QQQ breaks Friday lows, SMH down 5pct

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Today's Signal

RED LIGHT

We have some major moves in the market this morning with big gaps lower at the opening.

Signal by Licia Leslie

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

Today's Levels

S&P Futures Key Levels · Friday, October 30 · via Licia Leslie

Level S&P FUT
Resistance 2 (50-day MA) 7,777.29
Resistance 1 7,737.15
Premarket Price 7,669.00
Support 1 7,656.75
Support 2 7,596.75
SPX Levels Chart

Our lows so far are holding the lows of Friday and Monday. Our resistance levels are the 20 and 50 day moving averages.

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 7,840 call that expired Thursday, October 29 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: 3.1M Contracts

0DTE SPX volume on Thursday, October 29 came in at 3.1M contracts, roughly 2% below the 20-day average of 3.1M. Call and put activity were roughly balanced, with 1.5M calls vs 1.6M puts. The heaviest call volume concentrated at the 7,710, 7,720, 7,715 strikes. On the put side, the 7,700, 7,690, 7,695 strikes saw the most action. The put/call ratio finished at 1.03, a fairly neutral read from the options market.

Editor's Note

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

0DTE Analyst, Option Pit

We have some large moves lower this morning with the QQQs gapping below last Friday's lows down over 2.5% and SMH down over 5%. They may try and buy it at the opening but I predict we move lower.

Yesterday's Close

SPX

7,720.39

-0.30%

VIX

17.20

+1.72%

SPY

769.36

-0.38%

QQQ

715.34

-1.42%

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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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