The market moved on headlines today. Iran news, blockade updates, ceasefire rumors. This tape is moving on headlines and each one is landing like a grenade in the middle of a trade. The put zone triggered this morning, and right as price entered, news hit at 10:45 and the 200 EMA was sitting directly in the path. The move never had room to breathe. So I stopped out of the trade early. Protecting capital when the trade does not have room is exactly what the system is built for. Here is what I need you to understand about a news-driven tape. The zones still find the levels. They found the put zone this morning. When the headlines are flying, the levels still work. The only variable that needs to shift is how much you risk on each trade. In a week with Iran headlines, Fed speakers, and earnings season, position

We cleaned up shop before lunch today. Game Plan members were in the 655 put zone this morning, selling in all the way down while Iran headlines were flying. Profits booked before noon. While the market did bounce… we spent the day not care. That is the whole point of trading levels instead of news. You are not betting on whether the war ends. You are betting on price levels where the probability stacks in your favor. More volatility means wider zones and more room to work. This environment does not scare me. It is opportunity. Now let me tell you what I actually see on the chart, because the thing that concerns me has nothing to do with Iran. The market was already rolling over in February. Stocks like Microsoft were already pressing the index lower before a single missile was fired. The market sold off because something was

I'm not worried about the gap down. I'm worried about the recovery. Here's why that matters. SPY has been building a bear flag since late February. A bear flag is what happens when the market sells off hard, bounces sideways in a descending channel, and then breaks lower. It looks like a pause. It isn't. The market is just catching its breath before the next leg down. What confirmed it today was the MACD cross, a momentum indicator that tells you when the trend has shifted. The last time we got this exact setup, a cross right at the tip of the flag, we sold off, had one more bounce, and then dropped hard. That's the pattern playing out right now. Two scenarios for this week. One, we get a gap down from some Iran-related headline and just start bleeding from there. Two, we grind up toward the 200-period moving