We’re closing the week with a mild bounce attempt.
Core CPI came in on-script.
10Y is flirting with ~4.08% (near the low of the year).

Translation: the “rates are the villain” storyline just lost a few lines of dialogue.

CPI: the inflation monster showed up… in a smaller costume

• Headline CPI: 2.4% YoY (cooler than expected)

• Core CPI: 2.5% YoY (in line)

• The market hears: “Cuts later are still alive… maybe.”

The real driver: AI Fear Rotation (aka “Who’s getting replaced next?”)

Thursday’s carnage wasn’t “broad selling.”
It was surgical execution of anything that smells like headcount + office space + middlemen.

• Mag & AI names: hit hard as “correction” whispers got loud

• Transports / logistics: sold like fax machines

• Commercial real estate: the “empty office” trade got punched again

• SaaS + brokerages: second hit as the market repriced “fees + fragility”

And yes… the 100-year bond vibe added extra “duration dread” to the room.

Pinterest: 
the ad market just got a tariff gut-check

• PINS got nuked on miss + weaker guide

• Management blamed tariff pressure hitting retail advertisers
  Market hears: “ad budgets just turned into a diet plan.”

Instacart: “grocery delivery is boring” — and boring pays

• CART ripped on strong revenue + upbeat outlook
  Market hears: “recession-proof-ish behavior beats hype.”

| Alfred Rappaport

Strengths: CPI easing and the 10Y drifting lower gives the market a lifeline: lower discount rates support quality cash flows and reduce pressure on duration-heavy names. Under the surface, rotation is active — meaning money is still working, not fleeing. That’s a bullish “structure” tell, even when the index looks ugly.

Weaknesses: The tape is vulnerable to narrative shocks — and right now the narrative is “AI eats your business model.” That creates sudden air pockets in sectors tied to labor, brokers, middlemen platforms, and commercial space. When traders fear structural disruption, they don’t “price it in.” They delete the position first and ask questions later.

Opportunities: Dislocation creates paydays. When quality names get hit on “future fear” but fundamentals don’t break, that’s where the asymmetry lives. Also: equipment + picks-and-shovels plays can benefit when hyperscalers keep spending and supply chains tighten (hello memory constraints).

Threats: The threat is not “a crash.” It’s chop + headline whipsaws. AI disruption headlines, tariff noise, and rate expectations can flip intraday. That’s how good traders get baited into bad entries. Add options flows and you get fake breaks, trap doors, and emotional revenge trades.

Market Memory: Feb 13, 2020
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq climbed as risk appetite stayed hot in the pre-Covid peak era — with the VIX dropping sharply that day.

Surprising stat:
That session saw the VIX fall about 9.5% — a reminder that volatility can collapse fast when fear exits the building.

TFT takeaway:
When vol compresses, premiums shrink. That’s when selling overpriced fear (strategically) becomes a weapon — not a gamble.

Why the stock market is the ultimate leverage machine

Example (history-anchored move, leverage-explained): NVDA earnings gap — May 2023
Nvidia jumped about ~24–25% in a single session after a blockbuster earnings/AI demand shock.

Now the leverage math (simple, real-world style):

• Assume you deploy $10,000 into near-dated calls (multi-day swing) ahead of the catalyst.

• If the underlying moves +25%, an at-the-money call often moves multiples of the stock because you’re controlling 100 shares per contract and the option’s delta expands as it goes in-the-money.

• A conservative outcome in that kind of gap is +80% to +150% on the option (depending on strike, IV, and time).

So your $10,000 could become $18,000 to $25,000 in days — not because you “got lucky”… but because you used asymmetric exposure around a known catalyst.

That’s not “get rich.”
That’s get leveraged — responsibly — with a system.

Friday the 13th tempts you to trade like the market is cursed.
It’s not cursed. It’s testing your discipline.

Diligence means you don’t need constant action to feel in control.
You execute when alignment is clear.
You pass when it isn’t.

Because the fastest way to lose freedom is to confuse movement with progress.

Today, your edge is patience with a blueprint — not courage with a mouse click.

If 2026 is your year to stop flirting with randomness and start operating with precision…

• Join Time Freedom Trading and plug into the Operating System.

• Build the skillset that lets you trade actively and invest strategically—without living on a screen.

Imagine being 90 days into a system where you know what you’re waiting for, why you’re waiting, and exactly how you deploy when the turn shows up.

• LIKE • SUBSCRIBE • SHARE

• Check the YouTube channel

• DM me your questions (and you

If you want 2026 to be the year you stop reacting and start operating… join Time Freedom Trading.

You’ll learn to:

• Trade the retracement instead of chasing breakouts late

• Use the 50MA/200MA like a pro (structure, bias, risk)

• Build a Wealth Operating System that compounds skill into freedom

Because the clock’s not ticking — it’s compounding.
And the market doesn’t pay hope… it pays execution.

Fast-forward 12 months.

It’s December 2026.

The Fed is doing whatever the Fed does.

AI is on its 7th hype cycle.

But here’s the only question that matters:

Are you still hoping rate cuts save your portfolio…
or are you calmly executing a proven trading operating system that funds your lifestyle, your legacy, and your time freedom?

You just read a full breakdown of:

• How the macro winds are shifting.

• Where rotation and reversal trades are setting up.

• How to weaponize something as simple as an engulfing candle for asymmetric entries.

The next move isn’t more information.

It’s installation.

So ask yourself — honestly:

If you keep living  the way you lived in 2025,
will you be any closer to time freedom by next December?

If the answer stings, good. That’s your signal.

Lock in a plan with Time Freedom Trading — the E.D.G.E. system, the $1K Way, the Tactics Newsletter, build a Financial Flywheel — and give your future self a very different December.

Because you’re one trade, one turn, one moment of clarity away from changing your life.

And if this hit you… you already know what you’re supposed to do next.

If you’re paying for trading education but not structuring it properly…
you might be overpaying twice.

Once to learn.

Again at tax time.

Most traders guess.
The IRS doesn’t reward guessing — it rewards structure.

We broke down exactly when trading education may qualify as a tax deduction, how active traders set it up CPA-clean,
and what documentation actually matters.

👉 Read this before your CPA does:

Trading Education Tax Deduction – CPA-Ready Guide

If you’re already investing in your edge… 
why let bad structure erode it?

SEE the Market 
Like a Time Freedom Trader!

Most people stare at charts the way rookies stare at MRI scans —
lots of squiggles… zero understanding… and a whole lot of “uhhh, is this bad?”

Time Freedom Traders don’t look at the market.
We see it — in 3D, in real time, with clarity sharp enough to slice through Wall Street noise.

We see:

• Rotation before it rotates

• Catalysts before they explode

• Turns before they trend

• Opportunities while everyone else is still doom scrolling

This is the difference between traders and operators.
One guesses.
One reads the market like a playbook.

And it starts with using the right tools.

If you want to see what we see, the way we see it —
you need charts that don’t lie, lag, or limit your edge.

That means TradingView.

- Clean charts.
- Real-time data.
- Precision tools.
- Time Freedom Trading Custom Indicators - to "See" the MOVES correctly!
 
Everything you need to trade the turn, not chase the move.

👉 Sign up for TradingView today and start seeing the market like a Time Freedom Trader.

Your clarity starts the moment your charts go HD.

Because remember —

You’re just one trade away.

• Think like a Trader and Investor
• Build your own "consistency code"
• Grow into Profits with Providence. 

Get the "GET FREE" Bundle

1. Learn your real freedom number to earn time freedom trading in the stock market. (it's smaller than you think!)
   
   
2. Learn how to see market manipulation by large institutional investors and profit from their movements.
   
   
3. Learn how to make money in an up, down, or sideways market. More importantly, you will learn a quantitative approach to know when NOT to trade in the stock market to protect your capital.
   
   
4. Develop the proper paper trading skills and processes to prove your trading ability in the stock market before risking a single dollar!
   
   
5. Learn the proper trading chart configurations to see the markets in 3D and clearly see market moves before your trade!
   
   
6. Understand the difference between retail trading (prey) and professional trading (predator)strategies and how to profit from both mindsets in the stock market.
   
   
7. Learn simple trading strategies that only require 5th-grade math. No complex calculations or buzzwords to confuse you.
   
   
8. Create simple automated trading tactics with your broker that allow you to place a simple trade on autopilot and minimize your risk while maximizing your gain for a trade.
   
   
9. Join a live daily trader community chat that will discuss market moves in real-time to accelerate your learning and close your experience gap faster.
   
   
10. Experience the seasonality of the stock market with a veteran trader to learn how to profit in all months and seasons of the year to earn time freedom!