A 'very healthy' Quarterly Expiration is now behind; the deal with China is being evaluated (it lacks clarity but Xi willing to travel to South Korea for a meet is a favorable sign); and the Jewish holidays are almost upon us.

Notable that this year a fairly 'orthodox' post-Expiration pause-to-refresh may correlate with an old Irish (hah, not) adage: 'sell on Rosh Hashanah; buy on Yom Kippur'. The enthusiasm level is such that I doubt we get such a long pause; but just mentioning that's there to consider in the week ahead.

Bottom line: what a fantastic Expiration Friday; no need to elaborate but for sure we allow for a pause, then rebound and we'll see what October brings.

Action to start the week 'could' include upside from 'assignments' related to profitable Call Options being 'automatically exercised' over the weekend; so that could generate more upside (some are almost 'gamma squeeze' stories, most particularly our Quantum tickers); but realize that can be temporary even as such stocks are anticipated to move higher over time.

Plus we have the Jewish holidays coming and you might see some pause as relates to that, at least initially ... although this year the market is so exciting it's unlikely traders (including non-observers) would use the excuse for a day off.

Shana Tova if celebrating, and enjoy the weekend!

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