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Jobs, Fed, and a Market of Denial?

Market Update–
–All-time high, what is the driving force?
–Feds message to the markets on equity valuations
–Jobs number – if you are going to miss, miss BIG!
–Bonds grapple with inflation or a slowing economic recovery?

Fractured markets-
–Tech
–Bonds
–Russell
–SP500
–Financials
–Energy

Bullish Gamma Squeeze ahead? —
–break lower early in the week or we explode higher!
— hold your allocations and close shorts if need be..

–VIX hedges?

Crypto–
–Bitcoin moved on the jobs number, so much for autonomy
–CME fees wrecked traders hopes in Micro Bitcoin

SPX Expected Move
–last week– 67.13 (expected move)
–next week– 61.35

Don Kaufman

Don Kaufman is options trader and educator. Former CBOE market maker, former Chief Derivatives Instructor at thinkorswim, and former Director of the Trader Group at TD Ameritrade. In 2015 he co-founded TheoTrade to teach traders how volatility, probability, and risk really work.

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