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CincyDem

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7. Respectfully...yeah, 2 hours into the trading day.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 12:15 PM
Apr 1

The market is up on the open 0.3-0.4% depending on what index you look at. That’s not a big move, especially when mega-banks are repositioning billions…with or without inside info.

S&P futures are up 26 points. On average they have moved about 100 point in a day over the past 14 days.

Money that moves a market 1% or more in a day isn’t “trading” on inside tips. They’re “investing” on long term trends. IMHO, the long term economic trend has weakened over that quarter and that’s reflected in the 10% drop through the quarter.

Again imho, based on daily market watching, volatility is up since inauguration and that’s why traders love Trump. Traders are like little swift boats, they can turn in a dime…in and out at will. But big market moving money is like a battleship…doesn’t react to daily (even weekly) shit because they aren’t nimble enough. Trump volatility is within their margin of wobble.

I’m sure there are insiders making money on it but the market moving dollars are same as they’ve ever been.

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