Fed announcement breaks the range today

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

Today's Signal

YELLOW LIGHT

I am going with yellow this morning as we will trade in this narrow range until we hear from the Fed.

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 16 · via Licia Leslie

Level S&P FUT
Resistance 2 (50-day MA) 7,713.75
Resistance 1 7,681.77
Premarket Price 7,677.75
Support 1 7,661.50
Support 2 7,640.00
SPX Levels Chart

Market is moving sideways here and we have a tight range of support and 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

+372%

An SPX 7,580 put that expired Tuesday, September 15 opened at $3.20. By the high of the day it traded at $15.10, a $1,190 gain per contract (372%) for traders who caught the move.

Volume Anomaly

SPX 0DTE Volume: 2.7M Contracts

0DTE SPX volume on Tuesday, September 15 came in at 2.7M contracts, roughly 0% above the 20-day average of 2.7M. Call and put activity were roughly balanced, with 1.3M calls vs 1.4M puts. The heaviest call volume concentrated at the 7,590, 7,600, 7,585 strikes. On the put side, the 7,580, 7,575, 7,585 strikes saw the most action. The put/call ratio finished at 1.07, a fairly neutral read from the options market.

Editor's Note

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

0DTE Analyst, Option Pit

Most likely we trade is this tight range already established this morning. But once the Fed announces we will get the movement and the direction for the near future. Crude and yields are pulling back a bit here. Continue to watch those. Gold and Silver may be bottoming.

Yesterday's Close

SPX

7,585.73

-0.45%

VIX

17.20

+0.58%

SPY

757.39

-0.46%

QQQ

704.54

-0.65%

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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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