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Fund / Signal update · 10 October 2026 · vnext-2026-07-24
Weekly workflow proof for Messy-managed micro test funds on Base and Robinhood Chain: Guru Lotus books base04, base05, and base06, plus Lagoon books lg-base00, lg-base01, lg-base02, and safe-lg-rh01. 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 Guru Lotus and Lagoon custody adapters. base04, base05, and base06 sit on Guru Lotus vaults on Base. 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-base00, lg-base01, and lg-base02 sit on Lagoon vaults on Base. safe-lg-rh01 sits on a Lagoon vault on Robinhood Chain. 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
- 36 council sessions across 7 micro funds — 23 executed, 6 holds.
- Week regime path: Risk-on (R+) → Neutral (N) — Effective macro regime is N with fresh coverage and 80% confidence.
- Narrative tape (session-frozen): Across 17 active narrative(s), 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES ranges from DePIN at +21.5pp to Meme at -9.4pp.
- safe-lg-rh01 NAV $40.12 (-18.4% 7d, 5 exec / 0 hold).
- lg-base00 NAV $52.21 (-6.9% 7d, 5 exec / 0 hold).
- OMI led aggregate screens this week — a candidate signal, not an automatic trade.
Across the councils
- Posture moves stayed partial — Chairs sized with cautious conviction rather than jumping fully to target bucket midpoints. (base04, base05, lg-base02, safe-lg-rh01; 4 funds).
- Several Chairs flagged soft narrative tape — a large share of beta book value sat in narratives with negative 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES. (base04, base05, safe-lg-rh01; 3 funds).
Week regime · what the councils used
Regime path
Risk-on (R+) → Neutral (N)
Closing macro brief
Neutral (N) · as of 2026-10-09
Effective macro regime is N with fresh coverage and 80% confidence.
Soft narrative tape
Across 17 active narrative(s), 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES ranges from DePIN at +21.5pp to Meme at -9.4pp.
- 39.7% of beta book value (attributed by primary narrative) sits in narratives with negative trailing 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES.
Micro funds · week scan
| Fund | NAV | 7d | Sessions | Exec | Hold | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base04 | $42.99 | -3.3% | 5 | 3 | 1 | Council |
| base05 | $40.26 | -3.5% | 5 | 1 | 1 | Council |
| base06 | $33.28 | -2.7% | 5 | 2 | 3 | Council |
| lg-base00 | $52.21 | -6.9% | 5 | 5 | 0 | Council |
| lg-base01 | $50.41 | -6.1% | 6 | 3 | 0 | Council |
| lg-base02 | $45.16 | -6.7% | 5 | 4 | 1 | Council |
| safe-lg-rh01 | $40.12 | -18.4% | 5 | 5 | 0 | Council |
base04 — council & book
No trades executed: the approved rebalance package was blocked by the fund's autonomous signing gate, so the fund was not mutated and the package must be re-presented for signing.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue hold · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri session · 5 sessions
Week net · Cash 59.4% → 31.4% · Base 21.7% → 18.5% · High-beta 18.9% → 50%
Tue hold byte round trip of 2237 bps at position notional with a flagged +772 bps route gap makes any add economically marginal at this fund's size; the entry must clear that ceiling on expected gain or be sized down…
Closing session
Cash 46.4% → 31.4% · Base 18.5% · High-beta 35% → 50%
Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.
- Effective regime is neutral (observed ~61.6 dragged to ~51.9 by the risk-off news overlay) with flat EMA alignment and a confirmed conviction hold — the mandated 15-point beta increase is deployed into a…
- 61.4% of beta book value sits in narratives with negative trailing 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES (meme-heavy); adding byte or $hokk (both meme-primary) does not diversify that exposure
- byte round trip measured at 1710 bps with a flagged +1090 bps route gap — size the entry so this execution ceiling does not consume the thirty-day thesis
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 10 October 2026
base05 — council & book
No trades executed: the prepared rebalance package was blocked at execution review because route safety could not be confirmed, so the fund is unchanged and the package must clear route safety review before trades can follow.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue hold · Wed session · Thu session · Sat session · 5 sessions
Week net · Cash 13.8% → 15.4% · Base 17.6% · High-beta 68.6% → 67%
Tue hold ayb (37) is a fresh-only candidate with thin aggregate support (rank 8, 4/7 runs) and an RSI of 89.4 after a +19.5% one-day move — size any entry small and treat it as a timing sample, not a thesis
Closing session
Cash 13.5% → 15.4% · Base 17.6% · High-beta 68.8% → 67%
Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.
- Fresh-only candidates sire and wxm carry no aggregate track record; size cautiously or defer in a neutral effective regime.
- ayb (37) fresh rank 1 vs aggregate rank 5 is a fresh/aggregate divergence; treat as entry-timing context, not a momentum confirmation.
- 39.7% of beta book value sits in negative-30d-momentum Meme narratives; standing concentration condition, not a single-session trigger.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 10 October 2026
base06 — council & book
No trades executed: the council ratified the current book as a maintain-current outcome and the fund was left unchanged.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue hold · Wed hold · Thu exec · Fri hold · 5 sessions
Week net · Cash 11.7% → 15.2% · Base 18.1% → 17.7% · High-beta 70.2% → 67.1%
Tue hold bnkr reduction reverses a position increased in the prior session on one-session evidence; friction paid twice without a named thesis change
Closing session
Cash 15.2% · Base 17.7% · High-beta 67.1%
No bucket movement is recommended because current allocation already satisfies the computed posture.
- vvv exit proposal reverses a position opened in the immediately prior executed session; per continuity doctrine it requires a named thesis change, and none is evidenced beyond the fresh-only basis it was…
- fluid carries a 204 bps measured exit cost at position notional — any ratified reduction should account for this execution ceiling
- w's primary pool reserve is $62.4k against a 10.2% NAV position; exit liquidity is the thinnest in the book
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 10 October 2026
lg-base00 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled: the VVV reduction (about $5.69) settled into cash (about $5.66), but the planned ~$4.25 AERO buy leg failed pre-trade simulation and was skipped, so the AERO increase was authorized but not filled.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · 5 sessions
Week net · Cash 13.8% → 15.4% · Base 17.8% → 18.3% · High-beta 68.5% → 66.3%
Tue exec Aleph fresh rank 7 vs aggregate rank 2 with a 1,489 bps round trip and $140 primary-pool liquidity — the aggregate pedigree does not survive execution cost at any meaningful size.
Closing session
Cash 15.4% · Base 18.3% · High-beta 66.3%
No bucket movement is recommended because current allocation already satisfies the computed posture.
- vvv deterioration is one session old; a partial reduce on a sample-sized signal pays friction without meeting the sustained-deterioration bar — if trimmed, keep it staged and small
- Both candidates (aleph 10589, copi 219) carry round-trip costs above 1100 bps at notional; entering either is a net loss before market movement
- cake primary pool liquidity $85.7k and comp $38.7k with 79 bps exit cost mean any sizeable exit leg from these names has material execution ceiling
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 10 October 2026
lg-base01 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled: the council ratified a posture of about 15% cash, 18% base, and 67% high beta (realized post-execution weights not yet available) and adopted a bundle adding Fluid while reducing VVV, Eigen, and Fbomb, with eleven legs settling.
Week strip: Mon session · Tue exec · Wed session · Thu exec · Fri exec · 6 sessions
Week net · Cash 13.8% → 15% · Base 5.6% → 18% · High-beta 80.6% → 67%
Tue exec fbomb at 21.6% of NAV exceeds the effective max position weight implied by the breadth band; concentration objection recurs each session until resolved.
Closing session
Cash 13% → 15% · Base 12.1% → 18% · High-beta 74.9% → 67%
Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.
- fbomb at 21.8% of NAV sits far above what a 4-10 position breadth band with effective count 6.76 implies; the trim is justified by standing concentration, not by today's score deltas.
- Fresh-only candidates (umia, kata, rari) have no aggregate track record; if entered, size them as unproven.
- surplus fresh rank 1 vs aggregate rank 6 and +27.0% in 24h with ATR% 21.3 — falling-knife/chase risk on a one-day sample.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 10 October 2026
lg-base02 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled: BNKR was exited and OGN entered, with four incumbent reductions settled, while the fund posture stayed at roughly 15% cash, 18% base, and 66% high beta; realized post-execution bucket weights are not yet available.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed hold · Thu exec · Fri exec · 5 sessions
Week net · Cash 12% → 15.3% · Base 18% → 18.4% · High-beta 69.9% → 66.2%
Wed hold ixs top-1 weight at 18.2% NAV with RSI 83.3 — concentration and extended-strength watch, recurring while the weight holds
Closing session
Cash 15.3% · Base 18.4% · High-beta 66.2%
No bucket movement is recommended because current allocation already satisfies the computed posture.
- Effective macro regime is neutral (news overlay drags ~61.6 observed to ~51.9 effective) with EMA alignment flat and conviction hold confirmed only one day — deployment edge is not confirmed; keep new risk…
- Fresh-only candidates (umia, kata, rari) carry no aggregate track record; surplus pairs fresh-only status with 21.3% ATR and +27.4% in 24h — the extended-momentum entry profile the learnings show reversing at…
- COW absent from latest fresh run, $1.7k global volume, 308 bps exit cost — exit liquidity is thin relative to its 15.5% NAV weight; monitor, do not act on one missing fresh sample.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 10 October 2026
safe-lg-rh01 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled: the council ratified a posture of roughly 19% base, 18% cash, and 63% high beta (down from 24% cash and 56% high beta) and rotated the sleeve by exiting lock and entering zeal from the cash reserve as a small breadth position.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · 5 sessions
Week net · Cash 26.4% → 17.7% · Base 19.2% → 19.3% · High-beta 54.4% → 63%
Tue exec 100% of beta book value sits in narratives with negative trailing 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES (DeFi 39.3%, Meme 60.7%) — a book-level headwind, qualitative context only
Closing session
Cash 24.3% → 17.7% · Base 19.3% · High-beta 56.4% → 63%
Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.
- zeal is fresh-only evidence: rank 10 in a single run, no aggregate track record, no measured axes — size as a low-conviction add and treat the 118 bps round trip as an execution ceiling
- 75% of beta book value is attributed to narratives with negative trailing 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES (meme-heavy book); the zeal add deepens meme concentration rather than diversifying it
- effective regime is neutral after the risk-off news overlay; the high-beta raise is a binding guardrail action, not a conviction signal — avoid over-deploying beyond the 63% band edge this session
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 10 October 2026
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