The Trading Post | 10.09.25

Good morning,

AMD keeps torching shorts on its OpenAI deal, gold pulls back from record highs as peace breaks out in the Middle East, Powell’s pre-market speech has traders sweating rate cuts, China flexes rare earth muscle ahead of the Trump–Xi summit, and bank earnings season kicks off with sky-high expectations.

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Pre-Market Performance

As of 10.09.25 market close.

Market News

• Powell takes the stage at 8:30 AM ET, with markets pricing a 94.6% chance of an October rate cut as the Fed “flies blind” during the data blackout. Reuters

• AMD rockets 43% this week, hitting near-term resistance at $226 after sealing its multibillion-dollar OpenAI chip deal. CNBC

• Gold retreats from $4,059 after Trump announced an Israel–Hamas ceasefire; still up 53% YTD. MarketPulse

• Bank earnings kick off Oct 14 — JPM, Citi, and Wells expected to post strong IB and trading profits. Reuters

• China tightens rare earth export controls, raising leverage ahead of the Trump–Xi summit and rattling defense/semiconductor names. CNBC

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Earnings We’re Watching

• PepsiCo,Inc. (PEP) - Thursday (BMO) 

• Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) - Thursday (BMO) 

• Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI) - Thursday (AMC) 

Trade Ideas

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Daily Moment of Zen

Why It Matters:

Keynes basically warned us that logic doesn’t pay the bills when markets are run by emotion, liquidity, and memes. You can have flawless models, perfect risk-reward ratios, and textbook setups — but if everyone else is panic-buying gold at $4,000 or chasing AMD to the moon, your “rational” positioning might just get steamrolled.

The takeaway for traders: being rational in an irrational market isn’t about fighting the madness — it’s about understanding it, surfing it, and knowing exactly when to jump off the wave before it breaks.