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Nakagai Daily Brief

Thu Oct 15, 2026

Before the open, every trading day

Premarket

S&P 500SPY
-0.27%
at 767.55, 8:19 AM ET
Nasdaq 100QQQ
-1.18%
at 720.36, 8:19 AM ET
DowDIA
+0.29%
at 517.17, 8:19 AM ET
Russell 2000IWM
+0.26%
at 272.11, 8:19 AM ET

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

Chip selling pulls the Nasdaq 100 lower again; PPI and bank earnings due.

Tone

The S&P 500 fell 1.08% yesterday, the Nasdaq 100 1.97%, the Russell 2000 1.91%, and the Dow 0.08%. Premarket is mixed: the Nasdaq 100 is down another 1.18%, the S&P 500 is 0.27% lower, and the Dow and Russell 2000 are slightly higher. The S&P 500 structure score is 43, balanced: no clear edge either way. The medium trend is still gently up, the bigger picture, but yesterday's selling flattened the short-term view.

Chip stocks led the selling; Taiwan Semiconductor, named in that coverage, reports this morning. Fed's Daly said rate hikes are likely needed but not urgently. Bank of America fell 5% on an earnings miss and a $1.2 billion compliance penalty, ahead of today's bank earnings.

Producer Price Index at 8:30 Eastern. Charles Schwab, BNY Mellon, U.S. Bancorp and PNC Financial Services report before the open; Interactive Brokers and J.B. Hunt after the close.

Structure

Balanced43/100

Describes where SPY stands now. Not a forecast.

  • SPY below its 20-day average+0
  • 20-day average above the 50-day+25
  • In the middle third of its 20-day range+12.36
  • Premarket -0.3% vs prior close+5.68

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Today

Economic releases

Earnings

  • TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.pre-market
  • SCHWThe Charles Schwab Corporationpre-market
  • PLDPrologis, Inc.pre-market
  • BNYThe Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation pre-market
  • USBU.S. Bancorppre-market
  • PNCPNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)pre-market
  • MRSHMarshpre-market
  • IBKRInteractive Brokers Group, Inc.after close
  • ERICEricssonpre-market
  • JBHTJ.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.after close

Key levels

LevelS&P 500SPYNasdaq 100QQQDowDIARussell 2000IWM
Prior close769.65728.99515.65271.39
Prior high776.28740.43518.10274.44
Prior low766.71726.46513.15270.36
5-day high779.41757.18522.62279.87
5-day low766.71726.46508.67270.36
Premarket767.55720.36517.17272.11

Informational only. Not financial advice or a trade signal.

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