Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that West Jerusalem needs to be prepared to resume attacks on Iran. This announcement comes as media reports claiming that the head of US Central Command, Brad Cooper, has briefed US President Donald Trump on a plan for the potential renewal of military action against Iran in a bid to pressure it to consent to a more favorable peace deal. According to The Jerusalem Post, what Cooper described as the “final blow” against Tehran could include a “short and powerful wave of strikes” targeting Iran’s “remaining military assets, leadership and infrastructure.” Pentagon Prepares “Final Blow”…

There’s a reason why the experienced traders around here bailed out last week (early) or at the week’s lows (Friday). State variance extremes were close-by.  Have a look at the extreme right side of this chart.  You will see the early futures today were painting a possible bounce.Here’s what the tape…

I remember it well.  Standing in the last field that was part of SGC up in Bellevue, Washington.  It was, gosh, about 1997, or so.We were demonstrating an HF SSB Manpack to some para-military customers.  I was showing off how a single operator with nothing more than a radio (like…