The November 2026 Newsletter
Start with $100,000, 5 rounds!
Our partner Synthwave Trader built a free paper-trading game around real history: you trade anonymous markets built from actual historical price moves, without knowing which market or period you are in.
- 📅 Starts Sunday, November 1 at 8:00 am ET. Ends November 8 at midnight
- ⏱ Each round is a 90-second market mystery
- 💵 No real money, no real trades
- 🆓 Free to play in your browser
Practice first, then enter. Full rules on the competition page. Paper trading only, not investment advice.
Now the October numbers. After two strong months for equities, October was mixed: ten of our 23 strategies finished the month in positive territory, one was flat, and twelve were lower.
A Split Month
| Strategy | Oct | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| NASDAQ 100 Strategy | +4.9% | +3.3% |
| Global Sector Rotation Strategy | +2.7% | +7.1% |
| Leveraged Gold-Currency Strategy | +2.7% | +4.1% |
| Dow 30 Strategy | +2.6% | +17.4% |
| US Market Strategy 2x Leverage | +2.4% | −1.6% |
| Aggressive Risk Portfolio | +1.3% | −0.6% |
| Top 3 Strategies | +0.8% | +5.2% |
| Gold-Currency Strategy II | +0.6% | +8.9% |
| Hedge Strategy | +0.6% | +5.2% |
| US Sector Rotation Strategy | +0.6% | +0.7% |
| BUG Permanent Portfolio Strategy | 0.0% | +3.8% |
| Moderate Risk Portfolio | −0.1% | +3.6% |
| Enhanced Permanent Portfolio Strategy | −0.2% | +0.2% |
| Universal Investment Strategy | −0.3% | +6.6% |
| Conservative Risk Portfolio | −1.6% | +3.8% |
| Universal Investment Strategy 2x Leverage | −2.0% | −3.0% |
| Global Market Rotation Strategy | −2.2% | +3.8% |
| Bond ETF Rotation Strategy | −2.2% | +2.9% |
| US Market Strategy | −2.3% | +3.7% |
| World Top 4 Strategy | −3.0% | +4.9% |
| Universal Investment Strategy 3x Leverage | −3.2% | −6.1% |
| Maximum Yield Strategy | −5.7% | +5.6% |
| Crypto & Leveraged Top 2 Strategy | −8.1% | −25.7% |
Ranked by October return. Performance based on signals issued by Logical Invest. Slippage and fees are not included.
A Record Early, a Rout at the End
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both set record highs in the first week of October. Then the AI trade cracked. Disappointing results from Alphabet and Amazon, plus a weak outlook from Intel, put the spotlight on how much Big Tech is spending on AI. On the last trading day of the month the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.8%, its worst day since early June, and Intel dropped roughly 29%, its worst day since 1974. The Nasdaq finished October down 5.3%, its worst month since March 2025.
Against that backdrop, the NASDAQ 100 Strategy gained 4.9%. A strategy named after an index is not the index: its rules decide what it holds, and that is exactly what a rules-based approach is for. The Dow 30 Strategy added 2.6% and keeps the YTD lead at +17.4%. The gold-currency strategies also finished positive.
The damage was concentrated in leverage and crypto. The 3x and 2x Universal Investment variants and Maximum Yield all lost ground, and Crypto & Leveraged Top 2 fell 8.1%. On October 29 and 30 hackers drained an estimated $6.3 billion from Binance, the largest crypto theft on record, and Bitcoin dropped on the news. That landed on a market already pressured by higher rates, so the hack explains part of the month, not all of it.
November: Two Dates to Watch
We do not know which of these will matter, and neither does anyone else. Investors need a plan and the flexibility to change it. Our strategies and QuantTrader are built to give you both.
Play five rounds. Win up to 3 months of Strategy Builder. Ends November 8 at midnight ET.
We wish you a healthy, fulfilling, and profitable November.