Most traders lose for three reasons: no structure, no discipline, and too much emotion. A machine doesn’t have any of those problems — if you build it right.
That’s what Rob Curry and I have been heads-down building for months. Last week we pulled back the curtain in our release webinar for EmergentEdgeXV — VICI’s first fully-automated trading product.
Here’s the short version of why you should watch the replay.
What it does
EmergentEdgeXV trades one market and one market only: the S&P 500 E-mini (ES). It captures the initial 15-minute opening range momentum, takes one trade per direction per day, and powers down at 11 AM Eastern.
Dynamic contract scaling between 2 and 10 micros. Fixed $320 of risk per trade. 2:1 first target, 3:1 runner, stop to breakeven the moment T1 hits.
Clean rules. No interpretation. No hesitation.
The Numbers
Backtested from January 2024 through April 15, 2026:
186% net profit on a $10,000 account
Sharpe ratio of 2.68 — for context, quant shops won’t even interview you below 2.0
Max drawdown of 10% peak-to-trough ($1,000 on a $10K account)
Live trading kicked off April 1. The account is up $988 in the first two weeks.
Why It Actually Works
Two things most “algo” products get wrong: Rob deliberately did not over-optimize this strategy — curve fitting is what kills systems out-of-sample. And we didn’t try to make it work on every asset. EmergentEdgeXV is tuned specifically to ES because I’ve traded this market for 20 years and I know exactly how volume and order flow behave in it.
The backtesting engine Rob built to stress-test this — 800,000 lines of code — is the kind of infrastructure you’d normally only find at a CTA or a Citadel-tier shop.
The Honest Part
It’s not a straight line. Q1 has historically been the toughest stretch. There are pullback periods. But the math is positive expectancy, the Sharpe is institutional-grade, and over enough reps, the math wins.
I run this across every one of my personal accounts. Because why wouldn’t I?
Watch the Replay
In the full webinar, we walk through the strategy logic, Rob’s backtesting engine, the Monte Carlo simulations, live P&L screenshots, how EmergentEdgeXV handles CPI, NFP, OpEx, and FOMC days, and exactly how the contract scaling works.
How to Get a License
We intentionally capped EmergentEdgeXV at 50 licenses so we don’t cause our own slippage on the algorithm. 21 of those 50 are already spoken for — and we’re only a few days in.
If you want a seat, DM me directly or email me at rbailey@vicitradingsolutions.com. First come, first served — while supplies last.
Until next time—trade smart, stay prepared, and together we will conquer these markets!
Ryan Bailey, VICI Trading Solutions.
