AI trading agents kept 97.5% of losses, measured by value, within preset limits in a six-month Hygentra study published on October 28, 2026. The research tests a question that headline returns cannot answer: did an automated trader follow its rules when markets moved against it? Hygentra’s study followed four agents from February to August 2026, through changing market conditions that included a 29% Bitcoin slide and the subsequent rebound. Researchers assigned each agent a distinct trading strategy and preset risk rules, testing them under identical conditions across the same asset universe.