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Markets open a holiday-shortened week attempting to stabilize after one of the sharpest selloffs of the year — but the backdrop hasn’t improved. Oil remains above $100, volatility is elevated, and geopolitical headlines continue to dictate direction. The bounce to start the week looks more like positioning and relief than a true shift in trend. […]

Markets enter the final full week of March still anchored to one dominant driver: the Iran conflict and its impact on oil, inflation, and policy expectations. Last week’s FOMC decision removed some uncertainty, but it didn’t resolve the bigger issue — how long elevated energy prices persist and how deeply they feed into the broader

Markets enter the week under pressure as the U.S.–Iran conflict moves into its third week, oil remains elevated, and the Federal Reserve faces a more complicated backdrop heading into Wednesday’s decision. The core issue is simple: growth is slowing, but rising energy prices are keeping inflation risk alive. That leaves the Fed with little room

Markets enter the week navigating a volatile combination of geopolitics, rising energy prices, and inflation risk. Escalation in the Middle East has triggered one of the largest oil rallies in decades, while macro data continues to hint at a slower economic environment. The result: stagflation concerns are back on the table, and traders are watching

On Wednesday, March 4th, a trade on $META was a good example of how quickly things can unfold when momentum shows up early in the session—and how important it is to adapt when something unexpected happens. The Setup Around 9:35 AM, I was watching $META 665 calls as price started to push higher after the

Yesterday didn’t go the way I wanted. I was watching $PLTR and $TSLA for puts right after the open. Around 9:46 AM, I alerted that I was watching $TSLA 390P, and shortly after that I entered at $3.50. The plan was clear from the start. My stop was $405.50, but my short position targets were

Markets head into the final week of February digesting a major Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, softer GDP data, and growing questions around the timing of returns on trillion-dollar AI investments. The headline index strength masks deeper crosscurrents: policy shifts, inflation uncertainty, and a broad repricing of AI-related expectations. 📈 The Market Backdrop Despite a

Markets head into a holiday-shortened week balancing three forces: cooling inflation, resilient labor data, and accelerating AI-related repricing across sectors. The macro backdrop still resembles “Goldilocks” — inflation easing slowly while growth remains intact — but under the surface, dispersion has surged and leadership has shifted defensively. That divergence is the story. Holiday Schedule Markets

This trade was a good reminder of the value of patience after the open — and letting the market settle before committing risk. Going into Monday, the plan was simple: watch for calls if $AAPL held strength once the opening volatility cleared. Rather than chasing the first few minutes of movement, I waited to see

With the January FOMC behind us, markets enter the heart of this week recalibrating around labor data, services strength, and earnings follow-through. The focus has shifted away from rate decisions themselves and toward whether incoming data validates the Fed’s “hold and wait” stance — or challenges it. This is a data-heavy week where jobs and