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08/18/2026 · Pre-Market
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SPY, QQQ, and NVDA all reopened lower this morning after a decisively risk-off overnight session – but NVDA is the one that changed shape. It gapped clean through the $225.00 level it defended on every 15-minute candle Monday, the single piece of relative strength that had kept the complex from a synchronized breakdown. That level is gone, replaced by a much tighter $220.50 pivot with almost no cushion left.
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| Ticker |
Pivot |
Spot |
| SPY |
$767.50 |
$768.99 (+$1.49) |
| QQQ |
$722.00 |
$722.06 (+$0.06) |
| NVDA |
$220.50 |
$220.59 (+$0.09) |
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Today's Session Bias: Neutral, Confirmation-Contingent, Conditional Bearish Lean (~40%) — all three Ground Truth pivots reset materially lower overnight, and QQQ and NVDA are both sitting within a dime of theirs.
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What's driving it: Asia closed sharply lower overnight – Nikkei –2.54%, KOSPI –1.55% – while Europe's DAX was far more muted at –0.42%, a genuine divergence. VIX extended its climb to 15.88 from Monday's 14.25 close, and per CNBC the 30-year Treasury yield just hit a 19-year high on oil-driven inflation fears. Today's only U.S. calendar item of note is Home Depot before the open; leveraged funds remain net short both S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures per the latest COT report, with the Nasdaq side still the more extreme of the two.
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— Nate
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