🎯 Morning Session: The Calm Before the Rate-Storm
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Early action respected the DTS Briefing to the tick: the 6845 VWAP Line-in-the-Sand acted like the bouncer at a Vegas nightclub — nobody got through without permission.
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Repeated buy responses off 6835–6830, exactly as projected.
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Team CL? Open Range shorts straight to target city. Stonks envy that kind of efficiency.
💥 2:00 PM — Fed Drops the Hammer
Fed cuts 25bps, votes divided like a Thanksgiving dinner table:
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9–3 vote (with Goolsbee and Schmid playing “no change,” Miran wanting a half-point chop).
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Treasury bill purchases resume on Dec. 12 — QE-lite, aka “Grandpa’s back in the candy aisle.”
Immediate market response?
Exactly what your QR Cheatsheet forecast. (Yes, we noticed. Chef’s kiss.)
🚀 Post-Announcement Order Flow: The Algorithms Salute
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Bull scenario triggered: 6860–6865 hit instantly, like an algo with somewhere to be.
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Fulfills the Initial 3-Day Cycle Target 6884, then punches right through to the Projected CD2 High 6899.90 with surgical precision.
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Bears effectively declared “Out of Office.”
Price action ping-ponged between Money Box ranges, proving the system works even when the Fed tries to break the matrix.
📡 Powell Presser — “Volatility, Engage.”
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Upside inflation risks acknowledged (shocker).
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Rates now “within neutral range.”
Translation: We’re not promising anything, good luck out there.
The presser QR sheet delivered again — every trader in the room immediately looked smarter.
📈 Afternoon Trend Lock (Play #3)
2:45–3:00 PM window did its thing:
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Trend locked.
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Buyers took the wheel.
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NQ fulfilled its CD2 upside penetration level at 25855 like it read your script.
🏁 Closing Bell:
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MOC imbalance: a measly ~$500M sell — barely enough to buy Powell’s fountain pens.
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Market sitting at prior weekly highs, debating whether to jam’em or slam’em.
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Tomorrow? Post-FOMC rhythm day. Bring caffeine and discipline.