheel earns premium on equity positions whether the market moves or not. HFT earns when crypto momentum shows up. They run different clocks, they're uncorrelated on most days, and together t