Bears Setup Perfectly Before NFP. | SPX Market Briefing | 2 Oct 2025

SPX bull swing has sung right to the upper Bollinger Band and put in the tightest of bear setups right ahead of Friday’s NFP drama (note - US government shutdown means there may be no NFP on Friday) . Trade setups appear, trades go on – systematic precision regardless of holiday timing.

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SPX Market Briefing:

Thursday brings pre-NFP positioning with systematic setups aligning perfectly for holiday timing.

Current Multi-Market Status:

• SPX: Upper BB tag complete, tightest bear setup ahead of Friday NFP

• RUT: Confirmed range structure ready for break or reversal trading

• /CL: Range high to low complete, breakout initiated with locked profits

SPX Upper Bollinger Beauty:

The bull swing has delivered exactly what systematic approaches promise – methodical progression to technical targets. Upper Bollinger Band tag creates the tightest bear setup right before Friday’s employment data fireworks.

Trade setups materialize, trades get executed. The mechanical framework handles pre-NFP positioning without emotional attachment to outcomes or calendar anxiety about holiday timing.

RUT Range Confirmation:

RUT now shows confirmed range structure, allowing systematic trading of either breaks or reversals off range highs and lows. In this case, we’re focused on range low opportunities for potential bear continuation.

Clear structure provides clear trading parameters – exactly what systematic approaches thrive on regardless of whether you’re monitoring screens or packing suitcases.

Crude Oil Consecutive Wins:

/CL crude oil remains my current favorite instrument to trade – not in any way influenced by the back-to-back wins producing consistent profits. We’ve travelled from range high to range low, now assessing potential breakout opportunities.

Bear range reversal profits have been locked in systematically. Breakout setup has been initiated with proper risk management. Even if this add-in gets stopped out, there will be net profit – exactly the way systematic trade management should function.

Insider Tools Development:

Rolling out some special tools for my own Insiders Group members, dropping those into the private channel hopefully later today. Continuous improvement of systematic frameworks never stops, even during holiday preparation.

Today’s Systematic Plan:

• SPX: Monitor bear setup development ahead of Friday NFP

• RUT: Watch confirmed range for break or reversal opportunities

• /CL: Breakout setup active with locked profits securing net positive outcome

• Premium/Lazy Poppers: Standing by for pre-NFP volatility if opportunities present

  
  
  

  Fun Fact:

  Fear & Greed Index: The Market’s Mood Ring

  CNN’s Fear & Greed Index measures market sentiment on a 0-100 scale using seven indicators—proving that Wall Street is basically one giant emotional support group!
  

  The Fear & Greed Index is what happens when you try to turn human emotions into spreadsheet data, and somehow it actually works!

  This composite index tracks seven different market indicators including stock momentum, volatility (VIX), safe haven demand, and put/call ratios to determine whether investors are being driven by fear (0-49) or greed (51-100).

  
  It’s like having a mood ring for the entire stock market, except instead of changing colors, it changes your portfolio value. When the index hits extreme fear (0-25), it often signals a contrarian buying opportunity because everyone’s panicking and selling at low prices.

  
  When it reaches extreme greed (75-100), it suggests the market might be getting too frothy and due for a correction. Warren Buffett’s famous advice to “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful” basically gets automated through this index.
  

  The genius is that it quantifies what every trader already knows: markets are driven by human emotions, and humans are terrible at making rational decisions when money is involved!
  

  

Trade well,
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