VOLATILITY only certainity - Important 10-day period

Small net long, not holding or opening large positions unless market soars or plunges by more than 5%. As with any US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION this is an important 10-day [or longer] period.

Es short 5845
Nq long 20495

Close nq long 20595

51-49 almost flat, marginally bearish

Helene Meisler (@hmeisler) posted at 1:26 PM on Sat, Oct 26, 2024:
The results are in and folks lean ever so slightly bearish. The last time it was this tight & to the downside was 9/28. We rallied the next day then spent the next week giving it back, essentially going nowhere for a week or so.

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"Japan's ruling coalition loses majority, election outcome in balance
The BOJ's decision is one of several key events this week that could go a long way to shaping market and investment trends for the rest of the year. Five of the 'Magnificent Seven' megacap U.S. tech giants release company earnings this week, and U.S. nonfarm payrolls for October will be released on Friday.

Staying in Asia, purchasing managers index data this week will give the earliest insight into how economic activity across the continent held up in October, most notably in China. Is it too early for Beijing's recent stimulus to have had any effect?

Probably. And the market impact is understandably beginning to fade too. Chinese stocks inched up 0.8% last week, consolidating after a few rollercoaster weeks"

Going to be an interesting week with the market as the timer is going for the election and so far there hasn't been any real volatility going on as we approach.  We also have some big tech earnings coming up this week that appear they are going to be perfect as usual.  I went into the weekend in cash except my sold calls and almost tempted to stick with just them and sit back and watch to see how it all turns out in the end but with the market up this much for no real reason except the fact that Israel didn't pummel Iran I'm starting a short at 5880 and will go from there.

Nq long 20574.5

Yeah, wild week ahead - earnings might not be as good as many expected. NON-FARM PAYROLLS, the politics, end of October...

Going to be an interesting week with the market as the timer is going for the election and so far there hasn't been any real volatility going on as we approach.  We also have some big tech earnings coming up this week that appear they are going to be perfect as usual.  I went into the weekend in cash except my sold calls and almost tempted to stick with just them and sit back and watch to see how it all turns out in the end but with the market up this much for no real reason except the fact that Israel didn't pummel Iran I'm starting a short at 5880 and will go from there.

Will add ES SHORT LATER IF ES POPS ABOVE 5900

CHINA A50 & HONG KONG HSI have been extremely bullish since markets opened 9pm last night. Big swings, pullbacks, but now rallying again. Only ST & VST TRADES on these 2 & es, nq

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