I read constantly, especially before the market opens. My morning routine sends me down plenty of unexpected paths, and recently I was reading about how systems respond to stress. No matter where you look, the same pattern appears. Stress builds, peaks, and then fades. Nothing stays stretched forever.
Markets behave the same way. Whenever fear rises, volatility jumps. When the fear fades, volatility cools. Long before most investors notice, the emotional wave has already turned.
We are seeing that pattern right now. Indices have been slipping, tech stocks are coming under pressure, and volatility is climbing across the market. Headlines focus on doubts about valuations and interest rates. This is exactly the kind of emotional environment where the next short-term opportunity usually begins—quietly, not with a story, but with a shift in behavior.
That is what my system measures. It does not try to guess what comes next. It watches for the moment when an emotional extreme finally runs out of energy. When volatility stops climbing and starts easing, that transition often leads to fast and meaningful moves.
A clear example appeared earlier this month. The indicator triggered a buy signal in TD SYNNEX Corporation (SNX). The next day it generated a sell signal as the volatility pattern shifted again. That trade captured a gain of about 1.7% in just one day.
This is the type of move we target. Small gains that compound over time.
A one-day gain of 1.7% may not seem dramatic, but when we capture moves like this multiple times a month, it adds up.
The pattern is always the same. First the reaction. Then the exhaustion. Then the return to balance. Emotion spikes, then emotion cools, and the market adjusts long before most traders even notice the change.
Inside that pattern is opportunity.
And that is why I trust signals rather than stories.
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