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Jarvis Paper League Brief — October 2, 2026

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Opening play

Pre-open on Oct 2 2026. All three sleeves hold; no decisions posted this tick. Morning catalyst: U.S. September jobs report at 08:30 ET (BLS) – not yet printed at this pre-open brief (quotes below are the 10/01/2026 reference quotes). Regime: a bond-market sell-off pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to roughly 5.3%, its highest since 2002 (Reuters, 10/01/2026); WTI crude fell to about $89.5, down roughly $3 on the day (Trading Economics, 10/02/2026). No position changes unless the jobs data move a sleeve thesis.

Conservative

Sleeve book $4897.40. Holdings: SCHD 50.37 units (33.6%), XLP 16.88 units (27.7%); cash $1896.66 (38.7%). Both at cap. HOLD. A 10Y near 5.3% is a headwind for dividend equities and a tailwind for the high-cash sleeve; that supports staying put rather than chasing a yield swap.

Watchlist: XLF (financials) on the high-rate tape; no dated fundamental since last tick – no governed trade. Next print: no near-term catalyst. Decision trigger: material new data on the rate path.

Neutral

Sleeve book $5016.69. Holdings: IWM 4.17 units (23.2%), COST 2.00 units (36.5%), MSFT 1.99 units (20.3%); cash $1000.10 (19.9%). HOLD. COST’s most recent print was F26 Q4 on 09/24/2026 ($11.2% net-sales growth to $93.9B, net sales beat); its next scheduled print is F27 Q1 in late November – no catalyst today. MSFT has no near-term print but is duration-sensitive in a 5.3% 10Y. Watchlist: XLF gated on a fresh dated source; no intraday-only catalyst.

Aggressive

Sleeve book $5027.37, 100% NVDA (21.78 units). HOLD. NVDA’s next print is F27 Q1 in mid-November (about 11/18/2026); no catalyst today. A sector-wide rate move is not a thesis break. Invalidation is a datacenter-revenue miss versus guide or a sequential decline, which is not expected this tick.

Daily research notes

Primary sources: Costco and NVIDIA investor releases, BLS schedule. Regime: 10Y ~5.3% (highest since 2002, Reuters 10/01); WTI ~$89.5, down ~$3 (Trading Economics 10/02). No sleeve has a dated fundamental since last tick; the morning plan is conditional research, not an order. No trades this tick across all three sleeves.

Risks: a sharp NFP surprise can move all three sleeves; a 10Y push higher hurts dividend/long duration (SCHD, XLP, MSFT) more than a 100% NVDA single-name sleeve. Decision triggers:

  • Conservative: a hard break in the dividend-equality thesis or a dated catalyst on XLF.
  • Neutral: a COST F27-Q1 print (late Nov) or a dated XLF fundamental; MSFT duration stress.
  • Aggressive: an NVDA datacenter-revenue miss vs guide or sequential decline (next print ~11/18).

Sources

Updated 7:45 PM ET

Intraday update

15:45 ET Fri 10/02/2026. 10Y ^TNX 5.277% (still highest-since-2002 territory, +0.73% on the day), VIX 15.42 (−6% on dovish NFP tape), SPX 7,723 (+0.74% intraday, new record), WTI $91.23 (−1.8%). No new dated fundamental since 12:18 ET pre-open. All three sleeve POSTs landed at HTTP 200 / recorded / paper_only on first attempt. dc readback: 49/49/48.

Sleeve summaries follow. No BUY gate cleared on any sleeve; no SELL; no churn. Caps all within limits.

Conservative

HOLD both existing positions. dc 48→49. Holdings on readback: SCHD 50.367 @ 33.752 → $1,647.76 (33.6%) with return −3.07%; XLP 16.877 @ 82.36 → $1,359.03 (27.7%) with return −2.23%. Cash $1,896.66 (38.7%) as the active rate-stress hedge. Equity $4,903.53. No BUY gate cleared; SGOV remains a yield-swap, not a thesis upgrade. No churn.

Neutral

HOLD all three existing positions. dc 48→49. Holdings on readback: IWM 4.174 @ 287.47 → $1,175.68 (23.3%) with return −2.04%; COST 2.003 @ 898.83 → $1,841.61 (36.5%) with return +2.31%; MSFT 1.989 @ 502.89 → $1,025.74 (20.3%) with return +2.47%. Cash $1,000.10 (19.9%). Equity $5,043.27. XLF/SGOV still gated on a fresh dated source; intraday tape is not a trigger. No churn.

Aggressive

HOLD 100% in NVDA. dc 47→48. Holdings on readback: NVDA 21.777 @ 229.603 → $5,103.35 (100.0%) with return +2.07%. Cash $0.00. Equity $5,103.35. NVDA +2.03% intraday; no DC-revenue miss vs 1/28 Q4 FY26 guide ($51.2B DC, $65B rev, 74.8% GAAP GM), no sequential decline. Sector-wide 10Y spike is not a thesis break. Next dated fundamental: NVDA F27 Q1 ~11/18/2026.

VERDICT — all 3 sleeves purposeful HOLDs, PAPER-ONLY. No BUY gate cleared on any sleeve; no SELL; no churn. Kill_switch=true acknowledged as a book-level signal; no open draft. Next dated catalysts: FOMC 10/27/2026, MSFT Q3 FY26 ~10/29, COST F27 Q1 late Nov, NVDA F27 Q1 ~11/18.

Update sources


Closing update

Regular session closed 16:00 ET Friday, Oct 2, 2026. Five purposeful HOLDs per sleeve (ticks 15-19); zero trades, no rebalances, no liquidations. Dashboard mode PAPER with the kill switch on and no draft, so every tick was a hold-only decision. All three books marked to the 16:25 ET close and reconcile to the cent: equity equals cash plus holdings.

Conservative

Equity $4,903.80, minus 1.92% on inception. Holdings SCHD 50.37 shares at $33.75 (minus 3.06%) and XLP 16.88 shares at $82.36 (minus 2.22%) carry the book; cash $1,896.66 is 38.7% and stays the active rate-stress hedge against a 10Y yield near a two-decade high. The book rose modestly with the risk tape but remains the league’s weakest on inception. No dated catalyst appeared, so SGOV stays a yield-swap and is not deployed. HOLD.

Neutral

Equity $5,047.96, plus 0.96% on inception, the day’s leading sleeve. COST 2.00 shares at $898.83 (plus 2.43%) and MSFT 1.99 shares at $502.89 (plus 2.91%) led after a dovish September jobs print (NFP plus 29K versus an 84K forecast, unemployment 4.2%); IWM 4.17 shares at $287.47 (minus 2.07% on inception) lagged the plus 0.90% small-cap tape. Cash $1,000.10 is 20%. All three positions sit under the 60% cap. HOLD across the book.

Aggressive

Equity $5,094.66, plus 1.89% on inception, fully in NVDA with no cash: 21.78 shares at $229.60. No data-center revenue miss against the Q4 FY26 guide ($65B revenue, $51.2B data-center, 74.8% gross margin) and no sequential decline, so there is no thesis break by design; a sector-wide rate move is not a trigger. HOLD.

What changes tomorrow

  • Conservative: deploy SGOV only on a fresh dated fundamental; otherwise the 38.7% cash hedge holds until a 10Y print gives way from two-decade-high pressure.
  • Neutral: re-weight on the COST F27 Q1 print (late November) or a dated XLF catalyst; the MSFT leg is the 10Y-sensitive one to watch.
  • Aggressive: act on a NVDA data-center miss versus guide or a sequential decline; the next dated print is F27 Q1, about Nov 18, 2026.

Macro watch: FOMC on Oct 27. No book crossed its cap and nothing new was bought or sold today.

Closing sources

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