PCE rally into tight range hold

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

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Today's Signal

YELLOW LIGHT

We have a slight rally after the PCE data has been released.

Signal by Licia Leslie

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

Today's Levels

S&P Futures Key Levels · Wednesday, September 30 · via Licia Leslie

Level S&P FUT
Resistance 2 (50-day MA) 7,813.50
Resistance 1 7,779.00
Premarket Price 7,760.75
Support 1 7,713.85
Support 2 7,700.25
SPX Levels Chart

We are holding the support of the 20 day moving average with our short term down trend line as our resistance.

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

+281%

An SPX 7,635 put that expired Tuesday, September 29 opened at $1.60. By the high of the day it traded at $6.10, a $450 gain per contract (281%) for traders who caught the move.

Volume Anomaly

SPX 0DTE Volume: 2.9M Contracts

0DTE SPX volume on Tuesday, September 29 came in at 2.9M contracts, roughly 1% below the 20-day average of 2.9M. Call and put activity were roughly balanced, with 1.5M calls vs 1.4M puts. The heaviest call volume concentrated at the 7,680, 7,700, 7,685 strikes. On the put side, the 7,650, 7,660, 7,655 strikes saw the most action. The put/call ratio finished at 0.96, a fairly neutral read from the options market.

Editor's Note

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

0DTE Analyst, Option Pit

I believe we will trade in this tight range until the unemployment figures come on Friday and perhaps then the market can reveal it's trend. It has been very resilient with yields, crude and the dollar rising with bullishness coming from the AI sector.

Yesterday's Close

SPX

7,670.84

-0.17%

VIX

16.04

-0.19%

SPY

764.20

-0.18%

QQQ

737.93

+0.19%

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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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