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Fund / Signal update · 19 September 2026 · vnext-2026-07-24
Weekly workflow proof for Messy-managed micro test funds on Base: Guru Lotus books base04, base05, and base06, plus Lagoon books lg-base01 and lg-base02. Screening prepares evidence; the Chair decides; the system records the resolution; only then can execution mutate the book. Macro and narrative below are the postures those sessions used, not a live market refresh at publish time.
Custody / provider
This week's public micro books use two Base custody adapters. base04, base05, and base06 sit on Guru Lotus vaults. Messy's engine runs research, council decisioning, and trade construction; capital on those books sits in Guru's vault contracts. On the Guru books, the trading key can trade but cannot withdraw, a limit enforced by the vault contracts, not our software. lg-base01 and lg-base02 sit on Lagoon vaults for custody and share accounting. Provider-side contract failure is venue risk on either adapter. Keys live in Turnkey; our backend never holds key material.
For the blast-radius map (engine vs custody vs token), see Custody Broke. The Engine Didn’t..
This week at a glance
- 31 council sessions across 5 micro funds — 25 executed, 4 holds.
- Week regime path: Neutral (N) → Risk-off (R-) — Effective macro regime is R- with fresh coverage and 80% confidence.
- Narrative tape (session-frozen): Across 16 active narrative(s), 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES ranges from Privacy Coins at +103.6pp to Real World Assets (RWA) at -4.6pp.
- lg-base01 NAV $55.35 (+9.9% 7d, 5 exec / 1 hold).
- base06 NAV $34.3 (+6.7% 7d, 5 exec / 0 hold).
- REZ led aggregate screens this week — a candidate signal, not an automatic trade.
Week regime · what the councils used
Regime path
Neutral (N) → Risk-off (R-)
Closing macro brief
Risk-off (R-) · as of 2026-09-19
Effective macro regime is R- with fresh coverage and 80% confidence.
Narrative momentum
Across 16 active narrative(s), 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES ranges from Privacy Coins at +103.6pp to Real World Assets (RWA) at -4.6pp.
Micro funds · week scan
| Fund | NAV | 7d | Sessions | Exec | Hold | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base04 | $42.42 | -3.3% | 6 | 5 | 1 | Council |
| base05 | $43.09 | +2.1% | 6 | 4 | 2 | Council |
| base06 | $34.3 | +6.7% | 7 | 5 | 0 | Council |
| lg-base01 | $55.35 | +9.9% | 6 | 5 | 1 | Council |
| lg-base02 | $55.32 | +5.8% | 6 | 6 | 0 | Council |
base04 — council & book
No trades executed: the council ratified the current book and the fund was not modified, with no follow-up execution required.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat hold · 6 sessions
Week net · Cash 21.7% → 27% · Base 31.9% → 39% · High-beta 46.4% → 34%
Tue exec Top-1 position (nogs, 19.8% NAV) sits above the effective max position weight and effective count 3.90 is below the derived breadth-band minimum of 4; the condition recurs each session until resolved.
Closing session
Cash 26.1% → 27% · Base 39.9% → 39% · High-beta 34%
Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.
- Concentration: apeman at 16.5% NAV is the top-1 position with effective position count 2.33; a partial trim on strength into the WETH reserve is the normal way to recycle risk, but reversing yesterday's…
- Dogeverse absent from the latest fresh run while holding aggregate rank 10; single-session coverage gap, watch not act.
- Neiro exit cost measured at 105 bps; any reduction should weigh that against the reason for selling.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026
base05 — council & book
No trades executed: the council ratified the current book unchanged, so no rebalance package was prepared or needed.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed hold · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat hold · 6 sessions
Week net · Cash 19.7% → 30.7% · Base 20.6% → 35.5% · High-beta 59.7% → 33.8%
Wed hold Fresh screening channel unusable this session — every incumbent and candidate absent from the latest fresh run; all dispositions rest on aggregate screening only, so no fresh-vs-aggregate divergence can be…
Closing session
Cash 30.7% · Base 35.5% · High-beta 33.8%
No bucket movement is recommended because current allocation already satisfies the computed posture.
- amkt entry carries ~455 bps round trip plus +119 bps route gap; the funding trim of build (83 bps exit) must overcome ~575 bps combined friction before any expected edge survives — size accordingly or defer
- quad is effectively untradeable at size beyond its current 2.5% weight: $3.5k global liquidity, $0 24h volume, +33 bps route gap — no increases without a liquidity re-probe
- fair printed +16.7% in 24h with RSI short at 77 (+25.1); entry timing input only, not a hold/sell signal, but any add today is buying extended short-term strength
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026
base06 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled: the council ratified a locked fund posture of about 26% cash, 35% base, and 39% high beta (from roughly 19/28/52), realized through proportional reductions in AERO, VVV, Pendle, ZEN, and Nock into WETH and USDC reserve; realized post-execution weights are not yet available to confirm the target was achieved.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri session · Sat exec · 7 sessions
Week net · Cash 15.3% → 26% · Base 22.4% → 35% · High-beta 62.3% → 39%
Tue exec Pendle entry at ~$1.04 deployable capacity sits at the minimum trade value; friction (33 bps round trip) is material relative to position size — either fund it from the link exit plus posture-driven reserve…
Closing session
Cash 19.1% → 26% · Base 28.4% → 35% · High-beta 52.4% → 39%
Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.
- Regime transition is 1/2 days confirmed; the effective R- read driving the de-risk is not yet fully confirmed, though the ratified posture makes the reduction mandatory regardless.
- Nock's one-session relative-strength collapse (-38) is a sample, not a sustained deterioration record; it supports weighting the trim toward nock but not an exit on thesis grounds.
- Pendle's thin global liquidity ($225k) versus its 10.5% NAV weight is a standing exit-cost risk for future sessions.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026
lg-base01 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled: the council locked a fund posture of about 30% cash, 35% base, and 35% high beta and rotated the large-cap base sleeve by exiting sibyl, entering edel, and trimming nock while holding anyone and vvv.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri hold · Sat exec · 6 sessions
Week net · Cash 20.9% → 29.6% · Base 21% → 35% · High-beta 58% → 35.4%
Fri hold sibyl exit is a second consecutive reduction within two sessions on one session of adverse scores; the multi-session deterioration bar is not yet met and 268 bps exit cost on a 2.7% NAV position makes the…
Closing session
Cash 34.1% → 29.6% · Base 30.5% → 35% · High-beta 35.4%
Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.
- nock trim is justified by concentration (14.8% top-1) but the momentum evidence is one session old — a second fresh-run absence would firm it; trim size should reflect that the thesis signal is thin
- sibyl exit at 161 bps exit cost on a $1.32 position is dust economics; the breadth-slot freed is the real benefit, not the capital
- fuse and edel entry sizes must be capped against probed round-trip cost at actual notional — fuse's $10.7k global liquidity cannot absorb an unconstrained ticket
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026
lg-base02 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled: the council ratified a fund posture of about 28% cash, 35% base, and 37% high beta and rotated the beta book — exiting sibyl, entering fuse, and reducing cbbtc and vvv while adjusting lsk, anyone, and jitosol.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat exec · 6 sessions
Week net · Cash 20.3% → 28% · Base 18.3% → 35% · High-beta 61.5% → 37%
Tue exec sibyl shows a -18.1% one-day move and ATR% 24.6% — a single-session sample that opens thesis review; a second consecutive double-digit decline should force a staged reduce per the exit doctrine
Closing session
Cash 28.6% → 28% · Base 33.3% → 35% · High-beta 38.1% → 37%
Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.
- anyone is extended (+22.6% 24h, RSI 72) with thin executable liquidity ($146k global) and 111 bps exit cost — a 7.4% NAV position whose exit leg is the most expensive in the book after sibyl
- trend_momentum_pm's b3 entry is not funded by the sibyl trim it cites: $0.78 freed vs $1.03 minimum ticket — funding must come from the cbbtc reduce or posture reserve movement
- 20.4% of beta book value sits in narratives with negative trailing 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES, concentrated in cbbtc/RWA
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026
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