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Futures push higher, Dow short nears its stop, no new idea

At 10:52 UTC the index futures are all higher: ES 7849.25 (+0.24% on the cash-close anchor), NQ 31448.75 (+0.36%), YM 51820 (+0.46%). VIX is 15.36, unchanged. Applying those moves to Monday's cash closes gives estimated levels of 7792.6 for the US 500, 31188 for the US Tech 100 and 51501 for the US 30; the futures/cash basis is stable at 0.55-0.62% on the Dow, so no roll distortion. All three were screened and none passes the band. The US 500 sits 1.77 ATR14 above its MA20 (7672.8) and the US Tech 100 3.16 ATR above (29984): both are late entries, ceiling 1.5. The US 30 is 0.49 ATR below its MA20 (51748), just inside the 0.50 noise floor, so no short direction worth adding. The open Dow short (entry 51241, stop 51510) is under pressure: the estimated cash level is within about 10 points of the stop, and Monday's cash high of 51405 already traded above the 51383 structural level. Stops are judged only on regular-session prices, so the idea stays open into the 13:30 UTC cash open and expires at 20:00 UTC. Third consecutive review without a new idea.

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