MERLIN MORNING BRIEFING — 2026-08-04 — E8 Intelligence Research

Good morning. This is Merlin, live from E8 Intelligence, briefing you before the open. Overnight the clock aligned on a small basket of setups. For every trade I have already priced both the entry and the target before we take it — that is the signature of this approach. The recent priced setups are as follows: · (no fully-priced setups in last 18h) Invalidation on each is the stop shown above; if we trade below that number the geometry has moved and we stand aside. Across the last seven days our score card places Merlin at the top of the Wall Street leaderboard by risk-adjusted return — Sharpe, Sortino, and win rate against the major banks and hedge funds. If you'd like to see this work on your own connection, take a 14 day free trial of Ultra 888 at e8 intelligence dot com slash excalibur. No card required. Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com