- Book day P&L: +$6,976.91 across 37 active pairs, active unrealized ($131,654.24).
- Best mover: P12 (long MET / short CVS), +$9,584.73 — CVS fell a further 2.93% today, extending Wednesday's post-guidance decline into a second session.
- Worst mover: P43 (long BLK / short MSFT), ($3,655.39) — MSFT rose 2.54% on no specific news found.
- DELL fell 5.41% today on a valuation-driven analyst downgrade and heavy insider selling, giving back most of Tuesday's near-9% post-earnings pop — a net positive for the book's two DELL shorts (P46, P53), which combined for +$8,605.07 today.
- No trades executed today; book composition unchanged (37 active, 17 closed).
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Oil Jumps, the Dow's Streak Snaps — Thursday, August 6, 2026
Crude rose nearly 4% on Strait of Hormuz uncertainty even as a reopening deal was reported close; the Dow gave up its five-day record run while the book quietly had its best day in a week.
Settled close · Thursday, August 6, 2026 · two-source confirmed · edition of record · Day %Δ vs the 2026-08-05 settled close
| Instrument | Close | Chg vs prior close |
|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 | 7,709.96 | -0.18% |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 53,885.10 | -0.85% (-464.02 pts; snapped 5-day record streak) |
| Nasdaq Composite | 26,348.35 | -0.06% |
| Russell 2000 | 3,001.55 | -0.58% |
| WTI crude | $78.14/bbl | +3.88% |
| Gold | $4,298.40/oz | +1.24% |
| Silver | $61.79/oz | -0.50% |
| 10-year UST yield | 4.67% | +5 bps |
I. Oil, Hormuz, and a snapped streak
WTI crude jumped roughly 4% to settle near $78 a barrel, even as reports suggested a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was close — Iran said it had reached a temporary shipping-route agreement with Oman, and President Trump characterized a broader resolution as imminent. The rally in oil despite de-escalation headlines is the same unusual pattern flagged in Wednesday's edition (gold up, oil mixed on the same geopolitical inputs); today it resolved toward oil pricing the residual uncertainty rather than the reported progress. Equities read the day as a pause after Wednesday's record run: the Dow fell 464 points (-0.85%), snapping its five-session streak of record closes, while the S&P 500 (-0.18%) and Nasdaq (-0.06%) were little changed. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon added a note of caution mid-session, telling CNBC that margin debt sits at an all-time high and that a meaningful share of it is hidden in forms that do not show up as classified "margin debt" — borrowing through prime brokerages and other structures. Nothing in today's price action points to that as today's driver, but it is a standing macro flag worth keeping in view given OEF's own leveraged long/short structure.
II. Dell gives back Tuesday's pop
Dell fell 5.4%–5.5% today, retreating to the high $430s after Tuesday's near-9% post-earnings surge had pushed the stock uncomfortably close to its 52-week high. With no fresh earnings catalyst scheduled until August 27, the pullback was driven by profit-taking, a valuation-focused analyst downgrade (the stock had rallied roughly 200% off its 52-week low to trade near 34x forward earnings), and continued insider selling — reportedly $1.56 billion over the past three months with no offsetting insider purchases. This is a clean mechanical unwind of an overextended move rather than a change in the AI-infrastructure demand story Dell has been riding; the book's two DELL shorts, P46 and P53, were direct beneficiaries, together contributing $8,605.07 of today's $6,976.91 book-level gain.
III. What worked, what did not
Best day mover: P12 (long MET / short CVS), +$9,584.73. CVS extended Wednesday's post-guidance decline with a further 2.93% drop today, on no fresh company-specific news found — consistent with a market still digesting Wednesday's preliminary 2027 guidance rather than reacting to anything new. The pair is now up 47.57% / 37.30% on its two legs since entry.
Worst day mover: P43 (long BLK / short MSFT), ($3,655.39). Microsoft rose 2.54% on no company-specific news found; BLK was roughly flat (-0.38%). MSFT's short-side drag also weighed on sister pair P42 (long GLW / short MSFT), down $2,921.44 today — the two-pair MSFT short concentration cost the book $6,576.83 combined.
Elsewhere, GNRC's six-pair long concentration (P44–P47, P50, P51) was today's largest single-name drag, down 2.87% across the board with no company-specific news found (Generac's own Q2 report and analyst activity all predate today by several sessions) — treat it as broad profit-taking on a name that has run hard since its late-July earnings beat, not a change in the data-center-demand thesis. Combined GNRC day P&L: ($9,732.96).
IV. Pair book
All 37 active pairs, marked to the 2026-08-06 settled close, two-source confirmed to the cent across all 56 distinct tickers. Sorted by Day P&L, descending.
- GNRC — long leg on six active pairs (P44, P45, P46, P47, P50, P51), 2,970 combined shares. Combined day P&L: ($9,732.96) — see Section III. Combined unrealized: ($7,705.24).
- GLW — long leg on five active pairs (P21, P42, P52, P53, P54), 3,184 combined shares. Combined day P&L: +$4,036.66. Combined unrealized: ($47,815.84).
- NVDA — short leg on three active pairs (P45, P48, P52), 1,490 combined shares. Combined day P&L: ($3,929.94), a second straight down day for the book on this concentration as NVDA extended its Musk/SpaceX-comment rally.
- MSFT — short leg on two pairs (P42, P43), 524 combined shares. Combined day P&L: ($6,576.83) — see Section III.
- DELL — short leg on two pairs (P46, P53), 457 combined shares. Combined day P&L: +$8,605.07 — see Section II.
- BA — short leg on two pairs (P16, P29), 891 combined shares. Combined day P&L: +$5,388.76. CVX — long leg on two pairs (P32, P36), 1,075 combined shares. Combined day P&L: +$4,573.16. META — short leg on two pairs (P47, P49), 338 combined shares. Combined day P&L: ($5,245.76). INTC — short leg on two pairs (P21, P50), 2,245 combined shares. Combined day P&L: +$112.92. BLK — long leg on two pairs (P10, P43), 202 combined shares. Combined day P&L: ($3,725.93).
| Tranche | Pairs | Day P&L | Unrealized |
|---|---|---|---|
| T2 | 7 | +$7,669.98 | +$20,658.39 |
| T3 | 4 | +$4,823.57 | ($40,494.29) |
| T4 | 2 | +$3,639.14 | ($44,183.81) |
| T5 | 3 | ($3,559.10) | ($15,746.47) |
| T6 | 4 | +$3,557.79 | ($57,791.60) |
| T7 | 2 | +$4,324.73 | +$7,344.22 |
| T10 | 2 | +$822.62 | +$49,135.99 |
| T11 | 13 | ($14,301.85) | ($50,576.69) |
Tranche 11 was the day's worst by a wide margin, dragged by the GNRC and MSFT concentrations detailed above; T2 was the day's best, powered by the CVS story in Section III. No trades occurred; tranche composition is unchanged from 8/4.
| Pair | Tr | Leg (L/S) | Settled | Day %Δ | % Entry | RSI-14 | Day P&L | Unrealized |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOK TOTAL — 37 active pairs | $6,976.91 | ($131,654.24) | ||||||
| P12 | T2 |
LMET 1,476 @ 67.7300
SCVS 1,427 @ 70.0800
|
99.95
96.22
|
+3.83%
-2.93%
|
+47.57%
+37.30%
|
76
33
|
$9,584.73 | $10,254.93 |
| P53 | T11 |
LGLW 645 @ 155.0000
SDELL 223 @ 449.2800
|
157.18
437.65
|
+0.31%
-5.41%
|
+1.41%
-2.59%
|
48
54
|
$5,895.75 | $3,999.59 |
| P32 | T6 |
LCVX 548 @ 182.5000
SAXP 316 @ 316.4700
|
189.23
342.60
|
+1.51%
-1.83%
|
+3.69%
+8.26%
|
52
52
|
$3,564.59 | ($4,569.04) |
| P16 | T3 |
LAA 1,424 @ 70.2000
SBA 458 @ 218.0000
|
47.48
232.19
|
-0.44%
-3.33%
|
-32.36%
+6.51%
|
43
58
|
$3,364.96 | ($38,852.30) |
| P33 | T7 |
LSTNG 1,311 @ 76.2800
SICAGY 8,718 @ 11.3700
|
76.38
11.92
|
+3.15%
+0.25%
|
+0.13%
+4.84%
|
49
53
|
$3,316.16 | ($4,663.80) |
| P18 | T3 |
LGTLB 5,338 @ 18.7300
STEAM 1,740 @ 57.4700
|
35.68
110.17
|
-1.33%
-2.78%
|
+90.50%
+91.70%
|
60
62
|
$2,918.77 | ($1,218.90) |
| P3 | T2 |
LPHO 1,495 @ 66.8600
SBEDZ 3,223 @ 31.0300
|
72.77
37.13
|
-0.21%
-2.43%
|
+8.84%
+19.66%
|
67
52
|
$2,755.08 | ($10,830.66) |
| P46 | T11 |
LGNRC 506 @ 197.5400
SDELL 234 @ 426.9100
|
211.18
437.65
|
-2.87%
-5.41%
|
+6.90%
+2.52%
|
44
54
|
$2,709.32 | $4,388.68 |
| P38 | T5 |
LPKX 1,196 @ 63.0000
SSLX 686 @ 109.9100
|
56.08
108.80
|
+2.35%
-1.09%
|
-10.98%
-1.01%
|
57
64
|
$2,366.04 | ($7,514.86) |
| P29 | T6 |
LCENX 1,516 @ 65.9700
SBA 433 @ 231.1500
|
45.95
232.19
|
-2.03%
-3.33%
|
-30.35%
+0.45%
|
45
58
|
$2,023.80 | ($30,800.64) |
| P24 | T4 |
LGOOGL 289 @ 345.9800
SJBLU 18,975 @ 5.2700
|
357.75
6.19
|
-1.29%
-2.67%
|
+3.40%
+17.46%
|
52
60
|
$1,873.23 | ($14,055.47) |
| P21 | T4 |
LGLW 567 @ 176.3000
SINTC 1,195 @ 83.6700
|
157.18
99.81
|
+0.31%
-1.24%
|
-10.85%
+19.29%
|
48
49
|
$1,765.91 | ($30,128.34) |
| P41 | T10 |
LMPC 374 @ 267.6500
STSLA 240 @ 416.9600
|
299.25
319.53
|
+0.50%
-0.63%
|
+11.81%
-23.37%
|
50
36
|
$1,045.80 | $35,201.60 |
| P36 | T7 |
LCVX 527 @ 189.7100
SAVGO 209 @ 479.2300
|
189.23
420.57
|
+1.51%
+0.55%
|
-0.25%
-12.24%
|
52
63
|
$1,008.57 | $12,008.02 |
| P52 | T11 |
LGLW 645 @ 155.0000
SNVDA 473 @ 211.3000
|
157.18
218.99
|
+0.31%
-0.10%
|
+1.41%
+3.64%
|
48
61
|
$418.39 | ($2,231.28) |
| P11 | T2 |
LBRK-B 211 @ 474.6600
SMURGY 8,170 @ 12.2400
|
524.61
12.06
|
+1.11%
+0.92%
|
+10.52%
-1.47%
|
75
68
|
$234.96 | $12,010.04 |
| P31 | T6 |
LXME 799 @ 125.2100
SDAL 1,212 @ 82.4800
|
110.35
91.98
|
-1.40%
-1.25%
|
-11.87%
+11.52%
|
58
61
|
$151.49 | ($23,387.15) |
| P10 | T2 |
LBLK 107 @ 934.0600
SXLF 2,039 @ 49.0500
|
1129.30
57.81
|
-0.38%
-0.33%
|
+20.90%
+17.86%
|
66
68
|
($70.54) | $3,029.04 |
| P40 | T10 |
LVLO 373 @ 268.0800
SAAPL 317 @ 315.2900
|
302.99
312.41
|
+0.20%
+0.45%
|
+13.02%
-0.91%
|
56
46
|
($223.18) | $13,934.39 |
| P15 | T3 |
LFCX 1,500 @ 66.6500
SAPTV 1,706 @ 58.6100
|
68.18
46.30
|
-1.74%
-1.51%
|
+2.30%
-21.00%
|
61
23
|
($603.74) | $23,295.86 |
| P17 | T3 |
LSBSW 10,525 @ 9.5000
SHMC 4,159 @ 24.0400
|
9.89
30.73
|
-0.30%
+0.42%
|
+4.11%
+27.83%
|
64
64
|
($856.41) | ($23,718.95) |
| P9 | T2 |
LBX 925 @ 108.0700
SKBWB 1,167 @ 85.7600
|
133.45
97.47
|
-1.90%
-1.22%
|
+23.48%
+13.65%
|
61
57
|
($986.11) | $9,810.93 |
| P54 | T11 |
LGLW 645 @ 155.0000
SAMD 198 @ 504.0000
|
157.18
489.28
|
+0.31%
+1.50%
|
+1.41%
-2.92%
|
48
48
|
($1,121.94) | $4,320.66 |
| P5 | T2 |
LERII 9,930 @ 10.0700
SMMT 22,006 @ 4.5443
|
8.73
4.38
|
-1.47%
+0.00%
|
-13.31%
-3.62%
|
53
52
|
($1,290.90) | ($9,690.62) |
| P48 | T11 |
LMU 122 @ 820.5300
SNVDA 508 @ 197.0100
|
881.47
218.99
|
-1.31%
-0.10%
|
+7.43%
+11.16%
|
48
61
|
($1,313.01) | ($3,731.17) |
| P51 | T11 |
LGNRC 476 @ 210.0100
SHPE 1,901 @ 52.6100
|
211.18
52.43
|
-2.87%
-1.48%
|
+0.56%
-0.34%
|
44
61
|
($1,463.69) | $899.10 |
| P50 | T11 |
LGNRC 476 @ 210.0100
SINTC 1,050 @ 95.2400
|
211.18
99.81
|
-2.87%
-1.24%
|
+0.56%
+4.80%
|
44
49
|
($1,652.99) | ($4,241.58) |
| P49 | T11 |
LCAT 119 @ 840.8500
SMETA 169 @ 593.4100
|
856.96
589.90
|
-1.62%
+0.19%
|
+1.92%
-0.59%
|
46
47
|
($1,871.25) | $2,510.28 |
| P30 | T6 |
LSCCO 523 @ 191.3000
STECK 1,511 @ 66.1600
|
193.03
66.12
|
-2.02%
+0.11%
|
+0.90%
-0.06%
|
59
63
|
($2,182.08) | $965.23 |
| P4 | T2 |
LXYL 836 @ 119.5600
SRONB 4,372 @ 22.8700
|
120.76
21.71
|
-1.22%
+1.40%
|
+1.00%
-5.07%
|
54
44
|
($2,557.23) | $6,074.73 |
| P25 | T5 |
LCLF 9,634 @ 10.3800
SNUE 442 @ 226.0000
|
12.23
272.00
|
-3.32%
-1.00%
|
+17.82%
+20.35%
|
59
68
|
($2,835.21) | ($2,509.10) |
| P44 | T11 |
LGNRC 495 @ 202.0100
SAMZN 431 @ 232.1100
|
211.18
272.26
|
-2.87%
-0.14%
|
+4.54%
+17.30%
|
44
63
|
($2,915.77) | ($12,765.51) |
| P42 | T11 |
LGLW 682 @ 146.6500
SMSFT 262 @ 381.7000
|
157.18
499.86
|
+0.31%
+2.54%
|
+7.18%
+30.96%
|
48
77
|
($2,921.44) | ($23,776.46) |
| P45 | T11 |
LGNRC 506 @ 197.5400
SNVDA 509 @ 196.5100
|
211.18
218.99
|
-2.87%
-0.10%
|
+6.90%
+11.44%
|
44
61
|
($3,035.32) | ($4,540.49) |
| P26 | T5 |
LGEV 93 @ 1072.2700
SXLE 1,703 @ 58.7300
|
1000.30
58.16
|
-1.73%
+1.48%
|
-6.71%
-0.97%
|
49
52
|
($3,089.93) | ($5,722.50) |
| P47 | T11 |
LGNRC 511 @ 195.6000
SMETA 169 @ 593.4100
|
211.18
589.90
|
-2.87%
+0.19%
|
+7.97%
-0.59%
|
44
47
|
($3,374.51) | $8,554.56 |
| P43 | T11 |
LBLK 95 @ 1055.6700
SMSFT 262 @ 381.7000
|
1129.30
499.86
|
-0.38%
+2.54%
|
+6.97%
+30.96%
|
66
77
|
($3,655.39) | ($23,963.06) |
L = pair is long this leg; S = short. Every ticker links to a TradingView candlestick chart; the pair number itself links to the long/short ratio chart. Negatives shown accounting-style: ($x,xxx) in red.
What to Watch
- Whether the Strait of Hormuz situation actually resolves — today's oil rally despite reportedly close negotiations suggests the market is not yet pricing the deal as done.
- Friday's July nonfarm payrolls report, the week's remaining major data point, against today's weekly jobless claims and this week's ADP print.
- Whether Dell's pullback stabilizes or continues — today's move was profit-taking and a valuation call, not a change in fundamentals, but the insider-selling pattern is worth tracking against the book's two DELL shorts.
- Dimon's margin-debt comment: elevated leverage, some of it structurally hidden, is a standing macro risk for any long/short book running gross exposure like OEF's.
- Whether GNRC's pullback today is the start of a broader give-back of its post-earnings run or a single-session pause — relevant given the book's six-pair concentration.