BEAT THE COUCH · THE DAILY ARCHIVE · DEALT OCT 23, 2026

Day 104 · The Roaring Reagan Bull

THE SECRET WINDOW: MAY 13, 1986 TO MAY 9, 1988 · 504 TRADING DAYS

On October 23, 2026 everyone who opened the game got the same secret two years: May 13, 1986 to May 9, 1988, the roaring Reagan bull. The couch bought on day one, never sold, and turned $10,000 into $11,585 (+15.9%). 62% of the players who tried beat it.

THE COUCH'S $10,000, DAY BY DAY, REAL DAILY DATA

What the couch did

ENDED WITH$11,585 (+15.9%)

WORST DRAWDOWN-33% by Oct 19, 1987

WORST SINGLE DAY-20.5% Oct 19, 1987

BEST SINGLE DAY+9.1% Oct 21, 1987

CASH INSTEAD (T-BILLS)+12.7%

The era

The roaring Reagan bull. From August 1982 the market more than tripled in five years. Falling rates, falling inflation, takeovers and leveraged buyouts. The couch did very well here and everybody felt like the couch.

Inside this window: Black Monday 1987, the worst day ever (−20.5%).

THE EXHIBIT: BLACK MONDAY 1987, THE WORST DAY EVER (−20.5%). EVERYONE WHO PLAYED WAS THERE.

What the players did

BEAT THE COUCH62.5%

WITH CERTIFIED SKILL25.0%

BY LUCK37.5%

COUCH WINS31.2%

DEAD HEAT6.2%

ENLIGHTENED (TOUCHED NOTHING)0.0%

MEDIAN RESULT vs THE COUCH+5.3%

MEDIAN TRADES8

MEDIAN TIME IN MARKET63%

The read

A rare one: the market went up and the humans still won 62% of the time. The scares inside the window were deep enough that stepping aside paid. Only 25.0% did it well enough to pass the monkey audit.

Player figures count every official and replayed attempt at this exact hand filed on the day it was dealt, from the run export of October 31, 2026. A win counts as SKILL only if it beats 90% of 1,000 monkeys replaying the same window with the same trade count and the same time in the market. Across the whole ledger the couch wins 62% of 120,800 games.

The archive has the long version of this stretch: Could You Have Beaten Black Monday?

Play the past handthe same two years everyone got on Oct 23, 2026. Free, no signup. No streak, no standings: filed as a REPLAY.

Or play today's hand. It stays secret until tomorrow.

Frequently asked

What was the Beat the Couch daily hand on October 23, 2026?

Day 104 dealt the two years from May 13, 1986 to May 9, 1988, the roaring Reagan bull. A couch that bought on day one and never sold turned $10,000 into $11,585 (+15.9%).

How often did players beat the couch on day 104?

62.5% of the players who filed the hand beat the couch. 25.0% passed the 1,000-monkey skill audit; the rest of the winners were stamped LUCKY.

Can I still play the day 104 hand?

Yes. The past hand button deals the exact same window. It is filed as a replay: it does not touch your streak, the daily standings or the public ledger.

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