ICT Macros vs Market Data: What's Really on the Clock

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:55:00 -0400

The 8:50 macro is famous for “random” stop runs. It starts twenty minutes after CPI, payrolls and PPI hit the tape at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

That’s not random. That’s the calendar.

Fair Price and Auction Theory, Simplified

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:30:00 -0400

Used car lot. Sticker says $30,000. You laugh. At $27,000 you shrug. At $24,000 you and three other guys reach for your wallets.

That’s fair price. Markets find it the same way, just faster. (Want the deeper version? Auction Market Theory Explained.)