Tuesday Jan 9 2024 SPY SPX ES Actionable Levels

$SPX squeezes hard. Is the bottom in for $SPY and what key levels keeps us on track for new all time highs?

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In Friday’s letter, I wrote:

For Monday, we need to hold the critical SPX level of 4683 in order to keep this reversal hope alive.

If we do so, or fail and quickly reclaim (even better if we don’t retest) we can target 4724, 4734 and 4757 on volume.

This is exactly what happened. We defended the critical level of 4683 in overnight Futures (even had a failed breakdown of this level) then blasted off breaking through all of those levels even the 3rd target into the close hitting an intraday high of 4764.54.

See how well the levels work?

Now that we’ve defended the breakdown below the range we have been building for 1+ months, where do we go from here? What must-hold levels are key to keep a path to all time highs?

More in the trade plan below.

The 0DTE $SPX 4730 calls ran from a low of $90 to $3520 = 3811% gain.

I traded these from $215 to $510 for 137% at best sale. I wish I had held on longer knowing what I know now, but you are never going to get all of it. Not awful for a day I planned to close out of some longer dated longs and not trade roundtrip. More in the trade recap below.

Below, we’ll cover the actionable levels, how I played them today and what they mean for the next session.

Levels from the prior letter were great. Once we put in the reclaim of key levels it was off to the races and we floated on up. Always trust the levels!

Now we are sitting in AH right under the 4759 key resistance level. What does this all mean and where do we go from here? Read below for my trade plan which includes actionable support & resistance levels, outlook for the next session and today’s trade recap.

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Here is a current check of the daily:

This includes all the way back to 6/29 & all overnight action.

We in fact put in the doji on Friday leading to today’s monster rally and reclaim of key levels within the range of the last month.

I asked on Friday, “Is this the candle that reverses us and pops us back into the range above?” and in fact, yes, yes it was.

Quick volume check:

Lower volume on Monday reversal rally day has me a bit concerned, would have liked to at least see similar volume to Friday - but it’s in the margin.

Tomorrow we are fairly light on some lesser data releases in the AM with fed member speech in afternoon.

As readers know trading after a massive move in either direction is risky.

Trying to predict when trend will break is a fool’s game because the trend can be stronger than you ever realize.

Going with the trend is hard because it has already run so far (or dropped) and move may be close to over.

All you can do is pick your entries carefully and with proper position sizing. Trading out 1-3 DTE or further also helps soften the blow.

Yes it will decrease the amount of profit but will greatly help keep you in a trade long enough to see return.

For tomorrow, it will be extremely bullish if we don’t even retest the key SPX level of…

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