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CPI at 12:30 UTC keeps US indices on hold, no idea

At 11:00 UTC only the three US indices can be assessed; single stocks wait for the evening review. Prices are estimated from the futures change since yesterday's cash close (20:00 UTC print), applied to the cash close; MA20 and ATR14 come from cash daily bars, excluding today. US 500: estimated 7,818 (futures 7,868.5, +0.16%), MA20 7,725, ATR14 60.2, so 1.55 ATR above the average, just past the 1.50 late-entry ceiling. US Tech 100: estimated 30,539 (futures -0.10%), only 0.20 ATR from its MA20 of 30,472: that is noise, not a trend. US 30 is the only one inside the band, estimated 51,824 (futures +0.30%), 0.70 ATR above an MA20 of 51,487, ATR 483. But September CPI is due at 12:30 UTC, and any intraday idea opened now would be exposed to it, so the macro filter blocks it. VIX is calm at 15.3. Nothing published; no open positions. The evening review will reassess US 30 and the stocks once the CPI reaction has settled. Six reviews in a row without an idea, but today's reasons are measured, not structural.

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