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    Week Ahead: CPI Wednesday and a Packed Thursday (October 12-16, 2026)

    Week of Oct 12-16, 2026: one 8:30am cluster on Wednesday, a much bigger one Thursday, and last week’s SPY and QQQ levels to mark before either one.

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    Previous Day’s High and Low: How Price Action Traders Use Them

    How price action traders use the previous day’s high, low and close as reference levels, with one real SPY example and a simple routine for marking them.

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    SPY and QQQ Price Action: October 9, 2026 Weekly Recap and the CPI Week Ahead

    SPY and QQQ weekly price action for Oct 5-9, 2026: a gap that held, a red body on a green day, and the reference levels to mark before CPI week.

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    SPY and QQQ Price Action: October 8, 2026 Market Recap

    SPY held the Friday and Monday zone on October 8 while QQQ broke below it and closed 0.05 above Friday’s low. A price-action recap with levels to watch.

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    SPY and QQQ Price Action: October 7, 2026 Market Recap

    SPY and QQQ gapped down, tested below Monday’s high, and closed back above it. A price-action recap of October 7, 2026 with the levels worth marking.

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    SPY and QQQ Price Action: October 6, 2026 Market Recap

    SPY and QQQ gapped above Monday’s high and never looked back at it. A price-action recap of the faded highs, QQQ’s red body, and Wednesday’s 2:00pm minutes.

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    SPY and QQQ Price Action: October 5, 2026 Market Recap

    SPY and QQQ opened at the low and closed near the high on Oct 5, 2026, above Friday’s high. A price-action recap with the levels now sitting below price.

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    Options Week Ahead: ISM Services, FOMC Minutes and a Quiet Friday (October 5-9, 2026)

    An options-minded look at the Oct 5-9, 2026 calendar: ISM Services, FOMC minutes, claims and Fed speakers, and how event timing affects option risk.

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    Week Ahead: ISM Services Monday and FOMC Minutes Wednesday (October 5-9, 2026)

    A calendar and price-action preparation framework for Oct 5-9, 2026: ISM Services Monday, FOMC Minutes Wednesday at 2pm ET, and how to map last week’s SPY and QQQ levels.

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    SPY and QQQ Price Action: October 2, 2026 Market Recap

    SPY and QQQ gapped up on jobs-data morning, held the gap, and closed below the open. A price-action recap with the gap edges as reference levels.