Sideways hold at median – watch the close

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

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Today's Signal

YELLOW LIGHT

Giving us the caution signal this morning as we move sideways holding support and resistance trading back below the median line.

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 · Monday, September 28 · via Licia Leslie

Level S&P FUT
Resistance 2 (50-day MA) 7,834.00
Resistance 1 7,789.25
Premarket Price 7,768.75
Support 1 7,754.75
Support 2 7,708.89
SPX Levels Chart

Our low so far is holding at our support level while we struggle up against 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

+436%

An SPX 7,750 call that expired Friday, September 25 opened at $2.00. By the high of the day it traded at $10.72, a $872 gain per contract (436%) for traders who caught the move.

Volume Anomaly

SPX 0DTE Volume: 3.2M Contracts

0DTE SPX volume on Friday, September 25 came in at 3.2M contracts, roughly 9% above the 20-day average of 2.9M. Call and put activity were roughly balanced, with 1.6M calls vs 1.6M puts. The heaviest call volume concentrated at the 7,750, 7,740, 7,745 strikes. On the put side, the 7,700, 7,730, 7,735 strikes saw the most action. The put/call ratio finished at 0.98, a fairly neutral read from the options market.

Editor's Note

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

0DTE Analyst, Option Pit

Higher crude prices and higher bond yields are once again putting a damper on our rally. The market tried to ignore it Friday with a nice little rally but today it matters. Watch for a close above or below our median line at $7789.

Yesterday's Close

SPX

7,743.41

+0.51%

VIX

14.87

-5.11%

SPY

771.35

+0.54%

QQQ

744.50

+0.46%

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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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