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The Record

Every trade named in a published issue, at its published entry price, winners and losers alike.

Anyone can publish a view; the receipts decide which were worth reading. Each position below entered the record in print, at the price published at the time, and stays on it until closed in print. The positions are ours, tracked so readers can audit the judgement behind them; nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Read the research →

Open positions · marks as of 2026-08-30

Equities · marked in per cent

SK Hynix

+9.9%
Named in print: Issue 27 · 2026-08-12 · published entry 1,504,000 KRW · last close 1,653,000 KRW

Memory is not weakening: the ~50% fall from the June peak was a forced seller in a crowded trade, not a change in the business. What changed is the selling: on 28 July the company concluded long-term agreements with around ten customers, normally five years, carrying volume commitments and customer deposits with pricing left flexible. Contracted volume at open prices is a toll, not a commodity. Bear 820,000 / base 1,520,000 / bull 3,110,000 on multiples of pre-tax operating profit. Decisive test: do remaining performance obligations, contract liabilities and customer deposits appear in the accounts within two reporting periods.

The exit we published: The half-year report is the first document that can carry a remaining-performance-obligation note. Watched daily by sn-hynix-lta-watch.

SBM Offshore

+6.2%
Named in print: Issue 22 · 2026-07-21 · published entry 32.12 EUR · last close 34.10 EUR

FPSO lease-and-operate toll, not an oil bet: $31.1bn backlog to 2050, ~80% lease-and-operate at ~54% margin; the $8bn IFRS net debt is non-recourse project finance (Directional $3.2bn, -43% y/y); ~5x fwd EV/EBITDA vs plumbers 6-15x; ~7% cash yield with a $2.1bn six-year floor. Underwritten over three years.

Medtech EW basket (9 names, from 10)

+14.0%
Named in print: Issue 18 · 2026-06-26 · equal weight, 9 names, entered at the published closes · marked name by name, daily

First discount to the S&P since 2008; GLP-1 fear backwards; data-moat option — restated 2026-07-27 as an option on two names (RMD, ABT), not a feature of the basket. Globus Medical (GMED) sold at the 2026-07-28 close on an FDA warning letter still open two years after issue; Medtronic RETAINED.

RMD +20.0%MDT +12.7%ABT +19.5%GEHC +9.1%BSX +5.9%SYK -0.6%ZBH +8.4%BDX +21.5%DXCM +29.5%

Select Harvests

+17.0%
Named in print: Issue 16 · 2026-06-19 · published entry 3.93 AUD · last close 4.60 AUD

Almond supply cycle broken; replacement-cost floor A$3.30-3.50; buyback at the trough

KraneShares CSI China Internet

-1.0%
Named in print: Issue 13 · 2026-05-29 · published entry 26.58 USD · last close 26.32 USD

41% multiple gap to the S&P closes. NOTE: this is a VALUATION-GAP trade. The savings-rotation flow thesis developed after entry points at ONSHORE A-shares/brokers; KWEB is an offshore wrapper and does not capture it mechanically.

iShares MSCI China

+0.4%
Named in print: Issue 13 · 2026-05-29 · published entry 55.03 USD · last close 55.23 USD

Same as KWEB; broader wrapper. Same caveat: offshore, so the onshore savings-rotation mechanism is not directly held.

Xunlei

-20.9%
Named in print: Issue 11 · 2026-05-14 · position update · published entry 6.33 USD · last close 5.01 USD

Deep-discount holding: net cash + trough ops cover the market cap 2.3x; original four-week thesis dead, scored MISS (F2)

The exit we published: Re-underwritten, no clock (Issue 19, 2026-07-05): acquisition-shaped capital move = exit; Insta360 below 130 yuan = public re-underwrite

Magnum Ice Cream (spin)

+32.9%
Named in print: Issue 09 · 2026-05-04 · published entry 13.08 EUR · last close 17.38 EUR

Post-spin forced selling done; index inclusion + margin bridge to Froneri

Interest rates · marked in basis points, not per cent

UK 2y gilt — long (ICE Short Gilt future)

-0.9bp
Named in print: Issue 03 · 2026-07-23 · entered 4.3993% (UK 2y yield) · now 4.4085% · +17bp to stop · P&L in basis points, not per cent

UK market priced for a HIKE (Bank Rate 3.75%, held 7-2 on 17 Jun with 2 members voting to hike, none to cut; OIS terminal ~4.2% early-27) while the data points to cuts: private wage growth 2.9% (lowest since 2020), services CPI eased to 3.6% (Jun). Long the front end profits if the 2y yield falls. Wrong if services re-accelerates and the BoE hikes.

The exit we published: BoE reaction function turns dovish; needs no US recession

Commodities · marked in per cent

Sprott Physical Uranium Trust

+1.4%
Named in print: Issue 08 · 2026-04-24 · published entry 27.83 CAD · last close 28.22 CAD

Uranium deficit; own the commodity at NAV, not the equities

Closed in print

Equities · marked in per cent · 1 closed, 1 winner

Tanker basket (Wrong Map)

+30.0% total return
Named in print: Issue 03 · 2026-03-21 · position update · closed in print 2026-06-22

Hormuz war premium via ton-miles; sold when the premium deflated on the US-Iran MOU

Interest rates · marked in basis points, not per cent · 2 closed, 0 winners

SOFR Mar-27 96.50/97.00 call spread

-11 bp
Named in print: Issue 03 · 2026-03-21 · closed in print 2026-07-22

Market mispricing the 1973 stagflation map; both tails resolve into cuts

TLT Feb-27 85/100 call spread

-240 bp
Named in print: Issue 03 · 2026-03-21 · closed in print 2026-07-22

Wrong Map rates leg; mechanism updated in the Right Trade re-underwrite (v5)

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