The Trading Post | 11.05.25

Good morning,

Tech is still taking its lumps, futures are bleeding red, gold lost its glitter after the Fed’s hawkish twist, the Supreme Court is shaking tariff nerves, and earnings volatility is giving options traders plenty to chew on.

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Let’s jump in.

Pre-Market Performance

As of 11.04.25 market close.

Market News

• Tech Stocks Extend Steep Losses: The AI party is officially on pause. Nvidia (NVDA), AMD, and Palantir (PLTR) fell between 4–8%, deepening a two-day selloff. Yahoo Finance

• Index Futures Point Lower — Support Levels in Focus: S&P 500 futures hover near the 4,400–4,450 support zone; Dow’s holding better thanks to lighter tech exposure. Reuters

• Supreme Court Tariff Case Adds Market Tension: The Court’s hearing a case that could rewrite U.S. trade policy — and your portfolio’s beta. Zacks

• Earnings-Driven Volatility for Options Traders:
  Heavy volume in NVDA, TSLA, and other mega-caps ahead of earnings. Barchart

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Earnings We’re Watching

• Humana, Inc. (HUM) - Wednesday (BMO) 

• McDonalds Corp. (MCD) - Wednesday (BMO) 

• AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc (AMC) - Wednesday (AMC) 

• DoorDash, Inc. (DASH) - Wednesday (AMC) 

• Lyft, Inc. (LYFT) - Wednesday (AMC) 

• Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (VAC) - Wednesday (AMC) 

• QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) - Wednesday (AMC) 

• Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) - Wednesday (AMC) 

• Snap Inc. (SNAP) - Wednesday (AMC) 

Trade Ideas

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Daily Moment of Zen

Why It Matters:

Crabel, one of the original systematic traders, basically wrote the algorithmic version of “don’t overcomplicate it.” He’s reminding us that markets move because humans (and now bots programmed by humans) keep making the same emotional, predictable mistakes: fear, greed, impatience, overconfidence.

The word “enduring” is key, if a setup only works when Jupiter’s in retrograde and CPI misses by exactly 0.1%, it’s not a strategy; it’s astrology. And “explainable” means you actually understand why it works, not just that the backtest curve looks pretty.

In short: trade repeatable human behavior, not random price action. Algorithms may evolve, but human psychology still writes the code.