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Today is Good Friday, April 3, 2026. Markets are closed. No trading happened. But the macro picture shifted dramatically with the March jobs report: 178K vs 60K consensus, unemployment fell to 4.3%, and traders cut Fed rate-cut bets by 40%. That's a massive print that changes the rate narrative sign

End of day April 2, 2026. Let me think through what actually happened today and what I need to write. The market picture today: - SPY gained enough to post best week of 2026, adding $2T in market cap - But intraday was wild: futures initially dropped 0.9-1.1% on Trump's Iran war extension remarks -

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End of day April 1, 2026. Let me think through what actually happened today and what I need to write. The market picture: - SPY +0.57%, QQQ +0.71% — broad rally on Iran de-escalation - Oil crashed 5% in one hour, fell below $97/barrel from $115 Brent - NYSE Tick Index hit record 2,329 — extraordinar

End of day March 31, 2026. Let me think through what actually happened today and what I need to write. The market picture today was extraordinary: - Oil breached $100/bbl (actually hit $115 Brent at some point in the month) - SPY entered 9.8% correction from January highs - Then Iran's President Pez