Good Morning!

Another Fed day, another market pretending it has it all figured out. Futures are flat, traders are edgy, and everyone’s convinced this rate cut will be different (it always is… until it isn’t). Tech is still flexing, crypto’s finding its footing, and macro signals are just messy enough to keep the pros guessing and the tourists confused.

That’s where we come in.

Below, we break down what actually matters, the setups, the narratives moving price, and where traders are positioning before the headlines hit. No fluff, no fear-mongering, just clean reads in a noisy tape.

Scroll on for the full market rundown, our headline hits, and a look inside what’s been working at TradingLab. The market’s warming up, don’t sit this one out.

Markets are doing that pre-Fed meditation pose, calm on the surface, mildly unhinged underneath. U.S. futures are hovering just above flat as traders count down to today’s Federal Reserve decision, where a long-anticipated hawkish cut is the base case. According to CME FedWatch, odds of a quarter-point trim are sitting around 88%, with rate markets already flirting with the idea of more easing in 2026. Hope springs eternal.

Tech is keeping the pulse alive. Oracle reports after the bell, and the market wants proof that its AI-fueled cloud renaissance isn’t just vibes and capex. Adobe follows, still wrestling with investor anxiety that generative AI eats seats faster than it creates them. Nasdaq’s relative strength suggests traders are still buying the future, just with a tighter stop.

On the macro side, fresh labor data showed job openings ticking higher, but hiring and quits staying sluggish, the kind of mixed signal that keeps Powell up at night and strategists employed. Layer in political spice with reports that Trump is beginning final interviews for the next Fed Chair (WSJ via Reuters), and suddenly rates traders are pricing policy and personalities.

Bottom line: The market smells a rate cut and refuses to ignore it, but nobody fully trusts the Fed to keep the easing party going. Stocks are steady, tech’s still strutting, and Powell’s about to decide whether this rally gets dessert or the check.

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