US 500 back in the band, but the long bet is full

At 11:00 UTC the futures point to a firmer US open: the US 500 cash estimate is 7723.9 (futures 7785.5, +0.26% since the 24/09 cash close), US Tech 100 at 30645 (+0.55%), US 30 at 51437 (+0.17%). VIX 15.35, well below both filters. No CPI, PCE, NFP, ISM or FOMC today: August PCE is due on 30/09 at 12:30 UTC. On the cash history (Yahoo was missing the 22/09 daily bar, rebuilt from hourly bars) the US 500 sits 0.78 ATR14 above its MA20 of 7671.84, inside the band and on the long side. We still publish nothing: NVDA and TSLA longs are already open, and a same-direction index long would be the third position on the same risk, above the limit of two. Its structure is also borderline: the 24/09 low at 7662.57 would put the stop at 0.81 ATR, too wide for an intraday idea. US Tech 100 is 2.78 ATR above its average and US 30 is 1.98 ATR below it: both are late. Single stocks are only assessed in the evening. The NVDA idea expires at 20:00 UTC today, and the after-hours wicks at 215.33 and 359.09 were zero-volume prints, not trades.