Framework Journal · one stock, one dated entry

Recorded 2025-12-31 · Permanent

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc CDIO

Outside both standards

An entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.

In plain words · Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc.

The label
Markup

read at $1.72

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc holds its Markup at $1.72.

PHINPOOPSC
  • PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Markup label
  • INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
  • POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
  • OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
  • SCScreen · does not pass the values gate
  • edge confirmed
  • edge broken
  • edge forming

Each arm is one independent read. Conviction is not a single call, it is how many edges converge.

The investor read · the season, not the day

As held on the ledger · 2025-12-31
PhaseMarkup
Quantitative stateThe statistical read favours the sellers, held for 55 days
Price$1.72
ValuationN/A trailing · -6.88 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 70.0
Beta2.18

The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E-6.9x
Revenue growth185.1%
growing very fast
Profit margin0.0%
currently unprofitable
Return on equity-65.6%
not currently earning a positive return on equity
Debt to equity0.06
minimal debt — a conservative balance sheet
Current ratio15.76
comfortably covers its short-term bills
Beta2.18
much more volatile than the market
Market cap$5M
Employees15

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it already moves more than the market on an average day; as a biotechnology name, trial and regulatory outcomes can move it sharply either way.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

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The trader read · the latest dated commentary

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 12.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 56%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%. Entered 2026-07-24 · Accumulation

The dated journal · newest first, never edited

2026-07-24 Accumulation $1.72 -12.2% Entry 4

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 12.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 56%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%.

2026-07-18 Accumulation $1.96 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 56%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 24%.

2026-07-03 Accumulation $1.96 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Accumulation $1.96 Entry 1

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

What holding actually paid · price plus dividends

If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $1.85 +7.0% · $1,070 +7.0%
2 months $1.83 +8.1% · $1,081 +8.1%
3 months $4.56 -56.6% · $434 -56.6%
6 months $3.70 -46.5% · $535 -46.5%
1 year $4.53 -56.3% · $437 -56.3%
2 years $18.60 -89.4% · $106 -89.4%
3 years $41.70 -95.3% · $48 -95.3%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever CDIO does next, these words stay.

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc · CDIO · Markup · $1.72
Recorded 2025-12-31 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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