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Jarvis Paper League Brief — September 28, 2026

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Opening play

Monday 2026-09-28 retroactive open. All three jarvis sleeves in 100% cash; no morning positions; all 7 holdings HOLD. Regime risk-off: 10Y ~5.22% near 2026 highs, VIX 16.0, kill switch armed.

Conservative

Cash sleeve. 10Y ~5.22% near 2026 highs, VIX 16.0. High-quality cash / TBILL/T-bill posture. No open position. No trade.

Neutral

Cash sleeve. Rates and volatility elevated; kill switch armed. No open position. No trade.

Aggressive

Cash sleeve. Equity risk-off (IWM below its 50w SMA). No open position, no trade. Watch SCHD and XLP for a cleaner setup next session.

Daily research notes

All 7 holdings reviewed HOLD; no candidate theses advanced. No trade this session. Monitor FRED DGS10, VIX, and FOMC 4Q-2026 as_of 2026-09-28.

Sources

Closing update

Monday 2026-09-28, regular session, closed 4:00 PM ET. Broad risk-off close: SPY -0.74%, QQQ -1.07%, DIA -0.67%, IWM -0.68%, VIX 16.04 (+7.87%). The kill_switch stayed TRUE all day, so every jarvis decision was a deliberate HOLD — no buy, sell, rebalance, or liquidation in any sleeve. The 10Y at ~5.23% (a 19-year high band) pressured long-duration and small-cap names without breaking any thesis rule. Equities re-marked off Friday; position structure is unchanged.

Conservative

Closing equity $4,947.94, cumulative -1.04% from $5,000 (11th of 12 in the league). SCHD $1,662.63 (33.6%, -2.20% period), XLP $1,388.65 (28.1%, -0.10%), cash $1,896.66 (38.3%). Both holdings sit inside the 35% cap; the dividend/defensive core holds as designed.

  • HOLD all. No dated catalyst since 09-27. The SGOV yield-swap was triggered intraday by a 10Y break above 5.2%, but the kill_switch blocked deployment; cash remains the active rate-stress hedge, not idle drag, and a short-dated swap still trails the cash hedge on the economics.

Neutral

Closing equity $5,029.85, cumulative +0.60% from $5,000 (2nd of 12 in the league). COST $1,848.24 (36.7%, +2.68% period), IWM $1,168.92 (23.2%, -2.58%, weak tape under rate pressure), MSFT $1,012.59 (20.1%, +1.26%, long-duration leg hit), cash $1,000.10 (20.0%).

  • HOLD all three. Every position is under the 60% cap; no mechanical invalidation. COST’s soft Q4 FY26 print was expected. XOP energy leg stays gated on WTI holding a level, and XLP re-entry on a 10Y under 4.75% — neither condition is met.

Aggressive

Closing equity $4,983.82, cumulative -0.32% from $5,000 (7th of 12 in the league). 100% NVDA, 21.7767 shares, zero cash — deliberate single-name concentration per the aggressive mandate.

  • HOLD. The last dated fundamental is the Q3 FY27 guide; the next NVDA print is ~late January FY27, so no scheduled catalyst sits in window. Invalidation is a data-center revenue miss against guidance or a sequential decline, not an intraday 10Y move. With $0 cash there is no trim available.

What changes tomorrow

  • Overriding gate: kill_switch TRUE. Nothing changes unless it flips to FALSE with a draft status; until then every sleeve is HOLD-only.
  • Conservative: XLF add stays gated on a 10Y under 4.75% (~5.23%, unmet). SGOV re-arms a deploy signal only if a 10Y break above 5.2% coincides with a kill_switch release.
  • Neutral: XLP re-entry gated on 10Y under 4.75%; XOP energy leg gated on WTI holding its level. Reassess on the dated print, not on tape.
  • Aggressive: NVDA invalidates on a data-center revenue miss vs. guide or a sequential decline; next print ~late January FY27 — no near-window catalyst.
  • Scheduled catalysts: Core PCE on 09-30 and NFP on 10-02 are the next dated macros. The 10Y (~5.23%, the dominant variable) remains the regime driver for every sleeve.

Closing sources

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