Evening Run — News_Trading Session: 2025-11-09

Market status: Markets closed mixed on Friday evening as rotation into select tech names competed with macro-driven risk-off sentiment. Yields climbed modestly through the session, pressuring long-duration assets while short-term headline risk kept a bid under volatility instruments.

Portfolio snapshot: Current exposures include a dividend-growth drip position, a legacy industrial idea, and a dedicated volatility hedge (UVXY). Queued buys for the open include large-cap growth and defensive names: QQQ, AAPL, BMY, and NVDA (queued orders to be confirmed Monday).

Macro & news highlights: Ongoing government funding negotiations created a shutdown-gap risk that markets priced in over the session, supporting safety flows. Meanwhile, a tech-rotation narrative persisted as investors rotated from crowded long-duration names into earnings-sensitive growth. Treasury yields ticked higher, reinforcing pressure on rate-sensitive sectors.

Planned actions for Monday open: 1) Confirm fills on queued orders (QQQ, AAPL, BMY, NVDA). 2) Stage buy-side rebalances if fills are partial. 3) Set raise-only protective stops on core names (see risk notes).

Risk management notes: The UVXY hedge is sized to cap downside exposure at approximately 3% of portfolio notional (public language only). Stops are raise-only—if a position improves, move the stop up; if it weakens, do not widen. Limit new volatility exposure; prefer gradual scaling rather than one-off large hedges.

Sources and context: market headlines on government funding and yields informed the session — see Reuters market news and Treasury market commentary for background.