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Fly Into the Failure Zone

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Welcome to another chopped-up week, everyone, where we don’t know if it’s Friday, Monday, or somewhere in between. Two weeks ago: chopped by Christmas. Last week: chopped by New Year’s. This week: chopped by Carter. Two weeks from now: chopped by Martin Luther King. It’s as if a normal trading week only occurs once a year.

Anyway, it’s the same old, same old for the market. The bulls are getting handed profits on a silver platter. Here’s the /ES, drifting effortlessly higher.

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