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Pre–Market — September 11, 2026

Today’s the big one: CPI drops at 8:30 AM ET, and it’s landing on a setup that’s already leaning bearish before a single number prints.

SPY and QQQ are both sitting just below their pivots this morning, while NVDA is the lone holdout still hanging on above its line. That’s a meaningfully different picture than a fully synchronized read in either direction — two of three names already lean the way our house call points, but until NVDA either joins them or pulls the other two back up, this stays a “need confirmation” morning, not a green light.

Session Bias: Neutral–to–Bearish, Need Confirmation — 30% bull / 40% bear / 30% chop.

What’s driving it: the nominal 10–year is still parked right under 5%, VIX is elevated versus Thursday’s close, the dollar keeps grinding higher, and breadth deteriorated again across large–caps, tech, and small–caps. Oracle’s AI–cloud beat after the close is a genuine tailwind for NVDA specifically, but it’s competing with the macro headwind, not neutralizing it.

Bottom line: a synchronized loss of all three pivots after CPI opens the downside path; a synchronized reclaim opens the upside path. Today’s session hinges on which side NVDA ultimately falls on.

This is the headline read. Paid subscribers also get the full trade framework for all three names (entry triggers, invalidation levels, R:R math on both sides), the institutional positioning and options–flow breakdown, and the full Thesis Tree with the exact conditions that flip the call.

— Nate

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