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Welcome back to "Trading The Close." Tonight was a cautious, pre-CPI session — the major indexes traded neutral-to-negative as participants actively trimmed risk ahead of tomorrow morning's inflation print. With high volatility expected on the number, investors took profits off the table while watching sticky Treasury yields and a surging energy market. Crude oil is the hottest chart on the floor: US Oil pushed straight into near-term resistance on a declining trend line that has now been tested five separate times. Resistance weakens with every consecutive hit, so the probability of a major energy breakout keeps climbing.
📐 TONIGHT'S WATCHLIST
🔴 SPY / QQQ / SMH — Neutral-to-negative into the print as traders trim risk. Drew assesses positioning across the index and semiconductor complex and where each sits relative to structure.
🔴 10-YR YIELD — Yields stay elevated ahead of CPI, and that is the reason equities are leaning defensive. Why the bond market is not letting risk run into the number.
🟢 US OIL — Pushed directly into declining trend-line resistance on the fifth touch. Because a level weakens with each consecutive test, probabilities are increasing for a massive energy breakout. Drew defines the upside targets if it gives way.
🔴 GOOGL — Jaw-dropping earnings detail: negative $5.9 billion in free cash flow, driven by $44.9 billion in AI capital expenditure. Drew charts the key support floors and the recovery channel from here.
🔵 SE / ONON — Post-earnings volatility in Sea Limited and On Holding. He walks the explosive moves and defines exact support and resistance for the next leg.
🟢 KKR — The teaching chart. A step-by-step look at layering multi-timeframe analysis: overlaying support and resistance flips, indicators, and volume profile to confirm a valid breakout scenario.
🔵 SMCI / CAVA / LITE — After-hours earnings preview. Critical price targets, expected volatility moves, and the chart levels that matter as the numbers hit the tape.
🔵 GOLD / SILVER / NATGAS / BITCOIN — Key technical levels across the metals, natural gas, and Bitcoin heading into the inflation data.
🔑 KEY TAKEAWAY: Resistance is not permanent — it erodes. Every consecutive test of a declining trend line consumes the sellers defending it, which is why a fifth touch carries far better breakout odds than a first. That is how you position for energy here rather than fade it.
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This video is for educational and illustrative purposes only. "Trading The Close" provides technical market analysis and educational concepts based on chart structures. It does not constitute individual financial, tax, or investment advice. Trading equities, options, futures, and digital assets carries an inherent risk of capital loss. Always manage your risk parameters diligently.
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