🎯 Just My $0.02 – Slow Tape & Tight Ranges
Sluggish session compared to last night — NQ & YM tracking tight ranges in the first hour. Letting low volumes paint the tape. Might check back in around 8PM and 10PM.
❓Q: Is the default “Crash Town”?
A: Not necessarily. New month flows could start scaling in overnight. Big money wants it lower, sure — but if they were in a rush, they’d have dumped it harder last night.
That session? Higher volume than tonight’s so far.
Some Asia ISM data drops tonight, but nothing ugly so far (👀 anyone see $BABA?).
📆 Nonsense Calendar (Sep 2–6)
Tue Sep 2
🕙 10:00 – ISM Manufacturing PMI (Aug)
🕙 10:00 – Construction Spending (Jul)
Wed Sep 3
🕙 10:00 – JOLTS (Jul)
🕙 10:00 – Factory Orders (Jul)
🕑 2:00 – Fed Beige Book
🕔 After close – Salesforce ($CRM) earnings call
Thu Sep 4
🕣 8:15 – ADP Employment (Aug)
🕣 8:30 – Weekly Claims, Productivity (Q2), Trade Balance (Jul)
🕙 10:00 – ISM Services PMI (Aug)
🕔 After close – Broadcom ($AVGO) earnings call
Broadcom investors still riding hopium despite $NVDA... not a thing, IMHO, unless they beat big.
Fri Sep 5
🕣 8:30 – Nonsense Farm Payrolls (Aug)
🎮 What Matters for Our Playbook
Lots of doom-porn floating around, but too early for that, IMO.
⚠️ Risk Drivers
Markets are hyper-sensitive to labor data & rate cut expectations leading into MOPEx and the Sep 16–17 FOMC.
Waller has publicly said it’s time to "get on with" the cuts.
Volatility risk into Friday 8:30 AM is elevated.
Tariff Supreme Court decision can hit the tape anytime — part of the front-run roll logic last week.
🎯 Session Tactics
Watch the Forex open at 10PM, then observe Asia/London opening ranges (first hour) instead of scalping shorter timeframes. Tape is light, let’s see how tight ranges expand.
🙏 Thanks for all the feedback on Friday’s tracking — glad it helped. Shout out to those who pitched in (you know who you are).
Y’all are badasses. 🤘
