The Trading Post | 11.06.25

November 06, 2025

Good morning,

Wall Street rallied as the Supreme Court questioned Trump’s tariffs, AI stocks snapped back, the record 36-day shutdown is wrecking GDP forecasts, Powell threw cold water on December rate-cut hopes, and oil remains stuck below $62.

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Let’s jump in.

Pre-Market Performance

As of 11/05/25 market close.

Market News

  • Supreme Court Skepticism Sparks Rebound: Justices questioned Trump’s global tariffs, hinting they may overstep executive authority. A ruling against them could fuel relief rallies in retail and manufacturing. Reuters

  • AI Stocks Recover from Valuation Panic: AMD +2.5%, Micron +8.9%, Broadcom +2% after Tuesday’s tech rout. The VIX dropped 5.2% to 18.01 as traders exhaled—temporarily. Yahoo Finance

  • Government Shutdown Hits 36 Days: Q4 GDP forecasts cut by over a full point as data releases freeze. Economists now expect ~1% growth—if the shutdown ends soon. CNN

  • Powell Pumps the Brakes: Fed held rates at 3.75–4.00% and downplayed chances of a December cut. “Not a foregone conclusion,” he said, spooking rate-cut hopefuls. Bloomberg

  • Oil Stuck Below $62: Oversupply outweighs geopolitics. Crude inventories jumped 5.2M barrels last week; gold hovers near $4K; Bitcoin’s still wobbling around $103K. Reuters

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Earnings We’re Watching

  • Cummins, Inc. (CMI) - Thursday (BMO) 

  • DuPont (DD) - Thursday (BMO) 

  • Hyatt Hotels Corp (H) - Thursday (BMO) 

  • Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) - Thursday (BMO) 

  • Oscar Health, Inc. (OSCR) - Thursday (BMO) 

  • PENN Entertainment, Inc. (PENN) - Thursday (BMO) 

  • SharkNinja, Inc. (SN) - Thursday (BMO) 

  • Under Armour, Inc. (UAA) - Thursday (BMO) 

  • Airbnb, Inc. (ABNB) - Thursday (AMC) 

  • Block, Inc. (XYZ) - Thursday (AMC) 

  • DraftsKings Inc. (DKNG) - Thursday (AMC) 

  • Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) - Thursday (AMC) 

  • Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP) - Thursday (AMC) 

  • SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) - Thursday (AMC) 

  • Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO) - Thursday (AMC) 

Trade Ideas

Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW), Toll Brothers Inc (TOL), Vertext Pharmaceuticals Incorpo (VRTX), Western Digital Corporation (WDC)

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA), PulteGroup, Inc (PHM), Philip Morris International (PM), Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ)

Lowe’s Companies, Inc (LOW), Marriott International (MAR), Molina Healthcare Inc (MOH), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

Dollar Tree, Inc (DLTR), Elastic N.V. (ESTC), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (GS), Insmed, Inc (INSM)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK_B), Constellation Energy Corp (CEG), Datadog, Inc (DDOG), Dell Technologies Inc (DELL)

Arista Networks Inc (ANET), Ares Management L.P. (ARES), American Express Company (AXP), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)

Want to learn how we trade these? Learn the setup we call the “High Volatility Switchback” trade.

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Daily Moment of Zen

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When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?

John Maynard Keynes

Why It Matters:

Ah, the classic Keynesian mic-drop — the polite economist’s way of saying “adapt or die.” Traders love to think they’re nimble, but let’s be honest: most cling to bad trades like a first-love that “just needs one more chance.”

Markets don’t care about your thesis; they care about truth in motion. Prices move, data shifts, and the edge you had yesterday can vanish before your coffee cools. The best traders don’t marry their analysis — they date it, update it, and ghost it when the facts change.

In other words: if you can’t pivot, you’re not trading — you’re praying.