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Oil Closed Clean, but Chips Blocked Green
Friday's close improved the oil rail but confirmed the leadership problem. Brent settled down 4.34% at $71.99 and WTI fell 3.74% to $69.23 as tankers kept crossing Hormuz, but the Nasdaq 100 lost 1.1% and chipmakers gave back the Micron rally after reports that OpenAI may delay its IPO. I am keeping the pulse at YELLOW because RED is too defensive with crude breaking lower, but GREEN still needs tech leadership, volatility, and the Fed rail to confirm together.
Read full analysisI've been trading systematic strategies on US equities and futures since 2011. Every day, I assess volatility regimes, credit conditions, breadth, momentum, and macro catalysts to decide whether it's safe to be fully deployed or whether to pull back.
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