Submitted by DaddyDersch t3_11dne3l in wallstreetbets

We are officially in the massive pre market move followed by intraday range/ chop trend… probably one of the most frustrating times to be a day trader as unless you swing (and are correct) we are left with the crumbs… Look at the massive pre markets we have had over the last 7 trading days…

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Average open over the last 7 trading days is +/- 0.83%. That’s pretty dang impressive..

Today was probably one of my favor intraday SPY patterns… the classic 123 rollercoaster.. I have talked about this numerous times but essentially a 123 rollercoaster is 1) the initial move in this case the dump from 401.29 to 398.26… 2) the recovery in this case that is the pump from 398.26 to 399.51 and then finally 3) the final bigger push past initial low… in this case that’s the EOD push to 397.2 area. Its actually really refreshing to see this pattern play out today as this is how SPY used to behave and generally behaves in a healthy market… these massive V bottoms and Massive LOD to HOD reversals are NOT the normal even though 2022 wants us to believe they are. This is healthy and refreshing to see especially on a bear trend day…

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So the question is where does this leave us?

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Despite the pretty impressive 0.9% green open and the push over 401 this morning the bears were able to capitalize once again. This honestly reminds me of the last 2 months but in reverse… how many times did we see major morning dumps and red pre markets only for the bulls by EOD to take it green or at least recover most of the loss? We are seeing the same thing here… and honestly today is a VERY bearish candle closure…

Taking a look at the daily here we had a previous demand level at 400.6 that we came up and attempted to close over today and hard rejected. Generally speaking when we have a demand level like that and we get a massive rejection it is very bearish for the future. Not only that but we kissed the daily 8ema resistance today and hard rejected it with the wick and we hard rejected the daily 200/50ema with the candle body.

The most bullish thing that we can take away from today is that we bounced off the daily 100ema support once again. However, with the demand level rejection, and daily 8/50/200ema rejection I am going to be looking for a bigger sell off here on SPY this week. My target remains 390.1, however, we do have a previous demand level at 388.66 that we could bounce off. IF we get here and can bounce I will absolutely be looking for a play back to 405.8 demand.

Current demand levels= 388.66 and 405.81.

Key SPY Support- 397.7 -> 396.4 -> 395.4 -> 393.6 -> 391.5

Key SPY Resistance- 400 -> 401.7 -> 403.2

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The futures candle with this hanging man candle with a beautiful daily 8, 50 and 200ema rejection screams downside to me. However, there IS a double bottom here off 3975. Bears need to break through that level tomorrow and more importantly close under that level.

I am targeting 3920 support bounce on futures. If we are able to get there then I will 100% be looking for a bounce back to the 4000s.

Key Futures Support- 3975 -> 3965 -> 3945 -> 3920

Key Futures Resistance- 4000 -> 4020 -> 4032 -> 4055

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So Tesla investor day is on Wednesday apparently at 4pm… I thought about it over the weekend and thought some lotto calls for investor day to let ride would be a great play and well that turns out to be absolutely correct. However that ship has far sailed… a day too late for sure…

Taking a look at tesla here we had that really nice hammer candle doji that also re-established 196.3 as demand on Friday. That led to a pretty massive bounce and yet another gap to the upside. We also have no held the daily 8ema as support and have closed over the 202.1 resistance it fought at all week.

Our next demand level is 211.5 and that is where I will be keeping an eye on for this week and tomorrow. There is a very real buy the rumor sell the news potential with Tesla this week.

Demand levels- 196.3 and 211.5

Key Tesla Support- 205.1 -> 202.1 -> 197.8 -> 196.3

Key Tesla Resistance- 207.9 -> 211.6 -> 214.2

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The VIX was pretty much all over the place today. Despite the VIX pretty much dropping from opening this morning it did have a bounce off the daily 8ema which at the same time provided a downside opportunity for SPY. The one interesting take here is that SPY did NOT recover despite the VIX continuing its sell off. Watching the VIX continue to unwind while SPY falls is something very important to take note of.

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Started the week off really nicely today. I am pretty happy with the day overall and I am even okay with the two losses I took. The first loss was on a potential breakout that ended up with a massive 50cent plus blip down that of course no one could have expected. The second loss I ended up cutting my put early when we broke through a key resistance. It would have ended up coming back to be extremely profitable, however, while I didn’t watch it the whole time I believe my -10% stop would have hit first.

I did move up to a -10% stop this week officially and went live with that. So far so good obviously. It is definitely nicer knowing 2 nice wins breaks me even instead of 3 nice wins. However, will continue to evaluate as time goes on. So far so good and positive results there.

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Ravenchaser210 t1_ja9rlvo wrote

I was expecting a green day today, but didnt expect the gap up at all. There's really no reason for the gap up at all...

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DaddyDersch OP t1_ja9zssn wrote

Yeah the gap all was a little surprising honestly

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isucktrading t1_ja9v2n2 wrote

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abreeden90 t1_jaafver wrote

I got 210 calls on TSLA as well. Time to gamble on Elon lol

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Kylescrackhouse t1_ja9z66r wrote

why do you buy options a few days out instead of odte if u sell them the same day? I'm fairly new to this so i'm just curious if that's a better move than odte's

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DaddyDersch OP t1_jaa01sq wrote

I used to pretty much strictly do 0dte. However since November the premium movement on 0dtes has been fucky and not worth trading it.

I also use 4dte to give me a little bit of room for error/ wiggle rooom

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livelearnplay t1_jaa0jkk wrote

With 0 DTE your timing has to be be impeccable and more risk if you’re wrong as they can become worthless pretty quickly if it moves against you. Trading 0DTE requires high movement and momentum to really capitalize on in my opinion. If spy is barely moving $2-$3 then I stay away, but if there’s volume and volatility like last Thursday, then they can be worth playing.

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beettrader t1_jaapimv wrote

Would like to see TSLA make a push for 220 (Daily 200) before close Wednesday. I will be going hard into puts if that happens.

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DaddyDersch OP t1_jaapugr wrote

A rejection and close under 215 would be the best short opp which is its 200ema

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abreeden90 t1_jaah7nz wrote

What are your puts on SPY? I did a small 0dte today but I would prefer to do longer options. Thinking 398 but I’m fairly new to this. So possibly I’m an idiot

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BreachlightRiseUp t1_jab5qfd wrote

Averaged down slightly on my 4/21 190P NVDA, looking like a hard double top on the chart at 238 so hoping for downside to come

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Potential_Project_48 t1_ja9r6p6 wrote

If you zoom out a bit, we once again traded in the same range of a week ago since tuesday.

Looks more like it's basing/consolidating for another move higher, imo.

VIX literally in the 20s, there's no fear in this market. Was expecting more dump from the PCE surprise, but we got nothing.

The ingredient in all of last year's sell-offs was the momentum, as it's harder for the market to sell than to naturally drift higher. We need a catalyst to make it regain momentum, imo. Otherwise bears will probably drop the ball.

Reminds me of the December sell-off that stalled after losing momentum, everyone thought it was the start of the next leg down, instead it then moved sideways.

Edit: Very telling of sentiment here with bears downvoting my opinion 😂😂. Last time this happened in January, we mooned right afterwards 😂😂.

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dramarehab t1_ja9sh8e wrote

Only piece of the puzzle that you're missing and is different from December are ZQ{?}3 contracts that are finally starting to price in higher terminal rates.

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Potential_Project_48 t1_ja9tz7p wrote

The issue I have with that, is how the market has been rallying since the October lows where the fed has raised over 100bps since then, and earnings are worse now than when they were in Q3. Market is not acting rational, and I don't expect it to until a recession smacks it in the face.

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curly_as_fuck t1_jaa4fl8 wrote

The market sees the rate pause not too far off in the distance. An announcement of 25 bps and not 50 will get us going. The hikes will start working.

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Potential_Project_48 t1_jaa6vv2 wrote

Yes, it always comes with a big lag. I suspect Q3 is when they will be felt and the shit will hit the fan.

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curly_as_fuck t1_jaaarfa wrote

I’m wondering if it might be a bit longer time frame before it gets bad. When unemployment starts rising the fed is likely going to start cuts which I would think would be a major catalyst upwards with a crash to come later.

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itachisasuked t1_jacecqs wrote

The stock market is not the economy or earnings it’s price action

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DaddyDersch OP t1_ja9zvz5 wrote

Agreed but we are still down trending for now.

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Potential_Project_48 t1_jaa4oow wrote

Yeah definitely, don't think we'll break out this week, but I mean consolidate for the next two weeks like Dec.

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DaddyDersch OP t1_jaapiwq wrote

I still think we trade 390 to 405 till cpi most likely

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Potential_Project_48 t1_jaarpvz wrote

Wow didn't realize that CPI is exactly 2 weeks after today, with FOMC and March OPEX that same week. Yeah, lol your take makes the most sense, I'd imagine the big boys want to wait for that stuff to roll off first before doing anything major...

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DaddyDersch OP t1_jaasd92 wrote

Yeah middle to end of march is about to be wild

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SheriffVA t1_jab3f03 wrote

This guy got downvoted but he is accurate. We are headed into a December like rectangle pattern. Most likely hitting 390 and overshooting it a few points but will bounce off it and stay range bound.

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Potential_Project_48 t1_jab3j0e wrote

This guy actually makes money.

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SheriffVA t1_jab5d8e wrote

I just sell people the ‘omg spy gonna moon next day or crater next day’ 1-2 day 3-5% OTM options when its clearly going to be consolidation.

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