Iran's foreign minister ruled out direct talks with Washington on Sunday and Tehran renewed its demands for reopening Hormuz, a week after the market priced a deal that never arrived. Behind that, July payrolls contracted by 23,000, revisions cut 103,000 more jobs, and September hike odds fell to 44%. US CPI on Wednesday is the first inflation print into that setup. Gold, the S&P 500 and Bitcoin all closed last week above every level drawn on their charts, so this sheet publishes projections above all three for the first time, plus six weighted lanes and invalidations for five assets.