Big wicks both sides winding me up as much as you – feels like someone made deal with devil to mess with you
Three questions: Is it me? System? Market conditions? If following system, it’s likely devil cursed conditions
Trade through it – seen this before, diversify markets/timeframes, 4hr avoiding 30min noise
Premium/Lazy Poppers, crude oil, gold all working – more than one way to crack a nut
Indexes finally moving together bearishly, VIX high (not out of wood chipper), NVDA earnings today
Monday’s stand aside decision vindicated – would have been mixed outcome and net loss
Penny saved is penny earned – avoiding loss equals profit, narrow range didn’t materialise but decision was right
Overall bear move from daily range highs to lows playing out nicely, futures trades now looking healthy
TnT trades flipping – SPX about to flip bullish to bearish, RUT already flipped bearish
In and out frustrating but small loss now better than hold and hope for wrong direction
Friday Pattern Repeats. Excitement Fades. Theta Collection Mode. | SPX Market Briefing | 17 Nov 2025
Friday pattern repeated: big sell off, bigger turnaround, but less dramatic bull reaction this time
Very little premarket futures activity suggests excitement faded, narrow range day expected
Big wick assessment potentially completing – consolidation likely
SPX and RUT both bullish on usual entry timeframes, theta collection mode active
AVWAP from swing low continuing to serve as management tool (worked well last week)
25 traders, proving systematic approach works across skill levels and conditions
Milestone wins: Zach (weekly salary 4 hours), Roy ($1,800 first 2 trades), George (6-0 month, $6,392)
Strategy proof: Premium Poppers 50% default, Lazy Poppers 77%/75% over 50 days, TnT 953% single trade
Lifestyle trading: Michael (cruise ship beach), recovery stories (Andrea $900 down → $400 up)
Teachable frameworks delivering regardless of location, experience level, or market conditions
What a difference a day makes: Dow from moon shot to engine room explosion, everyone rescued by Naughty Bear
Uncle Russ leading bear charge, range low target approaching, Mag7/AI/quantum bubble lost mojo
Burry winding down fund (doesn’t understand market) – Big Short 2.0 top signal?
SPX reclaimed bull AVWAP managing positions, took speculative bear swing working, RUT same AVWAP setup
Wonder if huge bull turnaround before Friday finish again?
Dow in outer space at NATHs solo whilst Naz/S&P/Uncle Russ extended smoke break turned competitive tiddlywinks
Gold breakout continuing, bull trap party speechless from sidelines, oil torpedoed by Trump tweets to sensible prices
Everything normal, nothing to see, no droids, no news (still)
SPX bull swing on 30min “collecting ‘dat theta” as sung by Fiddy, RUT in rut pinched between AVWAPs (Bollinger pinch precursor?)
Premium Poppers fun (late start coding improvements, VWAP flop scalp lunch), Lazy Poppers proving trend unnecessary for Benjamin’s