Aug 3, 2026: Edible Garden dug a -$756 hole

The routine doesn't change, but the result sure does. I ran the same pre-market playbook I always do, and today it bit me.

EDBL: where it went wrong

I worked EDBL (Edible Garden), in around $2.98 and out around $2.92 across 49 prints on 5,000 shares, for a -$327 hit.

The math of this is simple and it keeps finding me: my small scalps are fine, but one oversized loser erases a stack of them. Size is the whole game.

FCUV bit me

I worked FCUV (Focus Universal) — which was ripping on its AI forms-engine launch and ran into the teens. I was in around $16.09 and out around $14.61 across 6 prints on 200 shares, for a -$296 hit. Read: 60 round trips in one morning, and the $707 it cost me →

The SKHZ mistake

I worked SKHZ (1x Short SK Hynix ETF) — the inverse SK Hynix ETF that pays off when the stock falls. I was in around $14.02 and out around $13.77 across 9 prints on 300 shares, for a -$75 hit. Leverage is a double-edged sword and today it swung at me — these daily-reset funds double the pain just as fast as the gain. Read: why a 2x fund can lose money even when your direction is right →

Also on the tape

Smaller pieces that netted into the day: BATL -$36, SPCE -$22, SKHU +$0. Read: the position I did nothing with for six weeks, and what it paid →

Add it up and it was a -$756 day. That puts my running total for this stretch at -$1,719. I'll reset, size down, and try to give it back slower than I lost it.