- What it did: opened $3.96, ranged $2.94 to $5.17, chopped, closed $4.00 (+1.01% open to close). - Setups that worked: none. Price never held the $5.46 trigger and the low-float halts made any fill unreliable; the RVOL edge existed but structure did not. - Takeaway: on halt-repeat thin names, no trigger hold means no trade, respect the "do not chase" note.
- What it did: opened $16.66, ranged $14.62 to $17.58, closed $15.43 (-7.38% open to close). Now +5.77% AH on the SANRECO call announcement. - Setups that worked: 09:52 VWAP Reclaim ($16.04, R 5.4) and 10:01 Pullback to VWAP ($16.19, R 8.9) both tagged the $16.30 trigger and ran to $17.17 before the fade. This is exactly how a data-anchored VWAP reclaim should behave early. - Takeaway: the clean money on a catalyst runner is in the first hour off VWAP, take T1 and don't hold into the afternoon give-back.
- What it did: opened $8.76, ranged $8.40 to $10.01, ran late, closed $9.34 (+6.62% open to close). - Setups that worked: 13:00 VWAP Reclaim ($9.36, R 7.4) led into the 13:11 New HOD Breakout ($9.76, R 1.6) that tagged $10.01; the earlier 10:11 Pullback to VWAP (R 4.3) set the base. A textbook afternoon HOD continuation on real data. - Takeaway: patience paid, the best entry was the midday VWAP reclaim, not the open; let the base build before the breakout.
- What it did: opened $6.41, ranged $5.93 to $6.87, closed $6.26 (-2.34% open to close). - Setups that worked: none. The $6.71 trigger printed but immediately failed back to the $6.44 stop, the PM continuation thesis didn't hold post-open. - Takeaway: high-liquidity gap that opens weak and can't hold the trigger is a stop-out, not a chase; the OR failure was the tell.
- Energy breakout, XLE +4.66% on a crude spike; watch integrated majors and E&Ps for follow-through continuation tomorrow.
- CPI on deck (Wed 8:30 AM), inflation print will dictate the week; positioning stays light and choppy until it clears.
- Biotech data wave, ABCL (+34.8%) and SLN (+29%) ran on clinical catalysts, feeding the XBI/XLV bid.
- Megacap tech soft, NVDA -2.86%, INTC -4.06%; semis leaked and dragged QQQ despite a flat SPY.
- SMCI reports tomorrow AMC, confirmed print, already +0.99% AH; sets tone for the AI-server complex.
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