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⚔️ MORNING MOOD: “Gamma Guys, Geopolitics & Gut Checks”

PTGDavid opened the session with a red-screen reality check:

• Futures off ~60bps, SPX retesting the psychological 6000 level.

• Blame it on Middle East tensions and a jumpy VIX.

📸 Gamma Exposure Chart
📸 SPX 6000 Support Snapshot

🧨 Dealers short gamma under VIX 18, setting up landmines for volatility.

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🔗 KEY LINKS

• PolarisTradingGroup.com

• PTG Daily Trade Strategy

• Range Calculator

• PTG on X (Twitter)

• CFTC Rule 4.41 Notice

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📈 MARKET STRUCTURE HIGHLIGHTS

• Overnight Auction → Nailed the 6055-6050 zone = Put Wall + Zero Gamma
  📸 Gamma Wall Visual

• LIS (Line in Sand): 6075

• Early Sandbox: 6055 – 6075

• Eyes on Yesterday’s Opening Range zones:

  • ES: 6066.25 – 6078.75

  • NQ: 22014 – 22100

🧵 Yumi Wisdom Thread: Boss vs Employee Mode

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📊 TRADE ACTION

• NQ Opening Range Trade:

  • 📥 Entry: 22054.75

  • 📤 Exit: 22110.50
    📸 Official MNQ Trades Screenshot

• Crude Oil (CLQ):

  • ✅ Open Range Long hit Target 2
    📸 CL Target Snapshot

  • Later: ALL targets fulfilled

• 🎯 “Breakout players not getting paid…Fade traders are getting paid…Scalpers getting paid.”

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🌀 MIDDAY CHOP: The Real MVP

“The Chop is Real”
📸 Trading Range Visual
📸 Chop Chart

With rollover volumes muting the move, PTGDavid called it:

“Trading is a Magical Mystery Tour.”

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🔥 POWER HOUR: From Snooze to Fuse

• Price broke lower to 6035, tagged 6032–6025 support zone.

• Bulls tried to reclaim 6045–6050… then came the MOC Imbalance:

  • 🧨 $1B buy imbalance = more like an “M-80” than “Bunker Buster”
    📸 POWER HOUR Image

🎯 Tagged 6050…then IED-style reversal—sold into hard.

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💬 COMMUNITY CHATTER

• Bids and banter included talk of time axis mysteries, “bounty picker uppers,” and the return of “floggings” for morale.

• Special shoutout: Yumi’s trading wisdom + Trader Dante’s trading psychology links floated in.

• Blibby71 summed it up:

“Lack of upward momentum thru LIS…”

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🧠 EDUCATIONAL TAKEAWAYS

• Gamma Exposure Zones matter—especially heading into events like FOMC.

• Opening Range trades offer defined-risk entries, but need clear criteria.

• When the rhythm is off, sit it out. Pushing a string won’t move the needle.

• Don’t mistake MOC flows for conviction—context is key.

• Rollover week ≠ breakout week. Play the tape, not your bias.

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🌙 PTGDavid Sign-Off:

“Have a Good Evening Traders and Faders! FOMC on deck for Wednesday.”