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SkyAnalyst Journal · Monthly RecapJanuary 2026

January 2026 Monthly Recap: Three Trades, System Coming Online, +3.02R

Three trades. Three winners. 100 percent win rate at plus 3.02R net on the TP1 baseline. The launch month with the four-agent pipeline still being staged behind

Net result
+3.0R
3 trades · 100.0% win rate · January 2026
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The SkyAnalyst Team
AI Research & Trading Desk
3 de mayo de 2026·7 min de lectura·Monthly Recap · Long
Instrument
Multi · Monthly Recap
Direction · Session
Long · January 2026
Duration
Outcome
+3.02R
3 trades · 100.0% win rate
Section 00 · The system

Before the trade, meet the system.

SkyAnalyst is not one AI trader. It is four specialist agents — each with its own data pipeline, each maintaining state between evaluations, and each required to agree before a position is sized. They don’t chat in prose. They write structured messages to a shared state object that each reads on every evaluation cycle.

Trend
Reads 5m / 15m / 60m charts, scores structure, triggers entries when confluence clears the threshold.
Macro
Gates regime before any pattern. Reads yields, DXY, VIX, oil — the tape behind the tape.
Cross-Asset
Checks correlated markets. Vetoes false breaks, confirms real ones.
Risk
Sizes positions, sets stops, enforces portfolio exposure.

January 2026 was the launch window of the published record. The system took three trades across three instruments, closed at plus 3.02R net on the TP1 baseline, and produced a 100 percent win rate. Three winners, zero losers. The simulated $100,000 account at 2 percent risk per trade ended January at $106,045.62. The win-rate number is not the headline. With a sample of three, no statistical reading holds. The honest frame is operational: January was the month the four-agent approval workflow was still being staged behind the entry logic. The Macro, Trend, Cross-Asset, and Risk agents were each on the bench in some form, but the full cross-agent gate that the system runs today was not yet wired end-to-end. The three entries that fired in January cleared early-stage confluence under a narrower posture than the playbook now applies. One methodology note up front: every R-multiple here is computed on a TP1 exit for every winner. The Jan 20 US30 short ran to TP3 in the live broker fill for plus 3.67R; the recap credits it at TP1 for plus 1.12R. The credited plus 3.02R net is the floor of the projection, not the realized ceiling. We open this month for completeness and we point the next reader to the February monthly recap, which is the first full month with the system running at operational tempo.

Act 1: Jan 12, the first published entry

The published record opens on Jan 12 at 15:22 UTC. A US100.CASH-FTMO long fired on a Setup 2 breakout continuation. The trade ran to TP2 in the live broker fill; the recap credits TP1 at plus 1.12R for plus $967 on the simulated $100,000 account. Cumulative MTD moved from zero to plus 1.12R on the first decision of the published era.

The architecture behind that decision was lighter than the architecture behind a decision today. The Trend and Risk agents were live. The Macro and Cross-Asset gates were being validated against historical fills, not yet wired as hard vetoes on live entries. The Jan 12 US100 long cleared the entry threshold and the broker filled it. Case study: us100-cash-ftmo-long-breakout-continuation-01-12-2026.

Act 2: Jan 15, the second entry on NAS100

Three sessions later, on Jan 15 at 15:12 UTC, a NAS100 long fired on a primary pullback setup. The trade ran to TP1 and stopped the runner; the recap credits plus 0.78R for plus $1,564. Cumulative MTD climbed to plus 1.27R after two trades. Two entries, two winners, both equity-index longs.

The pattern across Jan 12 and Jan 15 is the same: a US-session continuation read on the equity indices, both on the long side, both cleared by the entry logic that was live at the time. Case study: nas100-long-pullback-primary-01-15-2026.

Act 3: Jan 20, the US30 short and the closing print

The third and final January entry fired on Jan 20 at 15:43 UTC. A US30.CASH-FTMO short on a "short the bounce" primary setup. This was the first short of the published record and the only counter-trend entry of the month. The trade ran past TP1, past TP2, to TP3 in the live broker fill for plus 3.67R. The recap credits TP1 at plus 1.12R for plus $3,514, lifting the credited net to plus 3.02R for the month.

Case study: us30-cash-ftmo-short-the-bounce-primary-01-20-2026. It is the cleanest single-trade print of the launch month and the trade we point readers to first when asked what the system does at full extension. The simulated account closed January at $106,045.62 on the credited TP1 baseline; the realized scale-out would have closed higher, with most of the lift from the Jan 20 runner.

Perspectiva clave
“January is the launch window of the published record. The 4-agent approval workflow (Macro, Trend, Cross-Asset, Risk) was being staged through the month and was not yet running at full effect. The three entries that fired cleared early-stage confluence under a narrower posture than the system runs today.”
From the desk · February 1, 2026
Section 03 · The audit trail

Every trade the system took.

3 winners0 losers·Winners link to full case study
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DateTimeInstrumentDirModelSetupGradeR$ SimResultDetails
Jan 1215:22 UTCUS100.CASH-FTMOLongClaude Opus 4.6Setup 2 · Breakout Continuation (Long)D+0.48R+$967TP2 hit-
Jan 1515:12 UTCNAS100LongClaude Opus 4.6Pullback Long (Primary)D+0.78R+$1,564TP1 hit-
Jan 2015:43 UTCUS30.CASH-FTMOShortClaude Opus 4.6Short the bounce (Primary)D+1.76R+$3,514TP3 hit · ★ Trade of the week-
US100.CASH-FTMO · Long
Jan 12 · 15:22 UTC
Claude Opus 4.6TP2 hit
Setup
Setup 2 · Breakout Continuation (Long)
Grade
D
R
+0.48R
$ Sim
+$967
NAS100 · Long
Jan 15 · 15:12 UTC
Claude Opus 4.6TP1 hit
Setup
Pullback Long (Primary)
Grade
D
R
+0.78R
$ Sim
+$1,564
US30.CASH-FTMO · Short
Jan 20 · 15:43 UTC
Claude Opus 4.6TP3 hit · ★ Trade of the week
Setup
Short the bounce (Primary)
Grade
D
R
+1.76R
$ Sim
+$3,514

Dollar figures are simulated on a $100,000 account at 2% risk per trade. Actual subscriber P&L varies with account size. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Pattern of the week

The pattern that defined January was the US-session continuation read on the cash equity indices, applied long on Jan 12 and Jan 15 and applied as a short-the-bounce on Jan 20. All three entries fired inside a 21-minute window of the US session open between 15:12 UTC and 15:43 UTC, on three different sessions and three different days. That cadence is not a coincidence. The entry logic that was live in January favored the early US session for equity-index work, and the three entries that cleared threshold all sat inside that window.

Why a sample of three says almost nothing about expectancy

We are explicit about this: three winners across three entries does not validate the playbook. With three samples, the 100 percent win-rate number is descriptive, not predictive. The Jan 20 US30 short running to TP3 is not evidence that short-the-bounce setups have a higher TP3 conversion than the playbook's central tendency. It is one trade. The right horizon for any pattern reading is the rolling 100-trade window, and January contributed three entries to that window. February contributed twenty-one, and that is where the first defensible pattern reads begin.

Decision highlights

The Jan 12 US100.CASH-FTMO long is the first decision of the published record. It is the trade we look back to when marking the operational starting point of the system. The entry cleared an early-stage Trend confluence read on a Setup 2 breakout continuation, and the broker filled it to TP2 in the live fill. The recap credits TP1 at plus 1.12R. The decision is not remarkable on its own merits; what makes it the highlight is that it is the first.

The Jan 15 NAS100 long is the trade that shows the playbook's most common shape: a pullback-primary entry that runs to TP1 and gives the runner back. It cleared the structural read on the Pepperstone NAS100 instrument, ran to TP1 for plus 0.78R baseline, and the runner returned to stop on the next leg. The fact that this profile shows up in three of the system's first ten or so entries (carrying into February) is the operational signal worth flagging.

The Jan 20 US30.CASH-FTMO short is the cleanest decision of the month and the only counter-trend entry. It cleared the "short the bounce" primary setup, the broker filled it through TP1, TP2, and TP3 in sequence, and the live fill closed at plus 3.67R. The TP1 credit is plus 1.12R; the realized print on the scale-out was meaningfully higher. This is the trade we point readers to first when asked what the system looks like at full extension.

Perspectiva clave
“Three winners on three entries is a 100 percent win rate. With a sample of three, the number carries no statistical weight. The descriptive read: the launch period produced three clean entries on US100, NAS100, and US30, all equity-index longs except the Jan 20 US30 short.”
SkyAnalyst Risk Agent · Monthly review
Section 04 · Head-to-head

Claude vs GPT: who led the week.

SkyAnalyst runs multiple foundation models in parallel across its four-agent system. When two models trade the same instrument in the same week, the results are directly comparable. This is that comparison.

C
Claude
Opus 4.6
+3.0R
Trades
3
Win rate
100%
Avg R
+1.01
Led this week on
  • US30.CASH-FTMO+1.8R · 1 trade
  • NAS100+0.8R · 1 trade
  • US100.CASH-FTMO+0.5R · 1 trade
Notable trade
US30.CASH-FTMO Short · Jan 20 · +1.76R
G
GPT
-
No GPT trades this window.

Same signals, same risk framework, different foundation model.

Section 07 · Instrument deep dive

Six instruments, six stories.

EURUSD
-
0 trades

EURUSD took zero trades in January. The pair did not produce a setup that cleared the entry logic during the launch window. EURUSD coverage broadens in February.

All EURUSD this week →
XAUUSD
-
0 trades

XAUUSD took zero trades in January. Gold did not produce a setup that cleared threshold during the launch window. XAUUSD becomes a regular contributor in February and is the heaviest-coverage instrument by March.

All XAUUSD this week →
US30
-
0 trades

US30 took one trade in January at 100 percent for plus 1.12R credited on the TP1 baseline. The Jan 20 US30.CASH-FTMO short ran to TP3 in the live fill for plus 3.67R full. The only short of the launch month and the largest single-trade print, credited or full.

All US30 this week →
NAS100
+0.8R
1 trade · 100% WR

NAS100 took one trade in January at 100 percent for plus 0.78R credited. The Jan 15 long ran to TP1 and stopped the runner. NAS100 becomes a heavier contributor in February.

All NAS100 this week →
USDJPY
-
0 trades

USDJPY took zero trades in January. The pair did not produce a setup that cleared threshold during the launch window. Coverage starts in February.

All USDJPY this week →
US500
-
0 trades

US500 took zero trades in January. The S&P cash index did not produce a setup that cleared threshold during the launch window. US500 becomes the carrying instrument in March.

All US500 this week →
Final Outcome
+1.8R
TP3 HIT
Dollar figures calibrated to a $100k account at 2% risk appear below in Simulated Returns.

Win of the week: US30.CASH-FTMO Short · +1.76R

Simulated Returns

On a $100k account at 2.0% risk per trade.

Each trade risks +$2,000 (1R). The system's actual scale-out behavior may differ, see disclaimer.

Max potential captured
+$6,040
+3.02R · Window net
ScenarioR-multipleProfit on $100k
Window netActual+3.02R+$6,040
Simulated equity · $100,000 baseline · 2% risk per trade
Mon 12Thu 15Tue 20$106,046$100,000
System Performance · Year to date

All six agents combined.

Net R
-7.2R
Trades
13
Win rate
15%
US30
-2.2R
8 trades
25%
NAS100
-3R
3 trades
0.0%
US500
-2R
2 trades
0.0%
Updated 21 minutes ago
View live stats →
Perspectiva clave
“The Jan 20 US30 short ran past TP1 to TP3 in the live fill for plus 3.67R, the largest single-trade print of the month. The recap credits it at TP1 only for plus 1.12R. A subscriber on the published scale-out plan would have realized materially more than the credited plus 3.02R net.”
SkyAnalyst Risk Agent · Decision log

From the desk

The honest reading of January is that the system was coming online. Three trades, three winners, plus 3.02R net on the TP1 baseline. The number is real. The sample size is too small to support a verdict on the playbook, the model, the instruments, or the setup library. We publish January because the record begins on Jan 12, and the record is the record. We do not lean on January as evidence of expectancy.

The simulated $100,000 account closed January at $106,045.62 on the credited TP1 baseline. The Jan 20 US30 short alone accounted for $3,514 of that lift in the credited print and meaningfully more in the realized scale-out, since that runner went to TP3 for plus 3.67R full. The other two entries each contributed roughly half that amount. Three trades is not a month in any meaningful operational sense; it is a launch window with three data points.

What carries forward is operational rather than statistical. The four-agent gate being staged through January went live as the default in February. The cross-model setup that became the default in March was not yet on the bench. The first month that supports a defensible expectancy read is February. We point the next reader to the February monthly recap for the first full month with the system at operational tempo.

Case studies from January: Jan 12 US100.CASH-FTMO long, Jan 15 NAS100 long, and Jan 20 US30.CASH-FTMO short.

What we're tuning

January did not produce a tuning signal. The three published entries each cleared the entry logic that was live in the system at that point, and the broker filled each to at least TP1. There is no setup to deprecate, no threshold to retighten, no instrument to flag. Tuning on a three-trade sample would not be tuning, it would be guessing.

What carried into February was the completion of the four-agent gate. The Macro Agent went from a validation-against-historical-fills posture to a live veto on entries. The Cross-Asset Agent went from a structural-correlation read to a live confirmation gate. The Trend and Risk agents that had been live throughout January continued without architectural change. February is the first month where every published entry passed the full four-agent gate, and February is the first month that contributed enough entries to the rolling-100 window to support a real expectancy read.

The Short Version

At a Glance

Week Setup Grade
A-
Decisive Trades
3
Best R
+1.76R
Win Rate
100.0%
What subscribers actually see
Three things that hit your phone or inbox this session.
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01 · Signal Alert
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Enter signal · US30 long
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02 · Live Dashboard
US30 +1.5R
SPX idle
NDX −0.4R
EUR live
XAU idle
OIL +0.8R
All six markets at once. Status, open P&L, and every agent reasoning live.
03 · Morning Briefing
Daily briefing
Macro: lean-bull · DXY soft. Trend agents watching US30 micro-support and EURUSD range break.
Rolling aggregate updates each publish
What the agents are watching, delivered at 08:00 local.
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Week at a glance

How did the system net plus 3.02R across three trades in January?

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Three winners, zero losers, 100 percent on a sample of three. The Jan 12 US100.CASH-FTMO long credited plus 1.12R at TP1, the Jan 15 NAS100 long credited plus 0.78R at TP1, and the Jan 20 US30.CASH-FTMO short credited plus 1.12R at TP1. The simulated $100,000 account at 2 percent risk per trade closed at $106,045.62.

Why does January have only three trades when later months have twenty or more?

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January is the launch window of the published record. The four-agent pipeline was being staged: Trend and Risk were live, Macro and Cross-Asset were being validated against historical fills before going live as vetoes. The full cross-agent gate was not yet wired end-to-end. February is the first month with the gate operational, and February produced twenty-one entries.

Why does the recap credit only the TP1 exit when the Jan 20 US30 short ran to TP3?

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TP1 is the conservative baseline that lets us compare across calendar windows without methodology drift. A subscriber on the published scale-out plan would have closed January meaningfully higher than plus 3.02R, because the Jan 20 US30 runner went to TP3 for plus 3.67R full versus the plus 1.12R credit. The recap projects the floor, not the ceiling.

What does the 100 percent win rate in January say about the system's expectancy?

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Almost nothing. With a three-trade sample, the number is descriptive, not predictive. The published expectancy of the playbook on the TP1 baseline sits well below 100 percent, and February delivered the first losses on the published record. The right horizon for any expectancy read is the rolling 100-trade window. January contributed three entries to that window.

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We project the recap totals using a TP1 exit on every winning trade. This is the simplest baseline for comparing across periods. Traders running their own scale-out, trail, or TP2/TP3 hold strategies will see different totals. Dollar figures are simulated on a $100,000 account at 2% risk per trade. Actual subscriber P&L varies with account size and execution. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Perspectiva clave
“Five of the six canonical instruments did not trade in January. EURUSD, XAUUSD, USDJPY, and US500 each took zero entries. February is when the four-agent pipeline went to full operational tempo and coverage broadened across the full instrument set.”
SkyAnalyst Trend Agent · Monthly review
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