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The desk is running a mixed book today — selective conviction on both sides, which is exactly how we like it.

Jun 26, 2026 · 2:02 PM CT · 1:46 · The Alpha Brief | Desk | Fri, Jun 26

The desk is running a mixed book today — selective conviction on both sides, which is exactly how we like it. Tech is where most of the energy is sitting right now. We have a large-cap name in that space where the setup is pointing us long — solid conviction, and we are comfortable in that posture.…

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The desk is running a mixed book today — selective conviction on both sides, which is exactly how we like it.

Tech is where most of the energy is sitting right now. We have a large-cap name in that space where the setup is pointing us long — solid conviction, and we are comfortable in that posture. On the other side of the ledger, we are short a different large-cap tech name with equal conviction, and that one is already moving in our direction. Two names, same sector, opposite lean. That kind of divergence is a pairs dynamic we watch closely, and right now the desk likes how it is resolving.

Financials have one name we are leaning short on — conviction is there, we are holding that posture.

Healthcare is where it gets interesting. We have a long working, moving well, conviction intact. We also have a short working in the same sector — different name, different setup shape, also resolving in our favor. When a sector is giving you clean reads on both sides simultaneously, you pay attention to that. It tells you something about the dispersion underneath.

Overall posture today — not tilted hard in either direction, but the individual setups are speaking clearly.

That is the desk read. Position accordingly, or do not. Your call.

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