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I made a "should I be trading?" dashboard. Scores the market across 5 pillars: - volatility (put/call ratio, vix, positioning) - trend (spx vs 20d, 50d, 200d ma's) - breadth (advancing/declining, nas highs/lows) - momentum (sector leaders, laggards, % participation) - macro (fomc, rates, geopolitics) Each is weighted, combined, and averaged to give me a score for the current environment. Basically a yes, no, or stay small. Sometimes I just need someone (or something) to remind me to stay out. Happy to share the prompt if you guys want it...but I made this with @perplexity_ai's Computer.

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To Subs: (1) what a perfectly timed intro about playing short-term options with Straddle & Strangle, in times of a pending BIG MOVE. (2) How many of you played ystdy's big change of a "civilization-ending" threat with STRADDLE? (3) If you hold 4/8 straddle, an easy 5 bagger!

"You should study risk taking, not risk management." — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

@traderhc Thank you for clarifying!

You're thinking of the QT taper . they slowed the pace of runoff in mid-2025, reducing how fast Treasuries roll off the balance sheet. But they didn't fully stop it. The balance sheet was still supposed to be shrinking, just more slowly. What's happening now is different. The balance sheet actually grew $18.2B last week. That's not "slower QT" . that's net expansion. Whether it's temporary (lending facilities, seasonal factors) or something more structural is the real question. Meanwhile the RRP at $15.3B means that massive liquidity buffer that used to absorb hundreds of billions is basically gone. So even small changes in Fed operations hit the system harder now. Net liquidity (Fed BS minus TGA minus RRP) is at $5.81T and rose $29B week-over-week. That's the number that actually drives asset prices . and right now it's quietly expanding while everyone debates whether QT is "officially" over.

The Fed's balance sheet grew $18.2 billion last week. While officially still running QT. Read that again. They're adding liquidity while claiming to remove it. The Reverse Repo Facility just hit $15.3 billion. Functionally zero. Two years ago it was hundreds of billions. That RRP cushion was the only reason QT worked without breaking something. Every dollar of tightening got offset by RRP draining back into the system. The buffer is gone. From here, every dollar of QT hits bank reserves directly. This is September 2019 all over again. Repo market stress forced the Fed's hand then. They quietly restarted balance sheet expansion months before admitting it publicly. The 30-year yield sitting at 4.89% with ISM Prices Paid at 78.3 tells you inflation isn't cooperating. The Fed can't cut rates. But they also can't keep draining reserves with no RRP cushion left. The plumbing will crack first. My call: QT is formally dead by Q3. The Fed ends it not because inflation is beaten, but because the funding market forces them to. Just like 2019. Everyone's debating the next rate move. The balance sheet is the real policy shift happening in plain sight. That's structurally bullish $BTC and long duration $TLT once the pivot is acknowledged. Which breaks first, the Fed's hawkish posture or the repo market?

@JohnLoc18 人性如此，但通过对比，你会发现你比很多人都要活得开心😁

I managed to survive through the volatility market this time and people still find a way to hate toward me is crazy. What did I do?

I didn't hold any put or calls. Hands off this violent market.

@MasterPandaWu Thanks for the update. Get some good rest today!

Blue Path Confirmed. No breakout until tmrw or Thursday, most likely to upper range at 6685-6700. Won't trade much today, as there is no better entry for either direction. Chopping zone between 6540 and 6620, and would be the case for a while. Option premiums too high.

@MasterPandaWu Amazing analysis! Thank you for sharing.

Turnaround Tuesday? (1) SPX closed way lower than 6624 ystdy, effectively opening the door for lower low. (2) however, I believe 6540 would stop the bleeding and resume higher. (3) the current oversold condition would trigger a rocket any moment when a Trump tweet comes out.

@JohnLoc18 Will you consider an electric car?

My local gasoline is now $4.99/gallon. It’s so over.