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Market update & Focuslist - 09/02

Evening Market Update & Strategic Insights

Sep 03, 2025
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It's highs and lows in trading. At the highs, everything you buy works. At the lows, doesn't matter the entry, the tightness of risk, but you just get on a continuous losing streak.

Makes position sizing critical (small in drawdowns), (large in upswings).

It can be draining


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MARKET ANALYSIS

The market picture is at risk, so I’m keeping it light and defensive.

  • QQQE is below the 21dma-structure after breaking down from UTL → lower highs building; sellers in control.

  • 10 < 21 < 50 DMA → moving averages are downtrend-aligned.

  • MCO (McClellan Oscillator) hooked back down after a neutral retest → re-acceleration of selling.

  • MCSI (Summation) is below a falling 10-DMA and accelerating lower → breadth deterioration remains broad.

  • Breadth extensions: contracting but not oversold → no washout yet; bounces are fragile.

  • Momentum indicators hooked down as well.

  • TLMM Model: regime = Correction.

Implications: Run lighter gross/net, keep hedges, and sell rips into the 10/21-DMA cluster.

What flips it: a breadth thrust, MCO > 0 with MCSI flattening/reclaiming its 10-DMA, and QQQE back above the 21dma-structure.

TLMM DASHBOARD NASDAQ

MARKET INTERNALS

Credit Spreads (SHY/HYG)

Spike above daily structure - caution.

VIX (Volatility S&P 500)

Spike above daily structure - caution.

10Y Bond Yields (TNX)

Downtrend below daily & weekly structures. All good.

/BTC (Bitcoin)

BTC made a nice move today, but all I still see is a rally into declining daily structure. Until we reclaim both the 21dma-structure, and range structure...we're still in a downtrend with LLs & LHs

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