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Nakagai Daily Brief

Mon Oct 12, 2026

Before the open, every trading day

Premarket

S&P 500SPY
+0.08%
at 779.16, 8:19 AM ET
Nasdaq 100QQQ
-0.12%
at 750.34, 8:19 AM ET
DowDIA
+0.20%
at 517.09, 8:19 AM ET
Russell 2000IWM
+0.03%
at 278.98, 8:19 AM ET

Premarket price against the prior close, 15-minute delayed, from all US exchanges.

Stocks closed higher and futures hold gains as Iran faults the US peace-terms response.

Tone

The S&P 500 closed up 0.6%, the Dow 0.88%, the Nasdaq 100 0.5% and the Russell 2000 0.51%. Premarket is mixed: the Dow 0.2% higher, the S&P 500 0.08% higher, the Nasdaq 100 0.12% lower. The S&P 500's structure score is 87, bullish: an intact uptrend near the top of its recent range, which the small premarket gap does not change.

The market-wide story is Iran: it called the US response to peace terms inadequate, yet futures gained. Amazon is reported to be in talks to buy the AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, a sizable AI deal. Microsoft drew the most coverage: the vice president said it replaced laid-off workers with foreign hires, and Azure growth above 40% is the bar for its October 28 report.

No major economic releases are scheduled today. Earnings are limited to small companies: Netcapital, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Maison Solutions.

Structure

Bullish87/100

Describes where SPY stands now. Not a forecast.

  • SPY above its 20-day average+25
  • 20-day average above the 50-day+25
  • In the upper third of its 20-day range+22.59
  • Premarket +0.1% vs prior close+14.59

News

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Today

Economic releases

No scheduled releases

Earnings

  • NCPLNetcapital Inc.
  • RMCFRocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.
  • MSSMaison Solutions Inc.

Key levels

LevelS&P 500SPYNasdaq 100QQQDowDIARussell 2000IWM
Prior close778.51751.26516.05278.91
Prior high779.41752.84517.03279.87
Prior low775.20748.40511.77277.50
5-day high781.59762.83517.03284.63
5-day low769.80743.28507.92274.52
Premarket779.16750.34517.09278.98

Informational only. Not financial advice or a trade signal.

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