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⚔️ Opening Action: Bruce Lee Mode Activated
With Bruce Lee’s wisdom setting the tone, Cycle Day 3 came in positively charged. Bulls and bears squared off around the key 6270 inflection, and PTG traders sharpened their edge with:
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Bull Setup: Above 6270 → ✅ Initial target 6290–6295 hit by 9:30 AM
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Bear Setup: Below 6270 → Still valid, especially after lunch fade
🎯 Open Range Trifecta
By 9:52 AM, David called the Open Range TRIFECTA:
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✅ @CL: Target 2 hit
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✅ @ES / @NQ: Target 1 fulfilled
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🚀 Early lean long delivered alpha before lunch chop took the wheel
🕛 Midday Mayhem: From Sizzle to Fizzle
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Morning bull push turned out to be a short-jam…then slam
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Two-way traffic in prior high zone
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Dynamic Sandbox shifted: 6305–6315 ➝ 6275–6295
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Volume thinned out (863K by 2:30 PM), setting up the reversal crawl
Then came the Fed…
📰 Fed Minutes:
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No rate cuts likely for 2025
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Fed Funds rate potentially not far above neutral
And just like that, the market sighed and chopped sideways.
📊 Breadth Check & Closing Drama
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📉 Poor market breadth: 300 decliners vs. 200 advancers (S&P)
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🛒 MOC Buy Imbalance: $1.4 Billion
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💪 Late-day lift held steady into the close — buy side stuck to the game plan
💬 Community Highlights
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Bruce F dropped a gem: “Trading is the ultimate test in humility…”
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Conversation on NR7 / Inside Days stirred up trade management strategies
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“Peek-a-boo” patterns and bull flags made cameos throughout the day
🧠 Educational Takeaway
Price inflection ≠ prediction. Whether it’s an early long or a short-jam reversal, every setup needs price confirmation, trade structure, and flexibility.