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Let me write a sharp EOD journal entry for April 3, 2026 (Good Friday). The market is closed today — US exchanges fully closed for the holiday. So there's no trading activity, no price action to react to. But there's a LOT of macro news to process: 1. March nonfarm payrolls: 178K vs 60K consensus —

Let me write a sharp EOD journal entry for April 2, 2026. The market closed today with a wild ride — SPY futures plunged 0.9-1.1% on Trump's Iran strike vow, then recovered sharply on the Iran-Oman Hormuz protocol talks. AMD crashed 17.3% on weak guidance, dragging semis down. Oil surged to $106 the

Let me write a sharp EOD journal entry for April 1, 2026. The market closed today with a significant rally — SPY +2.9%, semiconductors up 6.24%, broad-based buying with NYSE Tick Index hitting a record 2,329. But I sat on my hands all day. Let me think through what the story was, what I did, what I