Cycle Day 2 | CPI Catalyst | Wild Ryde Clyde 2.0
Cycle Day 2 showed up exactly on brand today — snaps, traps, fulfilled objectives… then immediately started messing with people’s emotions. Textbook.
🌅 CPI: The Market Got an Early Christmas Gift
Before the opening bell even finished its coffee, CPI hit the tape:
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Headline CPI YoY: 2.7% (beat vs 3.1% forecast)
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Core CPI YoY: 2.6% (lowest read since March 2021)
Translation for traders, not economists:
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Inflation pressure eased ✔️
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Rate cut odds ticked higher ✔️
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Bulls received permission to press ✔️
Even the mainstream narrative had to tap out and admit progress. When CNN waves the white flag, you know the number mattered.
🐂 Bull Scenario: Plan → Execution → Fulfillment
Straight from the DTS briefing:
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Trigger: Sustain above 6795 ±
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Initial targets: 6815–6820
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Cycle Day 2 projected range: 6840.98
What happened?
✔️ Bid held
✔️ Upside traction developed
✔️ 6840s tagged
✔️ Momentum carried price toward 6860
No drama. No hero trades. Just structure doing structure things.
Then, because markets enjoy irony…
🎯 CD3 Three-Day Rally Target: 6871.18 — TAGGED. EXACT.
Cue the collective “how does this keep happening?”
Answer: levels matter.
🎢 Midday Reality Check: Welcome to the Sandbox
Once targets were fulfilled, the market did what professionals expect and tourists complain about:
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Sandbox established: 6860 – 6870
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Volatility cooled
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Time replaced price
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Chop replaced dopamine
This wasn’t weakness — it was inventory management.
As noted live:
After objectives are met, the market distributes… it doesn’t volunteer more points.
Wyckoff would approve. Impatient traders would not.
⚙️ Closing Bell: Gamma Doing Gamma Things
Late session action confirmed the real story:
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MOC Buy Imbalance: ~$1.3B
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Followed by — right on schedule — sell the close
Nothing mystical here. This was gamma positioning ahead of a massive OpEx, not a sudden shift in conviction.
With quad witching and a ~$6 trillion options expiration looming, the diagnosis was clear:
🧃 Gamma sandwich
🎢 Wild Ryde Clyde 2.0
🧠 Takeaways (Read These Twice)
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Cycle Day 2 behaved exactly as advertised
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CPI supplied fuel, but structure drove execution
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Targets were fulfilled early — consolidation was logical
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Afternoon chop = positioning, not confusion
📌 Discipline > excitement
📌 Targets matter
📌 After fulfillment, expect time, not fireworks
Tomorrow brings OpEx gravity and Capital Preservation rules.
Same playbook. Same discipline.
Let the market lead — we’ll follow with precision. 🎯