• Quant Weekly – Up over 30% in 2 1/2 months
• Quant 30 – Moves further ahead of its benchmark
• Legacy – continues to be up over 200%

After the summary of market orders at the open or close are the Portfolio updates.

Market Orders at the Open or Close: How They Work in the Stock Market

Market-on-Open (MOO) Orders

• Execution:An MOO order is placed to buy or sell shares at the opening price of the next trading session. 
• When to Use:Traders might use an MOO order to enter or exit a position based on overnight news or events that they expect will affect the stock’s opening price. 
• Risks:Since the order is executed at the open, the price can be significantly different from what was seen at the end of the previous day due to price gaps caused by overnight news. 
• Makes your life easier: Gets your order comingled with many others on both sides of the trade. You get what everyone else gets. Avoids paying the bid or ask spread during the market day. Can be entered hours before the market opens.

Market-on-Close (MOC) Orders 

• Execution:An MOC order is executed at or after the closing of the exchange, with the goal of getting the closing price.
• When to Use:These are typically used to get out of a position at the day’s closing price or to enter a position based on the day’s activities.
• Risks:Similar to MOO orders, a MOC order doesn’t guarantee the final execution price, as the market may be volatile at the end of the day, and prices can be significantly affected by a surge of MOC orders.
• Makes your life easier: Gets your order comingled with many others on both sides of the trade. You get what everyone else gets. Avoids paying the bid or ask spread during the market day. Can be entered anytime during the market day.

How They Differ from Regular Market Orders

Price Certainty:While market orders guarantee execution, MOO and MOC orders guarantee execution at a specific time (open or close), rather than at the best available price throughout the day. 

Timing:A regular market order aims to execute immediately during normal trading hours at the best available price. 

Bid/Ask spread: Usually you get the bid or ask price. For a low volume stock that could be very wide. For highly liquid stocks, it would be a small difference.

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Model Portfolio Quant Alpha Weekly

The newly Added stock is below. Twelve stocks are now in the Portfolio. This Portfolio continues to beat its benchmark by a wide margin.

Add: BTG (B2Gold)

Outperformers: SSRM (SSR Mining) up over 40%,  COMM (CommScope) up over +100%

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Positives for B2Gold

• Goose Mine is now online, adding 300,000 ounces annually through 2031 and lowering jurisdictional risk.
• B2Gold sits at an inflection point: strong operational efficiency, a solid growth pipeline, and leverage to sustained gold market strength.
• Multiple mine ramp-ups, led by Goose and the Fekola expansion, are set to fuel revenue and earnings growth into 2025.

Concerns for B2Gold

• Shares are under pressure despite rising gold prices—dilution tied to Goose financing raises questions about downside risk if gold weakens.
• 2024 performance disappointed, with negative earnings tied to operational missteps and labor unrest.
• Heavy exposure to politically unstable Mali remains a risk, even as diversification into Canada improves the jurisdictional mix.

Model Portfolio Quant 30

This week’s update includes one new Addition and one Removal from the portfolio. LITE was removed. LITE was added on 8/21/25 and was up +40% at the time of Removal.

This Portfolio continues to beat its benchmark.

Add: CYD (China Yuchai International)

Remove: LITE (Lumentum Holdings)

Outperformers: PSIX (Power Solutions ), AU (AngloGold Ashanti plc) , LITE (Lumentum Holdings) , KGC (Kinross Gold) , GFI (Gold Fields) and SSRM (SSR Mining) up over 40%,  PGY (Pagaya Technologies) is up over 70%.

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Model Portfolio Quant Alpha’s – Legacy

The portfolio now has 21 stocks in it. It is up +200% since it began in 2023. A hard remove was issued by the Quant system for LMB. LMB was added 12/27/23 to the Portfolio and is up +123% since the addition.

Remove: LMB (Limbach Holdings)

Outperformers: EAT (Brinker International) and LMB (Limbach Holdings) are up over 100%, AGX (Argan) is up over 200%, WGS (GeneDx Holdings), PSIX (Power Solutions ) are up over 300%, STRL (Sterling Infrastructure) and POWL (Powell Industries) is up over +400% and CLS (Celestica) is up over 900%

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Performance to 09-11-2025

Portfolio start date 6/27/25
Quant Alpha Weekly	31.93%
EQAL (Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF)	6.70%
Portfolio start date 6/27/25
Quant 30	16.33%
EQAL (Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF)	6.70%
Portfolio start date 4/14/23
Quant Alpha’s – Legacy	217.53%
EQAL (Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF)	30.45%

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The Quant Alpha Weekly Portfolio continues it’s steady increase in new members and remains substantially ahead of its benchmark. Up over 30% since it began on June 27. 2025.

The Quant 30 Portfolio only had one change this update. It managed to close ahead of the benchmark once again.

The Quant Alpha’s – Legacy Portfolio maintained its over 200% return in a classic Position Trading Portfolio implementation.

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