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The desk is leaning long and letting the book work today.

Aug 13, 2026 · 2:01 PM CT · 1:29 · The Alpha Brief | Desk | Thu, Aug 13

The desk is leaning long and letting the book work today. Two names are carrying real conviction right now — one sitting in large-cap technology, one in healthcare. Both are positioned long, both are working. We are not pressing them, not second-guessing them. When the setup is sound and the trade…

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The desk is leaning long and letting the book work today.

Two names are carrying real conviction right now — one sitting in large-cap technology, one in healthcare. Both are positioned long, both are working. We are not pressing them, not second-guessing them. When the setup is sound and the trade is behaving, the job is to stay out of your own way. That is where we are on those two.

The other piece of the picture is intraday. The gap-fill book is active in the opening session. Mornings have been gapping higher, and we have been fading that move systematically — taking the other side of early enthusiasm and letting the fill do the work. It is not a high-conviction macro call. It is a structural observation about how this tape has been opening, and we are playing the shape, not the narrative.

So the overall posture today is constructive on a couple of names, and tactically patient intraday. Nothing heroic. Just a desk that knows where it stands.

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

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