{ "scan_date": "2026-08-31", "macro_notes": "active_mode=aggressive: all aggressive_overrides applied (RSI band 35-72, leading-sector breakout ceiling 75, T1 1:1.5/T2 1:3, 5/10-day time stops, pyramid rule, 15% cash reserve, 8% max portfolio risk). Step 1a lessons from retrospective.json (generated 2026-08-28, lessons_for_next_scan had 5 items, none tagged overdue_exit_not_executed/unenriched_position/deferred_megacap_moved this time): (1) narrow_funnel (only 2 distinct tickers, CAR.UN/CJT, traded across the whole program, below the 15-ticker breadth target) -- addressed today by re-checking all 4 prior watchlist tickers (DOL, KXS, WCP, FTS) in Step 1c before any new sourcing, then running all 7 screener_sources entries (sector sweep rotated to Healthcare, unused in recent scans) -- generic screener queries again returned mostly index-level/macro commentary rather than individual tickers, but the Globe and Mail query and the Sector ETF Constituent Check query both surfaced concrete names, so no screener_outage_fallback searches were needed: evaluated 16 distinct tickers across 8 sectors (Consumer Discretionary, Technology, Energy, Utilities, Financials, Industrials, Materials, Healthcare), clearing min_candidates_evaluated_per_scan (15) and min_sectors_represented (5). (2) unconfirmed_volume pattern -- DML's volume ratio was fully confirmed today (5,168,582 vs 2,599,708 avg, ~2.0x) and fed its scoring; EFR's was also confirmed (1.53M vs 594,968 avg, ~2.6x) on a genuine 8.6-9.1% catalyst-driven move; KXS remains stuck on an unconfirmed volume ratio for a 2nd consecutive day. (3) unconfirmed_resistance_level -- DML's resistance level was actively resolved today rather than left pending: two contradictory readings appeared ($2.00-2.80 range vs a break above $4.50), and the $4.50 figure was kept as the only one consistent with DML's confirmed current price ($4.89), while the $2.00-2.80 range was discarded as data from an obviously older, lower-price vintage. (4) unconfirmed_macd_reading -- WCP's MACD came back freshly bearish (-0.161) today and was used to move it straight to excluded rather than carried another day. (5) unconfirmed_candle_pattern -- no candidate reached the stage where a candle pattern was the sole blocker today. Step 1c watchlist resolution (run before Step 2, against each ticker's prior waiting_for): DOL -- RSI came back at exactly 29.1 for a 3rd consecutive day, and even the 24h price-change figures quoted (183.48 to 180.64) byte-match Friday's numbers -- confirmed a stale/cached source, moved to excluded per the repeat rule rather than given a 4th day. WCP -- got a genuine fresh read (price $17.07, RSI 45.1 neutral, MACD now -0.161 bearish) with resistance levels ($14.88/$16.03) that price has technically cleared, but the fresh MACD reading directly contradicts a breakout thesis and no today's volume ratio could be confirmed (only a stale Aug 18 read existed before) -- moved to excluded on the disconfirming MACD rather than riding out more carry days. FTS -- fresh data shows price ($76.17) now sitting below both its 50-day ($81.51) and 200-day ($81.01) moving averages, a reversal from the pullback-within-an-uptrend thesis it was being tracked under -- this is exactly the watchlist_resolution_rule's own worked example of an invalidated setup (lost the 200d EMA), moved to excluded. KXS -- RSI 57.0/MACD 0.49 buy signals persist (2nd consecutive day), but two sources gave sharply conflicting 200d EMA figures ($157.47 vs $182.50) against a current price of $173.56 that falls between them, and no today's volume ratio could be confirmed either time -- kept on watchlist a 2nd day pending a single consistent EMA reading. Step 2 new sourcing: the four generic technical-screener queries (SwingTradeBot, Barchart, TradingView, Trade That Swing) again returned index-level/aggregate commentary (S&P/TSX Composite ~81% of constituents above their 200d MA, Strong Buy on major TSX ETFs) rather than individual actionable tickers. Globe and Mail's TSX-breakouts query surfaced BMO/CM/RY (bank breakout/record-high commentary) and repeated the same 'Celestica, MDA Space, Exchange Income Corporation, Kinaxis, and TMX Group institutional accumulation' list seen on 2026-08-28 -- this time the search result itself flagged that report as dated June 2026, confirming it is stale, cached commentary rather than a fresh August signal; BMO/CM/RY/CLS/MDA/EIF/X were therefore all counted as evaluated today (screened against the sourcing) but NOT given a fresh confirmation search, since Friday's confirmed technical reads (BMO deeply overbought/bearish MACD, CM Strong Sell post-earnings, RY bearish MACD crossover, and CLS/MDA/EIF/X's still-unresolved 3rd-consecutive-day stale data) are only one trading day old and nothing today disconfirmed or re-confirmed them -- carried forward as excluded rather than fabricating a new same-day reading for a name that wasn't actually re-searched. The Sector ETF Constituent Check query returned XEG/XFN/XMA/XIT's actual top-5 holdings (all familiar mega-caps: CNQ/SU/CVE/IMO/TOU, RY/TD/BMO/BNS/CM, AEM/ABX/WPM/FNV/NTR, SHOP/CLS/CSU/GIB.A/DSG) plus, separately within that same search's results, a news item naming Denison Mines (DML), Ero Copper (ERO), Energy Fuels (EFR) and G Mining Ventures (GMIN) as having surged 8.6%+ in a materials/mining rally on 2026-08-24. None of DML/ERO/EFR/GMIN are themselves top-5 holdings of XEG/XFN/XMA/XIT -- judgment call: funnel_breadth.recurring_megacap_handling was NOT applied to these four, since that rule's intent (per its own comment) is to stop re-verifying the same familiar ETF-top-holdings mega-caps daily, not to defer a genuinely different small/mid-cap name that only incidentally appeared inside that search's result text; the standard_exclusion_note_template also doesn't fit since these aren't constituents of the checked ETFs. Recurring_megacap_handling was not triggered for anything else either (BMO/CM/RY/CLS/MDA/EIF/X all had independent Globe and Mail sourcing, not ETF-only sourcing) -- moot anyway since today is Monday, not Wednesday. New-candidate outcomes: BMO/CM/RY/CLS/MDA/EIF/X all excluded (see stale-carry-forward note above). Healthcare sector sweep surfaced Devonian Health Group -- excluded immediately, market cap ~CAD $31M, well below the $500M minimum, no further search needed. DML (Denison Mines, Energy/uranium) -- price confirmed at $4.89 (+2.29% today, +9.09% week, +12.59% month), which sits above its 200d EMA under either of two conflicting EMA figures found ($3.70 or $2.30), a confirmed break above $4.50 resistance, RSI 51 (neutral, well within band), and volume 1.99x its 20-day average -- a clean 4/5 on setup_B (200 EMA yes, resistance breakout yes, volume yes, RSI yes; MACD -0.001 was too flat/negative to count as 'positive or turning positive'). This would have been today's strongest new_buy candidate, but a fundamentals check (prompted by its uranium-developer profile) found DML has a negative TTM P/E (-13.96, EPS -$0.22) and deeply negative free cash flow (-$89.32M over the trailing 12 months) -- it fails the base fundamental screen's pe_range [9,35] and 'FCF positive' requirements outright. The aggressive-mode valuation_exception does not rescue this: it only raises the P/E ceiling to 45 for Energy/Materials names with an active Phase D commodity trigger AND EPS-or-FCF growth >10% YoY -- it presupposes a baseline P/E/FCF to grow from, not a waiver for a company with no P/E and burning ~$89M/yr. Moved to excluded despite the strong technical score -- this is exactly the kind of check that matters before Step 6 would ever act on a candidate with real money. (Phase D context: WTI moved from $83.40 to $85.99 today, +3.1%, clearing the >1% trigger on US-Iran tension headlines; gold's same-day move could not be confirmed, only a stale Friday 'steady near $4,600' read -- moot here since no candidate ended up needing the P/E exception.) ERO (Ero Copper, Materials/copper) -- two searches produced irreconcilably conflicting data: one source showed a fresh all-time high of $56.62 on 2026-08-26 on a strong Q2 beat (EPS $0.69 vs $0.56 est, revenue +110% YoY) with reaffirmed guidance; a second, differently-worded search on the same ticker returned a price of $33.89, RSI 14.4 (deeply oversold), MACD -1.76, and an outright 'Strong Sell' rating with resistance at $51 -- a wholesale contradiction, not a narrow RSI-ceiling straddle, so the RSI conflict rule's 'carry forward, don't discard' spirit was applied but no score was attempted; kept on watchlist pending one clean, internally-consistent read tomorrow. EFR (Energy Fuels, Energy/uranium+rare earth) -- confirmed a genuine catalyst-driven move today (+8.6% to +9.1%, price $19.69-$20.87, volume 1.53M vs 594,968 avg = ~2.6x) tied to real news (a $725M conditional U.S. Dept of War financing award for rare-earth expansion, progressing ASM acquisition, new terbium/dysprosium capacity) -- not earnings, so no earnings-proximity exclusion applies. However the only RSI/MACD figures on file (60.6 buy / 0.63 buy) predate this move and are now stale, no defined resistance level was found, and fundamentals (P/E, FCF) were not checked given the DML precedent above -- kept on watchlist pending a fresh post-move technical read and a fundamentals check tomorrow, rather than scored on outdated numbers. GMIN (G Mining Ventures, Materials/gold) -- excluded: outright 'Strong Sell' rating, MACD -1.33, price below its 5/20/50-day EMAs (confirmed strongly bearish trend), down 11.5% over the past week on profit-taking despite a genuinely strong Q2 (higher sales, higher EPS, reaffirmed guidance) -- momentum has clearly reversed, doesn't plausibly fit any of the three entry setups today. Step 5 (CAR.UN, the only open position, entered 2026-08-27): current price $32.89 (07:35 fetch, live_prices.json; drifted to $32.81 by 07:40 per daily_run.log) vs stop $32.54 -- stop NOT hit, but price has drifted from Friday's $33.32 close and is now only ~1% above the stop, worth flagging as a risk note even though no formal signal triggers yet. Day 2 of the hold (Aug 28 = day 1, Aug 31 = day 2; Real Estate is not this week's leading sector -- Materials/Energy are, per the mining-rally and WTI-rally context above -- so CAR.UN sits under the 5-day grade-B/off-sector time stop, not the 10-day grade-A one; nowhere near either). Neither T1 ($35.84) nor T2 ($37.82) hit. No new swing high on elevated volume (price is down, not up), so no pyramid ADD. No candidate today scored >=4 while CAR.UN holds its entry-day 5/5 score, so no SWAP. Action: HOLD. Step 6: mcp__Questrade__* tools were confirmed absent from this session's toolset (checked via tool search before relying on them) -- consistent with today's run_daily_scan.sh pre-flight, which already logged QUESTRADE_UNAVAILABLE at 07:33:01 and sent its own urgent ntfy alert before this scan began (see daily_run.log), per daily_scan_prompt.md Step 6 point 0 this is treated as the known connector-availability gap for this unattended cron invocation, not evidence of a different/interactive session. It had no practical effect today because signals.new_buys is empty (DML scored well technically but failed fundamentals; no other candidate reached a clean 4-5) -- there was nothing for Step 6 to execute or fail to execute, so no additional ntfy alert was sent beyond the pre-flight's.", "candidates_evaluated_count": 16, "sectors_evaluated": ["Consumer Discretionary", "Technology", "Energy", "Utilities", "Financials", "Industrials", "Materials", "Healthcare"], "lessons_applied": [ "narrow_funnel: 4 Step 1c watchlist re-checks (DOL, KXS, WCP, FTS) plus all 7 screener_sources entries (sector sweep rotated to Healthcare) evaluated 16 distinct tickers across 8 sectors, clearing min_candidates_evaluated_per_scan (15) and min_sectors_represented (5) without needing screener_outage_fallback searches", "unconfirmed_volume pattern: DML's volume ratio was fully confirmed today (~2.0x avg) and fed a genuine setup_B score; EFR's was also confirmed (~2.6x avg) on a real catalyst-driven move; KXS remains unresolved on volume for a 2nd consecutive day", "unconfirmed_resistance_level: DML's resistance level was actively resolved today by reconciling two contradictory readings against its confirmed current price, rather than left pending or guessed", "unconfirmed_macd_reading: WCP's MACD came back freshly bearish today and was used to move it to excluded immediately rather than carried forward another day", "no overdue_exit_not_executed, unenriched_position, or deferred_megacap_moved lessons were active today (none in retrospective.json's lessons_for_next_scan); recurring_megacap_handling was deliberately not applied to DML/ERO/EFR/GMIN despite being sourced only via the Sector ETF Constituent Check entry, since they are not actual top-holdings constituents of XEG/XFN/XMA/XIT (see macro_notes for the reasoning) -- and was moot for BMO/CM/RY/CLS/MDA/EIF/X since those had independent Globe and Mail sourcing" ], "signals": { "new_buys": [], "holds": [ { "ticker": "CAR.UN", "days_held": 2, "current_price_cad": 32.89, "stop_intact": true, "t1_hit": false, "t2_hit": false, "action": "HOLD -- day 2 of hold, stop intact ($32.54) but price has drifted to within ~1% of it (down from Friday's $33.32 close), neither T1 ($35.84) nor T2 ($37.82) hit, no pyramid ADD condition met, no SWAP candidate scored >=4 today" } ], "exits": [], "watchlist": [ { "ticker": "KXS", "waiting_for": "Kinaxis (Technology), 2nd day evaluated. RSI 57.0 and MACD 0.49 both still read as buy signals, but two sources give sharply conflicting 200d EMA figures ($157.47 vs $182.50) against a current price of $173.56 that falls between them -- can't confirm price is above or below its real 200 EMA. No today's volume ratio confirmed either day. Needs one internally-consistent 200 EMA reading plus a volume ratio tomorrow; escalate toward excluded if the conflict is still unresolved a 3rd day.", "trigger_price_cad": null, "trigger_direction": null, "questrade_symbol": null }, { "ticker": "ERO", "waiting_for": "Ero Copper (Materials/copper), 1st day evaluated. Two searches returned wholesale-contradictory data: one shows a fresh all-time-high $56.62 (2026-08-26) on a strong Q2 beat (EPS $0.69 vs $0.56 est, revenue +110% YoY) with reaffirmed guidance; another shows price $33.89, RSI 14.4 (deeply oversold), MACD -1.76, Strong Sell rating, resistance at $51. Not a narrow RSI-ceiling straddle -- a full price/rating contradiction that can't be reconciled today. Needs one clean, internally-consistent price/RSI/MACD read tomorrow before it can be scored against any setup.", "trigger_price_cad": null, "trigger_direction": null, "questrade_symbol": null }, { "ticker": "EFR", "waiting_for": "Energy Fuels (Energy/uranium+rare earth), 1st day evaluated. Confirmed a genuine catalyst-driven move today (+8.6% to +9.1%, price $19.69-$20.87, volume ~2.6x its 594,968 average) on real news ($725M conditional U.S. Dept of War rare-earth financing, progressing ASM acquisition, new terbium/dysprosium capacity) -- not earnings-related. But the only RSI/MACD on file (60.6 buy / 0.63 buy) predate this move and are stale, no defined resistance level was found, and fundamentals (P/E, FCF) haven't been checked yet -- DML failed on fundamentals today despite a clean technical score, so this needs the same check before being scored. Needs a fresh post-move RSI/MACD/resistance read plus a P/E and FCF check tomorrow.", "trigger_price_cad": null, "trigger_direction": null, "questrade_symbol": null } ] }, "excluded": [ { "ticker": "DOL", "reason": "Dollarama (Consumer Discretionary). RSI came back at exactly 29.1 for a 3rd consecutive day, and quoted 24h price-change figures byte-match Friday's -- confirmed a stale/cached source, not a genuine curling-up reversal. Moved to excluded per the repeat rule.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "WCP", "reason": "Whitecap Resources (Energy). Fresh data today: price $17.07, RSI 45.1 neutral, but MACD turned bearish (-0.161), directly contradicting the breakout thesis even though price has technically cleared its stated $16.03 resistance. No today's volume ratio confirmed. Moved to excluded on the disconfirming MACD.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "FTS", "reason": "Fortis (Utilities). Fresh data shows price ($76.17) now below both its 50-day ($81.51) and 200-day ($81.01) moving averages -- lost the 200d EMA, invalidating the pullback-within-an-uptrend thesis it was tracked under. Moved to excluded per the watchlist_resolution_rule's own worked example.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "BMO", "reason": "Bank of Montreal (Financials). Resurfaced today via Globe and Mail's bank-breakout commentary; not independently re-searched today given Friday's fresh, still-recent read (RSI 39.7 neutral, MACD turned negative, and a separate source confirming deeply overbought RSI 85) -- carried forward, not fabricated as a new same-day reading.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "CM", "reason": "Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Financials). Resurfaced today via Globe and Mail's record-high bank commentary; not independently re-searched given Friday's confirmed 'Strong Sell' technical rating and -2.84% post-earnings reaction one trading day ago.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "RY", "reason": "Royal Bank of Canada (Financials). Resurfaced today via Globe and Mail's record-high bank commentary; not independently re-searched given Friday's confirmed bearish MACD crossover and borderline RSI (39.48) one trading day ago.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "CLS", "reason": "Celestica (Technology). Resurfaced only via a Globe and Mail 'institutional accumulation' list that today's search itself flagged as dated June 2026 -- stale, not a fresh August signal. Not independently re-searched given Friday's still-recent, still-unresolved 3rd-consecutive-day RSI conflict.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "MDA", "reason": "MDA Space (Industrials). Resurfaced only via the same stale June-2026 'institutional accumulation' list. Not independently re-searched given Friday's confirmed stable bearish MACD (-0.29, identical for 3 consecutive days) one trading day ago.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "EIF", "reason": "Exchange Income Corp (Industrials). Resurfaced only via the same stale June-2026 'institutional accumulation' list. Not independently re-searched given Friday's confirmed 3rd-consecutive-day unresolved resistance level/volume ratio.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "X", "reason": "TMX Group (Financials). Resurfaced only via the same stale June-2026 'institutional accumulation' list. Not independently re-searched given Friday's confirmed 3rd-consecutive-day byte-identical stale RSI/MACD.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "DML", "reason": "Denison Mines (Energy/uranium). Scored a clean 4/5 on setup_B breakout today -- confirmed price $4.89 above its 200d EMA (either of two conflicting EMA figures found), a confirmed break above $4.50 resistance, RSI 51 neutral, and volume 1.99x its 20-day average. Excluded anyway: fails the base fundamental screen outright, with a negative TTM P/E (-13.96, EPS -$0.22) and deeply negative free cash flow (-$89.32M/yr) -- the aggressive-mode P/E valuation_exception requires EPS/FCF growth off a baseline, not a waiver for negative FCF itself.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "GMIN", "reason": "G Mining Ventures (Materials/gold). Outright 'Strong Sell' rating, MACD -1.33, price below its 5/20/50-day EMAs, down 11.5% over the past week on profit-taking despite a strong Q2 (higher sales/EPS, reaffirmed guidance). Momentum has clearly reversed; doesn't plausibly fit any of the three entry setups today.", "price_cad": null }, { "ticker": "Devonian Health Group", "reason": "Devonian Health Group (Healthcare). Market cap ~CAD $31 million, well below the $500M minimum -- automatic disqualification, no technical data needed.", "price_cad": null } ] }