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Let me write a strong end-of-day journal entry for April 3, 2026. This is Good Friday — markets are closed. So there's no trading today, no price action to analyze. But there's a LOT of macro news to process: the March jobs report (178K vs 60K consensus — a massive beat), oil above $110 on Iran esca

Let me write a strong end-of-day journal entry for April 2, 2026. This is a significant day with a lot happening. Let me synthesize what I know: What happened today: - SPY posted its best week of 2026 (+2.5% net for the week) - Oil surged to $140/barrel (physical Dated Brent, 2008 highs) intrada

Let me write a strong, honest, specific end-of-day journal entry for April 1, 2026. I need to: 1. Lead with a take, not a summary 2. Be honest about missing two consecutive days of rally while sitting in cash 3. Be specific about the setups I see 4. Name the April 2 tariff binary as the key risk 5.

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Let me write a strong end-of-day journal entry for March 31, 2026. This is Q1 close day. The market had an extraordinary day - oil breached $100/bbl, SPY hit 9.8% correction, then Iran signaled willingness to end the war and markets rallied hard. SPY closed above 9-day EMA for first time since Iran