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    SPY and QQQ Today: October 13, 2026 Recap and the Night Before CPI

    SPY finished flat and QQQ closed down 0.33% on October 13, 2026. A recap, plus an options holder’s checklist for the night before the CPI release.

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    SPY and QQQ Price Action: October 13, 2026 Market Recap

    SPY and QQQ recap for October 13, 2026: QQQ gapped below Thursday’s low and closed back above it, SPY nearly flat. Key levels going into CPI morning.

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    SPY and QQQ Today: October 12, 2026 Recap, the Quiet Day Before CPI Week

    SPY slipped 0.06% while QQQ fell 0.70% on October 12, 2026. Jake on using a quiet Monday to set position size and rules before a heavy data week.

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    SPY and QQQ Price Action: October 12, 2026 Market Recap

    SPY printed its narrowest range of six sessions and stopped two cents short of Friday’s high. QQQ closed near its low. The levels that matter now.

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

    An options plan for CPI Wednesday and a packed Thursday: implied volatility, time decay, expiry choice and sizing for the week of October 12-16, 2026.

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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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    Rolling an Options Position: What It Costs and When It Helps

    Rolling an option means closing one contract and opening another. See how credits, debits, and extra time change your risk, with one illustrative example.

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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 This Week: October 9, 2026 Recap and the CPI Week Ahead

    A Saturday review of SPY and QQQ for Oct 5-9, 2026: a quiet +0.23% QQQ week with a -1.34% day inside it, plus the CPI week schedule and how to plan sizing.

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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.