📈 Pre-Market Briefing · 2026-08-13 12:00 UTC
⚡ TL;DR
🔴🔴🔴 SPY signals dominate bearish sentiment; heavy insider and congressional selling in select names; key PPI data imminent
🎯 TOP SIGNALS
- 🔴🔴🔴 SPY SHORT (score 59.9) — strong quantitative signal favoring downside on S&P 500 ahead of inflation data
📰 NEWS & SENTIMENT
- Neutral overall sentiment 🟡
- (still accumulating — platform just cut over)
🏛️ SMART MONEY
- 🔴 CCI sold by Rep. Michael Rulli, multiple trades $1K-$15K on 8/6, consistent sell pattern
- 🔴 BWB CEO Jerry Baack heavy insider sells, totaling over $750K
- 🔴 CXW insider Lappin Harley repeated sells near $1M each, signaling negative insider view
🌊 FLOW & DARK POOL
- 🔴 SPX 6700 March 2027 puts with $78.7M premium "RepeatedHits," implying strong downside hedging
- 🔴 SPY dark pool large block, 1.3M shares notional $1B+ at $772.57, heavy institutional selling pressure
- 🟡 SNDK block 500K shares $672M, MSFT 1M shares $500M also notable in dark pools
📅 RISK AHEAD
- ⚠️ 12:30PM ET today: Core PPI YoY, PPI YoY, Core PPI, Producer Price Index (HIGH importance)
- ⚠️ 12:30PM ET today: Initial Jobless Claims (MEDIUM importance)
- 08/14 Retail Sales & Retail Sales minus autos (MEDIUM)
- 08/14 Consumer Sentiment preliminary & Business Inventories (LOW)
- 08/17 Empire State Manufacturing Survey (MEDIUM), Home Builder Confidence (LOW)
- 08/18 Import Price Index, Building Permits, Housing Starts (mostly LOW, starts MEDIUM)
Educational & informational only — not financial advice. Markets carry risk; do your own research.
Serial 20260813-12-v107 · 2026-08-13 12:00 UTC · pulse.uzylab.com