Ten of fifteen names too stretched from their average: no new idea

Evening review at 16:38 UTC with all fifteen instruments in regular session. The S&P 500 trades at 7723, 0.17 ATR14 below its 20-day average of 7736: noise, not a trend. The Nasdaq 100 sits 1.99 ATR below its average at 29595 and the Dow 1.88 ATR above at 52490, both outside the entry band, and the index factor already holds two open ideas. Among stocks, ten names are blocked as late entries: Visa, Walmart, Coca-Cola, Eli Lilly, Home Depot and Exxon are 2.8 to 4.2 ATR above their averages, Caterpillar 2.4 ATR below, Nvidia 1.8 below. Tesla reports tomorrow after the close. Apple passed the band by a hair at 0.51 ATR, but the only clean invalidation for a long is the 9 October low at 330.70, which puts the stop 1.84 ATR away, beyond the 1.25 cap; the nearer floor at 340.12 broke today. Microsoft is already open. VIX 17.8, down 3% on the day; the 10-year yield 5.12%, the dollar index 101.8. The calendar is empty until the Fed decision on 28 October at 18:00 UTC. Three positions stay open, none touched a level. No idea published.