The physics here are simple: the cost of capital is too high for tech to float, and energy prices refuse to break. The Federal Reserve is entirely boxed in, and the institutional Whales are positioning for the pain to accelerate....
If you trade without verifying institutional volume against OCC Open Interest, you are trading ghosts. If you trade without checking the retail Put/Call Ratio, you are the exit liquidity for the Market Maker....
Last Friday (July 10) was a masterclass in algorithmic sedation. The 0dte_contrarian_hunter.py scanner tracked the exact geometry of the board, and the conclusion was absolute: The clearinghouses engineered a multi-billion dollar "Friction Pin" to incinerate retail premiums....