<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Macrocope Cartoons</title><link>https://macrocope.com/</link><description>Satire, cartoons, and readable market psychology.</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:30:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://macrocope.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Before: gamma levels. Now: civilization-ending headline risk.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/gamma-levels-to-headline-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/gamma-levels-to-headline-risk/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description>One minute you&apos;re mapping gamma and volume profile. 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nervous.</description><category>Politics</category><category>Geopolitics</category><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Please do not make the bus driver tap the sign.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/tap-the-foreign-policy-sign/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/tap-the-foreign-policy-sign/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A familiar two-panel meme points to a political quote attributed here to Michael Parenti about fascism, capitalism, democracy, and anti-communism.</description><category>Politics</category><category>Foreign policy</category><category>Political economy</category></item><item><title>Still searching for the stop-wars button.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/who-can-stop-wars/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/who-can-stop-wars/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A two-panel political satire about the moment an anti-war voter discovers the ballot may not include an anti-war setting.</description><category>Politics</category><category>Anti-war</category><category>Narratives</category></item><item><title>Strait of Hormuz status: everyone is coping.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/hormuz-status-unknown/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/hormuz-status-unknown/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>No one knows, consensus is zero, and the oil trader already has a victory lap scheduled because one tanker turned around.</description><category>Markets</category><category>Geopolitics</category><category>Oil</category></item><item><title>When political theology meets the bond market.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/political-theology-bond-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/political-theology-bond-market/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A satirical 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Democratic succession joke, preserving the same escalating selection logic and final punchline.</description><category>Politics</category><category>Narratives</category></item><item><title>Face Ripper Friday is now accepting shorts.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/face-ripper-friday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/face-ripper-friday/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Dr. Cope performs emergency overconfidence extraction after NQ induces, traps, and liquidates anyone still loading the boat.</description><category>Dr. Cope</category><category>Trading Pain</category><category>NQ</category></item><item><title>The entry prayer has entered the chat.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/entry-prayer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/entry-prayer/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Bargaining-stage trading in one sentence: not asking for alpha anymore, just a peaceful exit at the original bad idea.</description><category>Trading Pain</category><category>Markets</category></item><item><title>Cope Hospital is now accepting reality trauma.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/cope-hospital/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/cope-hospital/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Dr. Cope opens the FAFO ward for privacy goggles, main-character injuries, and hard-to-swallow humility pills.</description><category>Dr. Cope</category><category>Tech</category></item><item><title>Dr. Cope&apos;s Narrative Recovery Group is in session.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/narrative-recovery-group/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/narrative-recovery-group/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A full-group therapy panel for prediction hangovers, mission-accomplished posts, and emergency goalpost relocation.</description><category>Dr. Cope</category><category>Politics</category></item><item><title>Liquidity drained. Chart locked. Cope fuel empty.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/liquidity-drained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/liquidity-drained/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A late-session ODTE postmortem for anyone who opened the app, saw volume missing, and started bargaining with the candle.</description><category>Trading Pain</category><category>ODTE</category></item><item><title>Narrative firmware can be updated remotely.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/narrative-firmware/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/narrative-firmware/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Same underlying brain, new talking points. A three-panel study in how quickly certainty can survive a complete narrative reversal.</description><category>Politics</category><category>Narratives</category></item><item><title>The full cope machine.</title><link>https://macrocope.com/cartoons/full-cope-machine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://macrocope.com/cartoons/full-cope-machine/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Crew, event reactions, tools, headlines, therapy, merch, and professional-grade copium packed into one operating diagram.</description><category>Macrocope</category><category>Blueprint</category></item></channel></rss>