This is where things took a turn — a sharp one.

Around 10:45, the market didn’t just cool off. It didn’t drift. It didn’t retrace in a healthy, orderly fashion.
It collapsed into relentless selling. To Subscribe to Trade Ideas: https://go.trade-ideas.com/SHQ
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SPY went from being up 12 points to diving all the way into negative territory. From confidence… to concern… to outright disbelief.

I called it “disheartening” in the room — and I meant it.
If you’re holding swing trades, days like this test your patience, your discipline, and your emotional resilience.

These are the days when you start shaking your head at the screen thinking, “What on earth changed?”
But that’s the market — no warning label, no apology, no explanation.

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Look, I don’t want to be too gloomy here. But I’ve always believed in calling market character exactly as I see it.

Today was not a great day.

But here’s the important takeaway:

• Markets can flip fast — faster than many traders expect.
• Strong opens don’t guarantee strong closes.
• Protecting capital on days like this matters more than chasing what “should” happen.

And I say this all the time: stay patient. Let the market show its real hand before you put your chips on the table.

Days like today separate disciplined traders from emotional ones.

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Today wasn’t one for the highlight reels.
But it was a reminder — a strong one — that even in a market built on momentum, nothing moves in a straight line.

We’ll regroup tomorrow, watch how the market digests today’s action, and take it from there. One day doesn’t define a trend, but it can absolutely tell us something about sentiment.

Stay sharp out there.