Good morning, TFZ family! ☀️ The market is OPEN today, 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET. Futures are mixed after Wednesday's big post-election rally — the Dow is pointing higher, the Nasdaq is pointing lower. Rotation is the story again today: money is changing seats, not just leaving the table. Do not chase a gap. Wait for confirmation after the open. 📊 MARKET CONTEXT 🟢 S&P 500 — 7,688.62 (+1.58% Wednesday) 🟢 Nasdaq Composite — 25,736.51 (+1.44% Wednesday) 🟢 Dow — 53,356.12 (+3.03% Wednesday) 🟢 Russell 2000 — 2,856.95 (+1.58% Wednesday) 🟢 SPY — $766.81 Wednesday close (range $762.64–$769.22) 🟢 QQQ — $691.95 Wednesday close (range $687.87–$701.45) 🟢 IWM — $284.02 Wednesday close (range $281.31–$286.17) Premarket at about 8:55 a.m. ET: SPY near $767.72 (+0.13%), QQQ $685.92 (-0.87%), IWM $284.51 (+0.17%). Dow futures are up, Nasdaq futures are down — and QQQ is sitting below Wednesday's low premarket. Jobless claims came in at 189,000 this morning, better than the 196,000 expected and the lowest since 1969. The Bank of England raised rates to 4.00%, as expected. 📊 VIX GAME PLAN VIX closed Wednesday at 16.61, down 20.26% (Wednesday range 16.57–19.22). Premarket VIX was around 17.1, up about 3%. ✅ Below 16.57 = calmer tape, cleaner follow-through for calls ⚠️ Above 19.22 = risk-off, size down and wait for a real setup ⚠️ VIX is ticking up premarket while the Nasdaq falls — a rally with VIX rising, or a selloff with VIX flat, is a weaker signal. Do not force it. 🔄 SECTOR ROTATION — RELATIVE STRENGTH VS. WEAKNESS 🟢 Strength: Mega-cap non-chip tech (AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, GOOGL), the Dow and small caps holding up, gold, and energy bouncing off Wednesday's plunge 🔴 Weakness: Chips and memory (MU, QCOM, ARM, NVDA, AMD), AI data-center names, and Snap on an ad miss The story today is rotation, not a straight risk-on day: money is changing seats, not just leaving the table. 🟢 MAIN CALL WATCHLIST 🔥 APP — AppLovin Price: $271.75 Wednesday close | Premarket: $333.12 (+22.58%) at 8:54 a.m. ET