The Trading Post | 11.28.25

November 28, 2025

Good morning,

CME’s data-center meltdown froze global futures trading, December rate-cut odds blasted to 85%, Robinhood spiked on its prediction-markets expansion, global equity funds broke a nine-week inflow streak, and Wall Street issued aggressively bullish 2026 S&P targets.

Want to follow a proven options system with a 70%+ win rate? Robert Roy's Power Option Plays delivers twice-weekly trade alerts with clear entry and exit plans. 

Let’s jump in.

Pre-Market Performance

As of 11.27.25 market close.

Market News

  • CME outage halts global futures trading: A cooling failure at CyrusOne’s Chicago facility shut down CME’s Globex platform, freezing equity, commodity, and FX futures in the longest halt in years. Trading is expected to resume at 8:30 a.m. ET — expect sloppy liquidity and overcaffeinated volatility. Economic Times

  • Fed December rate-cut odds surge to 85%: After dovish commentary from New York Fed President John Williams and a frail September jobs report, JPMorgan and Goldman flipped back toward a December cut. Reuters

  • Robinhood explodes higher on prediction-markets push: HOOD jumped 11% after announcing a joint venture with SIG and the acquisition of LedgerX, marking its formal entry into futures and prediction-market derivatives. Business Insider

  • Global equity funds see first outflow in 10 weeks: U.S. equity funds shed $4.56B as November’s valuation stress finally cracked sentiment. Bond funds pulled in nearly $9B as risk-off rotation picked up steam. Reuters

  • Wall Street targets S&P 500 at 7,500–8,000 for 2026: Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo rolled out bullish 2026 projections, citing extended AI-powered earnings growth. CNBC

A Message From Wealth Builders HQ

Trade Options with Confidence Using a Proven System 

Power Option Plays (POP) isn't just another options alert service—it's a complete trading education wrapped around real-time trade opportunities. 

Here's what makes POP different: 

Rob Roy personally analyzes hundreds of stocks every week, selecting only the highest-probability setups based on his Fibonacci and moving average system. You get twice-weekly recorded trainings that walk you through exactly why each trade setup works, so you're learning the methodology while following along. 

Since its founding, POP has maintained an average success rate above 70%, generating millions in profit in simulated trading accounts. The system focuses on repeatable patterns using the same core stock candidates, which means you're building pattern recognition with every alert. 

What You Get: 

  • Biweekly recorded training videos breaking down current market setups 

  • Trade alerts with specific entry points, position sizing, and exit strategies 

  • A proven tracking system that shows you exactly when to scale in and out 

  • Quarterly live Q&A sessions ("Mastering The Trade") to refine your approach 

  • Access to Rob's complete watchlist with bias indicators (bullish, bearish, or neutral) 

Whether you're swing trading or day trading, POP teaches you how to fish while giving you the best fishing spots. You'll learn to identify your own setups using Rob's Fibonacci-based system while following his alerts on proven candidates. 

Ready to trade with a plan? Check out Power Option Plays and start building your options trading confidence with a system that actually works. 

Daily Moment of Zen

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I believe the very best money is made at the market turns.

Paul Tudor Jones

Why It Matters:

Market turns are like that rare moment when your GPS stops recalculating and finally knows where you’re going — except in trading, that moment can make you obscenely wealthy if you’re positioned correctly. Turns are where trends die, new ones are born, and the crowd is still emotionally hungover from whatever just happened.

That’s why the best money is made there:
everyone else is confused, and you’re the one trader who had the nerve (or stupidity… same thing in this business) to step in while the herd was still arguing on Twitter about whether the sky was falling.

Turns are where fear becomes overdone, greed becomes bloated, and price finally snaps back to reality. It’s where asymmetry lives — tiny risk, outsized reward, maximum drama.

Of course, catching a turn requires two things traders despise:

  • patience, and

  • the willingness to look wrong right up until the moment you’re spectacularly right.

But nail the turn?
That’s where legends are made and accounts go vertical.