aka: “The Market That Collected Patience Like Rent”
Cycle Day 2 showed up right on schedule and chose violence against boredom, not price.
📌 Translation:
If you were chasing…
You donated.
If you were patient…
You survived with dignity.
🎯 Pre-Fed: The Warm-Up Act
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Levels respected.
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A10 did A10 things (unless your settings were doing interpretive dance).
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Prior High = battle line.
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Sellers poked below it like, “Is this thing on?”
→ It was not.
🏦 Fed: The Non-Event of the Year
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Rates unchanged.
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Statement tweaks = “hawkish” if you squint.
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JPOW spoke.
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Market yawned.
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Traders refreshed charts hoping for drama.
None arrived.
🧠 Post-Fed Reality Check
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7010 ±5 = boss fight
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Lose it → rotation
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Reclaim it → business as usual
Bear case engaged ✔️
🎯 6995 tag complete
Follow-through?
❌ Nah. Just vibes and rotation.
🪓 Cycle Day 2 in Its Natural Habitat
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Balance.
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Chop.
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Fake starts.
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Both upper + lower DTS objectives fulfilled because of course they were.
This is not where heroes are born.
This is where discipline is tested and over-traders are exposed.
💰 Close & Clowns
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MOC Sell Imbalance: $2.3B
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Market reaction: already priced, keep moving
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Gold +$300: shiny, dramatic, not my problem
🪑 Lesson of the Day
No edge = NO TRADE
Sitting on hands = alpha
Chop doesn’t owe you opportunity — it charges tuition.
👀 Looking Ahead
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Cycle Day 3 = decision time
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Tech earnings after the bell = volatility grenade
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Either we expand…
Or we keep chewing this range like flavorless gum.