Yellow Light: SPX Sideways Before CPI

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Today's Signal

YELLOW LIGHT

Yellow today with sideways action before the CPI report and support and resistance just below and above.

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, October 14 · via Licia Leslie

Level S&P FUT
Resistance 2 (50-day MA) 7,950.00
Resistance 1 7,898.00
Premarket Price 7,865.00
Support 1 7,830.75
Support 2 7,796.70
SPX Levels Chart

Again we have tighter levels as we continue to trade sideways.

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 7,860 call that expired Tuesday, October 13 opened at $0.15. By the high of the day it traded at $0.45, a $30 gain per contract (200%) for traders who caught the move.

Volume Anomaly

SPX 0DTE Volume: 2.7M Contracts

0DTE SPX volume on Tuesday, October 13 came in at 2.7M contracts, roughly 12% below the 20-day average of 3.0M. Call and put activity were roughly balanced, with 1.3M calls vs 1.3M puts. The heaviest call volume concentrated at the 7,810, 7,805, 7,800 strikes. On the put side, the 7,800, 7,795, 7,790 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

The sideways action of the last seven days is forming a bull flag on the daily chart, consolidating and garnering momentum to take our next leg higher. Higher crude and weaker QQQs & SMH are holding us back. Let's see what the CPI brings us this morning.

Yesterday's Close

SPX

7,805.45

-0.02%

VIX

15.27

+0.39%

SPY

778.01

-0.01%

QQQ

743.57

-0.33%

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