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7/12 Lines After Dark

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Nov 13, 2025
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Lines After Dark

Midweek Market Update (< 3min read) – November 12, 2025

Last Friday set off a confirmed risk-off alarm, meanwhile the S&P 500 has rallied nearly 2% through mid week— not the path I anticipated, but certainly one that always exists (to be wrong). While my analysis remains in “risk-off environment” the longer the S&P 500 continues to close above 6780 the weaker the case becomes. I will mark the signal as a false alarm in the scenario the criteria reset to 0/3.

Through the remainder of this week and next I am monitoring two scenarios:

  1. The S&P 500 on a breakdown close below 6780 to keep the existing risk-off alarm in tact.

  2. Risk-off criteria resetting to 0/3. This case marks the alarm as false and positioning focuses on long opportunities. For me, I will like to resume the ARKK trade in this case looking for closing prices above 83.75, preferably 85.50

At the time of writing S&P 500 futures are trading up slightly to 6860 from the 6850 close.

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