Tech earnings are coming in mixed, but the market is rewarding the “AI spend = future dominance” storyline. META pops on beats + guidance while Reality Labs keeps lighting money on fire like it’s a fireplace. Microsoft beats too… and still gets punished because cloud growth cooled and margins weren’t spicy enough for the street’s taste buds. 

Tesla beats, but the bigger headline is strategic: goodbye Model S/X, hello Optimus production focus, plus the xAI investment—AI is now part of the equity narrative whether you like it or not. 

Meanwhile, the dollar’s weakness is pouring gasoline on hard assets, and oil is catching a geopolitical bid with Iran risk back in the frame. This is the kind of week where pricing is about stories—and stories move faster than spreadsheets.

| Alfred Rappaport

Strengths: Tech leadership is intact, and price action is confirming that the market still pays a premium for scale + AI narrative control. With VIX in the mid-teens, risk appetite remains functional, and end-of-month flows can keep the bid under leaders. Dollar weakness adds a tailwind to commodities and multinational earnings translation.

Weaknesses: Earnings are mixed, not magical. The market is selectively forgiving, meaning misses (or “good but not great”) can get punished hard—especially in crowded software and cloud names. Big gaps are creating wider “error bars” around entries, and chop risk rises when everyone tries to front-run the next headline.

Opportunities: Cleanest plays are in relative strength leadership (AI winners) and macro beneficiaries (commodities, select industrial energy exposure) while using tactical patience for entry. Watch for post-earnings continuation setups and controlled pullbacks into defined zones—let volatility do the recruiting, not the firing.

Threats: Iran escalation can spike energy, widen risk premiums, and flip sentiment fast. A shutdown scare can introduce headline whipsaws. A falling dollar can look bullish… until it looks like confidence leakage. Translation: don’t confuse “up” with “safe.”

Not a prediction. Just the visible operating pattern hitting markets right now.)

When the Fed does “nothing,” the market usually does the most.
Because the edge isn’t the decision.

It’s the re-pricing that happens after everyone realizes the party isn’t getting shut down.

The Setup: “Stable = Risk-On… Until It Isn’t”

A no-move + calm tone often creates a relief bid that lasts 24–72 hours.

But it’s sneaky: price can drift up while internals quietly weaken.
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1) No-Trade Zone™ (first 30–60 minutes after the next open)
Overnight narratives collide with real liquidity.
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2) Mark the “Fed Pivot Levels”
Use yesterday’s high/low + VWAP + the first 15-min range.
Your trades should only trigger when price reclaims and holds (long) or breaks and fails (short).

3) The “Second-Day Confirmation” Trade
Post-Fed Day 2 is where the real money shows its hand.
If Day 1 was up:

• Look for tight consolidation (bull flag) and buy the break + retest.
  If Day 1 was choppy:

• Look for the failed breakout and short the rejection back below VWAP.
  
  

Options Angle (simple, deadly)

After Fed uncertainty clears, IV often softens.
So prioritize:

• Defined-risk calls on leaders (less IV dependency)

• Or wait for pullbacks instead of buying “green candles with emotions.”
  
  

The Operator Rule

Don’t trade the announcement. Trade the acceptance.
If stability is real, price should hold higher levels and dips should get bought fast.

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