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THE NEXT BIG MARKET MOVE IS SETTING UP NOW 🚀

2026-09-18

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The setup is a rates-and-inflation trade: after the Fed’s 25 bps hike, everything hinges on the Sept. 30 PCE print, with growth, AI, and memory stocks front-running higher until that data decides whether another hike gets priced in. SPY, INTC, META, and NFLX are framed around tight trigger levels over the next 2 days to 1 week, with several breakouts already at resistance rather than at clean entries. The video’s core call is that Sept. 30 can either validate the current risk-on squeeze or force a pullback, including a possible 8% drop in SPY from mid-September to end-October if inflation comes in hot or SPY loses its ascending channel. META and INTC are the clearest upside continuation setups, but both need near-term confirmation; NFLX is a conditional trade only if it holds or reclaims its stated levels.

  • The Fed’s 25 bps hike made Sept. 30 PCE the key gatekeeper for whether another rate hike gets priced in.
  • If Sept. 30 PCE forces another hike into the tape, growth stocks, AI stocks, and memory stocks are expected to come under pressure.
  • From now until Sept. 30, markets are front-running higher in growth, AI, and memory names; a miss on inflation is expected to reverse that and signal an uncontrollable inflation path.
  • A small volatility move on Wednesday was framed as an already-identified buying opportunity.
  • INTC is the primary swing trade, with 108 the trigger level for continuation higher; the stock is already above 108.
  • If INTC closes the week above 108, the next target is 117; failure to hold 108 by week-end leaves the breakout unconfirmed.
  • SPY’s bounce matched the prior call and held structural support around 750, which is also described as a key ascending support line with multiple prior touches.
  • SPY needs to stay above 750 and push above 764 within 2 days to confirm continuation; 783 is the next major resistance.
  • If SPY revisits 750 again, support is expected to weaken; if it falls out of the ascending channel, the setup turns very bearish and a major flush is expected.
  • There is high concern for an 8% pullback in SPY from mid-September to end-October if the channel breaks or inflation surprises higher.
  • META’s $18 billion lawsuit settlement was the pivot that ended the down move and started the reclaim toward a higher range.
  • META already pushed through 666 and hit 684; now it is at resistance, with bullish confirmation requiring a push to 690 and then a next-day hold above 688.
  • If META gets the 690/688 confirmation, upside targets are $700 and then $736; the next 48 hours are framed as do or die because the move has historically faded here.
  • META’s RSI has historically rejected at 70 exactly nine times, and the weekly MACD moving above zero is called a major long-term buy signal only if it stays above zero into the close.
  • NFLX is not currently held because it is consolidating between two levels: bounce trigger at 7330 and breakout trigger at 7685.
  • If NFLX closes below 7330, the expected move is back to $68; if it reclaims 7685, the target range is $81 to $85.