The Coffee Grind by Provokative AI — Friday, July 24, 2026

Submitted by Lars.Toomre on Fri, 07/24/2026 - 19:00
Operation Epic Fury Day 147 · Status: settled; three new pairs opened at the close, book to 29 active · Book: 29 active pairs · Realized: +$487,933 · ITD: $467,084 · Fed funds: 3.50–3.75% (Warsh chair)

The Coffee Grind by Provokative AI — Friday, July 24, 2026

Settled-close edition · The harvest trade comes home — the GLW-versus-MSFT structure is re-established a hundred dollars below where June 30 closed it, and the book adds three pairs into a still-elevated crude tape

The Corning Museum of Glass factory complex.
The Corning ("GLW") factory complex at Corning, New York. Source: Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected for the day the book re-established its GLW-anchored long — the same structure that drove the June 30 harvest — at a basis far below where it was closed.
Today’s observances: National Tequila Day; National Drive-Thru Day; and National Cousins Day. Marks: all figures are the July 24, 2026 New York settled close, day changes against the July 23 settled close.