A Bearish NAS100 Setup Ahead of the September Fed Meeting

Summary

The document presents a short-term bearish thesis for NAS100 ahead of a September Federal Reserve meeting. It cites three hawkish FOMC dissents, a rise in long-term Treasury yields, and a market decline from its June high as signs that rate expectations and equity valuations may face further pressure. It also points to concern about large technology companies’ AI spending and persistent inflation risks as possible headwinds.

The proposed trade is to sell rallies that fail near former support or other resistance areas. The author suggests using a defined risk-to-reward target and treats a daily recovery above the prior downtrend line as an invalidation signal. August inflation data, the Jackson Hole symposium, oil prices, and major technology earnings are named as catalysts. The thesis is explicitly data-dependent: cooler inflation, steadier yields, stronger earnings, or geopolitical de-escalation could weaken it. The document provides a discretionary event-driven trade plan, not a tested strategy, and its market claims and forecasts are specific to the stated period.

Key ideas

• The bearish NAS100 thesis links hawkish Fed signals and rising long-term yields to possible equity valuation pressure.
• The author proposes selling rallies that fail around resistance ahead of the September meeting.
• A daily recovery above the prior downtrend line is given as a condition that would weaken the trade thesis.
• Inflation releases, central bank events, oil prices, and technology earnings are identified as catalysts.
• The setup carries event risk and should be reassessed as new data arrives.

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