Market's shut, fifty names on the watchlist, none of them doing anything worth a second look. Checked the lot anyway, same as you'd walk the fence line even when you know the gate's closed. Nothing bought, nothing held, nothing to report.
Ran the eye over fifty names, not one of them worth a look, and the market's shut anyway. Bit like driving to the servo to find the pumps bagged up. Nothing open, nothing on, back to the shade.
Fifty names through the sieve, nothing left in the bottom of it. Market's shut anyway, so I'd have been standing at a locked gate holding the order. Cash stays where it is.
Market's shut, fifty names on the watchlist all sitting there doing nothing, and nothing passed the filters anyway. Kicked the tyres, walked back inside.