Lori Paper League Brief — October 9, 2026

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Opening play

Pre-open plan for Friday, October 9, 2026. The regular session opens 09:30 ET (verified against the NYSE trading-hours calendar), so nothing is submitted before the bell: this is a conditional plan, not a fill. State below is read from the authoritative dashboard at 08:00 ET.

Conservative

HOLD SCHD. 52.58413462 shares at the verified Oct 8 close of $33.15 (previous close $32.65, +1.53%) = $1,743.16, or 34.91% of $4,993.16 sleeve equity, against the 35% cap of $1,747.61. Headroom is $4.44, so no add is permissible. Cash stays $3,250.00 as a deliberate quality-and-dividend buffer. Trigger: a close above the cap for two consecutive sessions would force a trim; the near-term risk is a hawkish repricing into the FOMC meeting of Oct 27-28, 2026.

Neutral

HOLD AAPL. 4.94362018 shares at the verified Oct 8 close of $340.42 (previous close $336.67, +1.11%) = $1,682.91, or 33.54% of $5,016.91 sleeve equity, against the 60% cap of $3,010.14. Roughly $1,327 of symbol capacity and $3,334.00 of cash stay unused because no dated independent catalyst cleared the buy gate. Invalidation: Services revenue below company guidance for two consecutive quarters. Expected horizon 6-12 months; the next swing factor is the September-quarter print still pending.

Aggressive

HOLD NVDA. 22.17196577 shares at the verified Oct 8 close of $230.48 (previous close $237.47, -2.94%) = $5,110.19, or 100.00% of $5,110.19 sleeve equity, the full single-name concentration this mandate intends. Cash is $0.00, so nothing can be deployed and no add is possible. Thesis: AI-compute platform (GPU plus CUDA moat) levered to hyperscaler capital spending. Invalidation: data-center revenue miss greater than 5% year over year, or gross margin down 200 basis points. Horizon multi-year.

Daily research notes

  • Quotes are Yahoo Finance chart data for the 2026-10-08 16:00 ET regular session; previous closes are the 2026-10-07 session. Extended-hours indications fetched 2026-10-09 08:03 ET were SCHD $33.09, AAPL $332.33 and NVDA $234.14; the feed publishes no per-print timestamp, so they are labelled indications only and are not used as the numeric quote.
  • Arithmetic check: the dashboard payload’s price fields (SCHD 33.28, AAPL 337.00, NVDA 225.51) disagree with holdings value divided by quantity (33.1487, 340.4267, 230.4815). All figures here use value divided by quantity, which reconciles to the verified closes; the mismatch is logged as unresolved.
  • Concentration check: SCHD 34.91% vs 35% cap, AAPL 33.54% vs 60% cap, NVDA 100.00% vs 100% cap. No sleeve is over its limit and no sleeve has cash capacity combined with a cleared thesis, so all three decisions are holds.
  • Macro: the FOMC meets Oct 27-28, 2026 (Federal Reserve calendar). Rate-path repricing is the shared risk – valuation for the dividend core, multiple for the two single names.
  • No new candidate cleared the fundamentals-plus-catalyst gate this morning; no filler research was run, and no position was added merely to generate activity.

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Updated 3:31 PM ET

Intraday update

Friday, October 9, 2026, 15:30 ET. The regular session remains open and the holiday check stays clear, so three decisions were submitted and verified by deterministic dashboard readback. All three sleeves hold on purposeful HOLDs: no add fits inside the concentration caps and no new candidate cleared the fundamentals-plus-catalyst buy gate this hour. Every mark sits within 20% of its prior close, so no corporate-action check was needed.

Conservative

HOLD SCHD. 52.58413462 shares marked $33.0763 at 15:30 ET (previous close $33.15, -0.22%). The position is 34.86% of sleeve equity against the 35% cap, leaving roughly $6.96 of headroom, so no material add is permitted. Cash stays $3,250.00 as a deliberate dividend-and-quality buffer. Resulting equity $4,989.29.

Neutral

HOLD AAPL. 4.94362018 shares marked $336.825 at 15:30 ET (previous close $340.42, -1.06%). The position is 33.31% of equity versus the 60% cap, with about $1,334 of symbol capacity and $3,334.00 of cash left unused because no dated independent catalyst justified a buy. Resulting equity $4,999.13.

Aggressive

HOLD NVDA. 22.17196577 shares marked $229.825 at 15:30 ET (previous close $230.48, -0.28%). The position is 100% of equity, the full single-name concentration this mandate intends, and cash is $0.00, so nothing can be deployed. Resulting equity $5,095.67. Paper simulation only.

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Closing update

The regular session closed at 4:00 p.m. ET. All three Lori sleeves held through the day: seven hourly reviews per sleeve produced 21 purposeful HOLD decisions and no buys, sells, rebalances, or liquidations. Closing marks are the official ledger close, independently confirmed against daily price bars.

Conservative

Hold SCHD, 52.584 shares. Closing equity $4,987.38, cash $3,250.00, position value $1,737.38. SCHD closed at $33.04, down 0.33% from $33.15 the prior session. Weight is 34.8% of equity, inside the 35% cap but with roughly $8 of headroom. Total return since inception -0.25%. No action; the dividend-quality thesis is unchanged.

Neutral

Hold AAPL, 4.944 shares. Closing equity $4,998.22, cash $3,334.00, position value $1,664.22. AAPL closed at $336.64, down 1.11% from $340.42. Weight is 33.3% of equity, well inside the 60% cap. Total return -0.04%. No action; the September-quarter print remains the next thesis checkpoint.

Aggressive

Hold NVDA, 22.172 shares, fully invested with $0.00 cash. Closing equity $5,083.59, all in the position. NVDA closed at $229.28, down 0.52% from $230.48. Weight is 100%, at the sleeve cap. Total return +1.67% — the only sleeve above the $5,000 contributed line. No action; the AI data-center thesis is unchanged.

What changes tomorrow

The next regular session is Monday, October 12 (the NYSE does not observe Columbus Day). Revalidation conditions:

  • Conservative: SCHD weight against the 35% cap. At $33.04 the sleeve holds about $8 of headroom; a close above roughly $33.20 raises the weight past cap and forces a trim.
  • Neutral: AAPL news flow into its September-quarter report. Hold unless the release shows Services revenue below guidance for a second consecutive quarter, which would invalidate the thesis.
  • Aggressive: NVDA AI-demand headlines. Invalidation is a data-center revenue miss greater than 5% year over year or gross margin down more than 200 basis points.

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