SPY Tech Anal: August Bear Market Rally or Actual Bottom?

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I’m honestly shocked Germans haven’t started to riot or do something… They are shutting down their nuclear plants and going to pay 3x+ for energy prices all while still freezing their asses off trying to conserve energy. And what happens next summer during extreme heat? Next winter?

Oh this winter is gonna be a shitshow, I guarantee it…

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This is the SG as of today morning:

It basically reads: “wait-and-see”. Given similar levels of call and put gamma, it seems that the market does not have a preferred direction at the moment, and will probably tilt up in the direction the market goes.

So gamma levels provide no directional indication at the moment.

On top of that, the vol trigger level is SPX 4225. Anything below this, and we’re in negative gamma territory, which means we’ll have more exaggerated moves compared to the last month and a half.

Finally, today is post opex day. We can expect a bit of sell-off today and possibly into tomorrow as the de-hedge occurs of the massive 4200 level we saw into Friday.

If the negativity continues into Wed or Thu, then we have to seriously consider if we have started the next leg down.

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TLDR: I think that the pullback has started, but I’m expecting that SPY will have some green days for me to enter some swing puts.

SPY on the hourly is looking berry bearish. On the indicator that I have right now (Nadarya-Watson Envelope), it typically signals the extremes on either side. When SPY breaks the lines or near the lines, it’s typically a sign to exit that position or be careful for a reversal. Also looking at the RSI, it’s formed a bullish divergence and is at extremes. These combinations lead me to think that we will have some kind of backtest before we trend lower. But yeah price action is bearish so Kevin and House can get their raging boners out.

On the daily it seems like we’ve confirmed the downtrend. We broke the 21 EMA and have had rising volume on these sell days. What I’m looking for the next few days is some low volume green days to get us out of overextended area and a better entry for puts. I’m looking at 416-7 as my first area and then 422 as my next if SPY pushes up that high. Another reason why I expect a push up is because the RSI is at the 50 level and that sometimes leads to a bounce in the markets. Overall though, a confirmed downtrend and looking for the lower high to form to swing puts.

VIX is another reason why I expect a green day in the upcoming days. In the 2 days following a VIX of 10% greater move, it has led to some big rallies. I’ll post that chart at the bottom. Anyways, it seems like VIX has finally broken out and we are going to look at some volatile and red markets. Makes sense since September is weak and Jackson Hole meeting is this week.

Another reason why I expect a green day in an overall down trend is because of the dollar. The dollar has broken out heavily and that is bearish as hell for stocks. We are near the same resistance area at the last top and are forming a bearish divergence. I expect some pullback on the dollar or consolidation before it starts to trend back up and stocks to make the move lower.

Overall, because I didn’t enter puts last week, I’m waiting for another entry for spy puts. I’m still longer term bullish for SPY, but right now, I think we have some red months coming up.

VIX STUFF

Days that VIX has risen over 10% in a day:
4/11, 4/22, 4/26, 4/29, 5/5, 5/9, 5/18, 6/13, and 6/16. Now let’s look at these dates on SPY/ SPX

4/11 - After one red day, had a rally of 3.17% since then - although it was choppy.
4/22 - The next day had a high to low of 2.37% and was green, although the markets shat afterwards
4/26 - The next day had high volatility, but from the next day’s low to the peak rally, it was 3.34%
4/29 - The next day had high volatility, but from the next day’s low to the peak rally, it was 6.14%
5/5 - Again the day had high volatility but the markets continued on lower
5/9 - The market was up higher, but didn’t bottom until 3 days later (-3.22%), then rallied 6% from low to peak
5/18 - The market bottomed 2 days later (-3%) and rallied 9.6% from low to peak.
6/13 - The market bottomed the next day and rallied 3.61% afterwards
6/16 - The market bottomed the next day and rallied 8.5% from low to peak.

Of course, you’re not going to get the exact lows and highs, but it does show that VIX being up over 10% in a day usually leads to a volatile next day and then usually bottoms within 2 days leading to a good rally. So based on this, I’m probably going to get a call tomorrow and hold. This method has a 7/9 chance of a bottom forming within 2 days and leading to a rally (technically 6/9 since one time it bottomed 3 days later but whatever)

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DXY was only ever this high on July 14.

On the 5m, DXY is now on its 4th test today of ~109.

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It broke above on the 5th try, and then held as support.

Not good for the stock market.

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TLDR: It looks like we’ll have another dump incoming tomorrow, although the chances of us having a green day within 2 days after VIX shoots up 10%+ makes me hesitant to say for sure that we’ll have a dump incoming.

Not much to talk about other than today has a consolidation day with minimal movements. One thing that’s worrying me a lot is that we were not able to break the 8 EMA at all. This seems very bearish to me and I’m honestly looking for another dump - maybe to my strong level at 407 or 409.5. The MACD and RSI are slowly curving up, but on weak strength and just because it’s overextended doesn’t mean we can’t go lower. This happened during the May and June sell offs too. Overall, I’m just being very cautious and am leaning towards downside with a potential V recovery tomorrow.

Flat day and volume shows it. We could be bouncing from the 50 level on the RSI on the daily, but until we do, I won’t put too much weight on it. Overall, seems like we’re turning into a downtrend, but who knows, maybe this is another good pullback before the run.

VIX rebounded hard today, sad to see because I was hoping to get into UVXY calls EOD. Well it seems like the VIX is ready to shoot up higher and cause some more downside. I’m honestly thinking that we see VIX back up to the 30’s again. But yeah just be careful.

Nothing much to note other than a minor pullback on the DXY, yields going up and interestingly, the put call ratio showing that more calls have entered the market. Possibly a sign that we are getting bear trapped?

Overall, I’m betting on another mini dump before we make a lower high to enter puts. We’ll see how it plays out, but I think the markets will choose direction on Friday with the fed speeches. Good luck all.

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TLDR: I personally am leaning towards another dump before we rally, but because there are so many big news coming out, I’m not going to really try to predict anything. If the GDP number comes in shitty tomorrow morning, then it’ll be a shit show, but if not, then we should rally. Then there’s the fed speech on Friday. Whatever the fed decides the rate hikes to be, it’ll be a surprise and move the markets a ton.

SPY on the hourly just now broke above the 8 and 21 EMA. But it seems so weak that I don’t really feel good about it. The RSI is struggling to make it above 50 and the MACD is weakening and nearing the 0 line. These are typically resistances and mark the reversals or a continuation of the trend. Something to watch out for tomorrow.

On the daily, we had the green day after VIX being up 10% in a day. Could be rally up further or have a tumble down? Who knows, but it doesn’t seem good imo. 2 rejections off the 21 EMA and no real strong volume on this green day. One thing to keep in mind though is that the RSI is still hanging above the 50 level which is a good sign for the bulls. Maybe we form a bearish divergence, but we’ll see. Overall just seems like the markets are coiling heading into Friday.

VIX got crushed today which is interesting. Maybe filling the gap below before heading back up? If this is the case, then we should see some green days ahead, but right now, just seems like everything is flattening and waiting for the fed.

One thing that I’m worried about is that the 2 year yields are not coming down. The 2 year yields are typically the market’s gage of inflation. The fact that it’s climbing higher does not look good and this rally might be a huge bull trap. Overall, just something to keep in mind and be careful about.

Also the dollar is consolidating and possibly forming a bull flag. But right now, nothing to really point out so yeah.

So the Fed meeting is this Friday. I personally think that the Fed will come out hawkish and cause a short squeeze green day for whatever reason and then we start to shit downwards. This is just a crystal ball though so you don’t have to keep this in mind. But if this does come true, I’m a fucking genius. Anyways looking at the probabilities, it seems like the markets are leaning towards a hawkish fed. But there are still a good amount of people expecting a bullish fed. So whatever decision that the Fed comes up with, it will be surprising and cause a big move in either direction. Fed comes out dovish - expect us to go to 440-460. Fed comes out hawkish, I personally think we go test 380-390. So basically, it’ll be better to wait until the Fed to get swing whatever.

In conclusion, markets are coiling for big moves for the upcoming fed minutes. JB has hella good plays so it’s better to play that than SPY rn. At least until the news comes out. Be careful everyone and don’t try to gamble on the direction because you’ll always be wrong.

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TLDR: Looks like SPY is aiming to make a run to the downtrend line on the daily and see whether it wants a full bull run or start a bigger downtrend. Also ig markets are betting that Powell will sound more dovish than usual.

So on the hourly, we broke above the MA’s and retested the 21 EMA twice and bounced off. This is a strong sign, esp with a strong volume buy heading into the last hour. My next target disregarding news it that 422 level, but we’ll see if we do reach that high. Overall, seems like we’re on an uptrend again.

We are looking more bullish on the daily with the RSI bouncing off the 50 level and the MACD showing the weakening bearish momentum. I’m not too sold that this is the start of the next leg up as the volume is still pretty shitty. Also with the fed speech tomorrow, not sure how well the TA will matter. But right now, it seems like we’ll go and try to retest that yellow trendline and see if we can solidify a bigger bull trend.

The VIX died. Oh no for bears. Although I’m still betting that we’ll have some increased volatility heading into September and some red days ahead.

Overall, nothing really major to note other than the random massive run up near EOD. All the other things were pretty flat so I’m thinking that people are just waiting for the fed and this run up was people covering their bearish positions and betting that the fed will be more dovish. I personally think that a straddle will be profitable for Friday, but we’ll see what happens. Either way, TA is kinda useless imo since I think news will pick the direction so good luck all.

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I’m going to take a break for about a week because moving in is hectic and first week of class so I just want to get situated.

TLDR: Seems like we’re going to test 380 - 390 considering that the fed is too hawkish and the market was running on hopium that the fed would be more dovish.

SPY on the hourly died. Bear season is back ladies and gents. Something to watch out for is that we will have a short squeeze covering because of how bearish and oversold we are. So I’m watching out for a bounce to enter into puts. Since SPY is at 405 right now, I’m looking at the 410 area to re-enter if we bounce up.

SPY broke out of the bullish channel and is looking very bearish with that volume. The green trendline has been a historically strong trendline since 2008, so we’ll see if SPY bounces off of there. RSI says that we have a ton of room left to move lower so be careful. Overall, nothing to say. Clear break and clear bearish bias.

VIX is up high and above 10% again. This means that there is a good chance that we have a green day/ green rally incoming within 2 days. So don’t be full porting into puts without stops or risk management. But the VIX does seem like it’s going to make a new trip to the 30 level. Overall, bearish for stocks.

The dollar and yields moved back up and making new highs. This is bearish and more signs for a red september.

Overall, this is a clear change in direction, especially combined with how news is against the market now. Don’t be retarded and fight the trend. This TA post was rushed and shitty because I’m tired but the main thing is - bear season, don’t be retarded. Good luck all

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What a momentous Friday. Unfortunately, because of a rather gnarly eye infection, going into this week blind (literally) as have not been able to do any research over the weekend.

Here are SG levels for today. Vol trigger is 4100, zero gamma is at 4159.

I read this as, there is not much support below 4000, so if we breach that level, things will get very ugly. 3900 might provide a bit of a speed-bump. Having said that, 4000 is a massive level for both calls or puts. So will act as a strong magnet both above and below it. It would take major sell-off to breach this today.

Vol trigger of 4100 puts us in negative gamma territory. We can thus expect more than usual volatility today. However, if we manage to get above 4100, we’ll be back in positive gamma territory and things will stabilize.

Incidentally, had taken this 395P/400P/410C/415C IC last thing on Friday. Downside bet is based on the sell-of continuing into today. Upside is on the bet that a lot of puts went ITM and calls OTM on Friday, adding to the selling pressure; maybe we can have a rebound effect as de-hedging happens today, like a mini opex. (This seems unlikely now though.)

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