Epoch 17— risky assets rebound observed

Epoch card

Partial timeline: meta.truncated=true on the merged export. Figures may under-count events.

Executive summary

• Vault headline assets rose about $922.05 (+4.18% vs opening NAV). Share price moved +4.18% on the published epoch accounting.
• Oracle sleeve move (perps: Δ unrealised P&L; spot: notional; cash excluded): USAR +$134 vs NBIS −$12.
• Net flows this week: −$1,615.01 (deposits vs withdrawals).
• Liquidity / wallets: routine multisig → Hyperliquid buffer cadence; merged ledger shows no extra wallet hop worth calling out beyond the standard rails (see appendix).

Operator desk note

During the week of August 3 to August 9, 2026, the American markets and most risky assets experienced a rebound, marking their best performance since the end of May. The S&P 500 reached a new all-time high, while the NASDAQ approached within a few percentage points of its record high set in early June. This upward movement confirmed that the liquidation event of the Situational Awareness fund by Leopold Aschenbrenner at the end of July likely marked a market bottom, at least for the coming weeks.

Volta's strategy also observed that many so-called "risky" sectors began to show an upward trend on a daily time frame for the first time in weeks or even months. Notably, sectors like quantum, uranium, and robotics are on the rise. However, the AI memory sector struggles to convincingly rebound, mainly due to rumors of Chinese players potentially capturing market share from American and Western companies.

Precious metals such as gold and silver are also trending upwards, benefiting from recent U.S. employment figures. In contrast, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have remained relatively uncorrelated with other risky assets in recent months, showing minimal volatility either upwards or downwards.

In this context, Volta's strategy has reactivated purchases over the past several days, now exposing nearly 50% of its available cash to the market. A larger portion of cash will be allocated if the strategy identifies interesting intraday pullbacks to strengthen certain long positions.

Performance

Over 2026-08-03 → 2026-08-10, net share price printed low 0.957062 and high 1.012250. The largest drawdown from a running intra-week high landed at 2.49%. That is the clearest stress point on the path. Volatility showed up in the band: low to high spanned ~5.72% versus week-open net PPS. Net PPS closed well above week open (≈ +4.18%), headline bullish drift on this measure. Open Performance in the app for the same net PPS basis with full zoom.

What drove the week

From week-open to week-end oracle snaps (cash sleeves excluded; perps: Δ unrealised P&L; spot: notional), sleeve-level marks moved most in favour of USAR +$134 and most against NBIS −$12. Other listed names on the same basis moved: RKLB +$109, LITE +$98, SMH +$66, Nasdaq 100 +$43, HOOD +$33, URNM +$31, SNDK +$5, and DRAM −$2.

Allocation by asset class & gross exposure

The clearest sleeve moves vs week open are Cash −2.9 pp, Equities +2.1 pp, and Indices & ETFs +0.7 pp. Gross exposure (deployed notional / NAV) moved from 42.9% to 45.8% of NAV. (+10.7 pp on gross exposure vs prior week-end). Same asset-class bands as Allocations (History tab); figures are % of vault NAV.

Listed clips: Hyperliquid

Time (UTC)	Instrument	Side	Size	Price	Fee	Realised close P&L
2026-08-04 14:22:18	SMH	Open Long	0.0700	566.9700	USDC 0.0036	-
2026-08-04 14:23:11	SMH	Close Long	0.1620	566.5938	USDC 0.0083	0.3073
2026-08-04 14:23:32	Nasdaq 100	Close Long	0.0025	29355.0000	USDC 0.0066	1.9588
2026-08-04 14:23:58	SNDK	Close Long	0.0470	1379.9000	USDC 0.0058	1.0866
2026-08-04 14:24:57	LITE	Close Long	0.0730	818.4500	USDC 0.0054	5.2175
2026-08-04 14:25:53	NBIS	Close Long	0.3800	219.7300	USDC 0.0075	11.3908
2026-08-06 16:09:40	DRAM	Open Long	2.1000	52.0401	USDC 0.0098	-
2026-08-06 16:10:27	URNM	Open Long	2.8200	53.1280	USDC 0.0135	-
2026-08-06 16:10:54	URNM	Close Long	2.8200	53.0190	USDC 0.0135	-0.3074
2026-08-06 16:11:09	URNM	Open Long	2.8200	53.1238	USDC 0.0135	-
2026-08-06 16:11:44	HOOD	Open Long	1.1470	91.4700	USDC 0.0094	-
2026-08-06 16:12:35	RKLB	Open Long	1.1600	77.1400	USDC 0.0081	-

Realised P&L on closes (what Hyperliquid books when a position is closed):

• NBIS +$11, about +13.64% vs the dollar size of that trade (size × price)
• LITE +$5, about +8.73% vs the dollar size of that trade (size × price)
• Nasdaq 100 +$2, about +2.67% vs the dollar size of that trade (size × price)
• SNDK +$1, about +1.68% vs the dollar size of that trade (size × price)
• URNM −$0, about -0.21% vs the dollar size of that trade (size × price)
• SMH +$0, about +0.33% vs the dollar size of that trade (size × price)

Total from these closes: about +$20, or about +0.09% of the vault’s opening NAV for the week. Trading fees on those fills are not subtracted here.

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