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🕗 Opening Tone: Emotional Open + Traders Want to “Do Stuff”
FRYday kicked off with a big gap, an emotional open, and the kind of tape where everyone feels that irresistible urge to click buttons. Initial rotations probed support, but the early LB&F attempts at 6691 never showed genuine acceptance — sellers pressed, buyers shrugged.
Meanwhile, Manny summed the mood perfectly:
“85s bid to cover — no love. Stings.”
Support buys at 6670–6674 (posted premarket) set the tone, but the open forced patience. As Manny said:
“If I exit something, it’ll be 15–45 minutes before there’s anything to do.”
And he wasn’t wrong.
📉 Early Sequence: Risk-Off Fryday… Until It Wasn’t
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Tight rotations failed to trigger deeper LB&F structure.
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Trendline support cracked temporarily.
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Traders raised eyebrows at a “Hindenburg Omen” and a chart meme that absolutely looked like the markets were trolling everyone.
PTGDavid dropped the line of the morning:
“These are NOT your father’s markets.”
Crypto even made a cameo:
“Bitcoin sub-$100K… going to $75K.”
Classic.
📈 Mid-Session: DLMB Reclaim → OPR High Break → Fryday Squeeze Ignited
Everything changed at 10:28–10:44 AM.
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NQ reclaimed PL 25000
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ES began its march toward 6746
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DLMB reclaimed with trigger through the OPR high
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Full-session VWAP at 6720.75 held beautifully as a continuation long
Then the spark:
“Now the BIG FRYday SQUEEZE underway.” — PTGDavid
And boom — ES ripped straight into:
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Gap Fill
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PC 6762.50 reclaimed
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Immediate extension toward the Daily Pivot 6786.25
The pivot goal was fulfilled at 11:27:46 AM.
“Fantastic Fryday.” — PTGDavid
🎯 Trend Structure of the Day
Initial: Emotional open → fade → LB&F attempts rejected
Mid: Recovery → TL support reclaimed → DLMB reclaim
Breakout: OPR high → VWAP → FRYday squeeze ignition
Targeting: 6746 → 6762.50 → 6786.25 fulfilled
Late: Grind-phase chop → MOC sell imbalance
The “EZ trade” portion of the day was done by late morning.
The rest? As David said:
“Now comes the grind.”
📉 Late Session: Fade + VWAP Neutralization
Into the closing hour:
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A $630M MOC sell imbalance hit the tape (“Mice Nutz”).
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ES rotated right back down to session VWAP, neutralizing the day in textbook fashion.
PTG signs off:
“Martini Time.”
Absolutely earned.
📌 Recap Summary
⚔️ Early: Sellers controlled, LB&F setups didn’t confirm.
📈 Mid-day: Trendline reclaimed, DLMB reclaimed, FRYday squeeze launched.
🎯 Targets:
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6746 reclaimed
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6762.50 reclaimed
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6786.25 fulfilled
📉 Late: Sell imbalance → VWAP return → Neutral finish.
A complete microcosm of a Fryday session: emotional open → rotational indecision → textbook squeeze → afternoon equilibrium.