Box Break with RSI and MACD Aligned

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

Today's Signal

GREEN LIGHT

It's a real rally as we clear resistance.

Signal by Licia Leslie

GREEN TODAY: High probability of the market moving higher.
YELLOW: Be cautious when making a directional trade.
RED: High likelihood of the market dropping.

Today's Levels

S&P Futures Key Levels · Monday, September 21 · via Licia Leslie

Level S&P FUT
Resistance 2 (50-day MA) 7,825.25
Resistance 1 7,771.25
Premarket Price 7,762.75
Support 1 7,700.25
Support 2 7,596.75
SPX Levels Chart

Today's high, so far, is resistance as we trade right up to the median line.

How to Use Today's Levels

Red = resistance: watch for price to stall or reverse; a clean break above is bullish.

Green = support: watch for price to hold or bounce; a break below is bearish.

The center row is the premarket reference point for the session. Trade in the direction of today's signal.

The Number

+200%

An SPX 3,850 put that expired Friday, September 18 opened at $0.05. By the high of the day it traded at $0.15, a $10 gain per contract (200%) for traders who caught the move.

Volume Anomaly

SPX 0DTE Volume: 3.3M Contracts

0DTE SPX volume on Friday, September 18 came in at 3.3M contracts, roughly 19% above the 20-day average of 2.8M. Call and put activity were roughly balanced, with 1.6M calls vs 1.6M puts. The heaviest call volume concentrated at the 7,650, 7,640, 7,630 strikes. On the put side, the 7,620, 7,625, 7,600 strikes saw the most action. The put/call ratio finished at 1.02, a fairly neutral read from the options market.

Editor's Note

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

0DTE Analyst, Option Pit

We are breaking out of the box range today with both the relative strength index and the MACD moving bullish. Both yields and crude are pulling back helping fuel this rally. Once we clear today's high, we will retest the all time highs.

Yesterday's Close

SPX

7,650.50

+0.17%

VIX

14.81

-4.08%

SPY

761.69

-0.12%

QQQ

721.45

+0.63%

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Former CBOE floor trader and CIO at Karman Line Capital. Author of ‘The Option Traders Hedge Fund’ with over 30 years of options trading experience.

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