Cycle Day 1 – “The Calm Earlier than the Fed”
🔗 Key Hyperlinks:
🎯 Market Overview
Futures opened flat — a collective deep breath forward of tomorrow’s FOMC resolution and the double-feature of Trump–Xi talks + MegaCap earnings (6 of seven Mag7). Translation: “As we speak’s mission — don’t blow your self up earlier than the primary occasion.”
The Gamma Guys Morning Notice nailed it early: a 0DTE-dominated drift with a pair of “Search & Destroy” targets across the Captain Condor (6,895 x 6,840). In a single day energy into 6,880 was, as they put it, a “99th percentile peg job” — short-dated mischief from the choice crowd.
⚔️ Session Play-by-Play
Cycle Day 1 → statistically favors magnitude decline after prior rally.
LIS set at 6908 — “YUGE” $5B MOC purchase space from yesterday — bulls’ Maginot Line.
Early A4 Low cost Lengthy triggered → partial raise, then rotation into A10 brief setup.
Bears briefly flexed…then hit the “meh” button.
Manny’s intraday clock framed the move completely: noon low → lunch bounce → afternoon chop.
PTG’s noon learn:
“Unenthusiastic buying and selling rhythms right now…”
“MAKE VOLATILITY GREAT AGAIN (MVGA)”
Preach.
🧩 Key Ranges & Movement
6901 / 6876 – LB&F zones (Look Beneath & Fail)
6916 → 6922.75 – magnet targets
6930–6937 – Gamma resistance cluster
6934 – SpotGamma Name Wall (monitored, not guessed)
6942–6945 – Subsequent PTG Goal Zone
Afternoon noticed value flirt above the Name Wall, then PTG reminded the crew:
“So far as PTG is worried…NOTHING CHANGES in how we method and handle trades.”
Self-discipline over drama.
🔮 Endgame Notes
MOC: $1.8B Promote imbalance — modest reversal vitality into the bell.
Breadth: Slim, tech-led. Dow whispered “48k?” whereas Nasdaq grinned.
Soundtrack of the Day: Pink Floyd – “Welcome to the Machine” (1975) 🎧
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🧠 PTG Takeaway
“Cycle Day 1 set the stage, not the climax.”
With the Fed and Mag7 earnings queued up midweek, right now’s drift was the market’s model of a soundcheck — quantity low, pressure excessive. Tomorrow, the orchestra performs.
