Rally Into Resistance – Trend Change Pending

Today's Signal

YELLOW LIGHT

We are rallying a bit to start the day. We still need to keep our eye on that possible change in trend candle from Wednesday so I am not trusting this rally, thus the yellow light.

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 · Friday, August 7 · via Licia Leslie

Level S&P FUT
Resistance 2 (50-day MA) 7,820.25
Resistance 1 7,785.25
Premarket Price 7,760.00
Support 1 7,724.25
Support 2 7,694.25
SPX Levels Chart

Our resistance is our previous highs and our support is our most recent lows.

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

+100%

An SPX 7,935 call that expired Thursday, August 6 opened at $0.05. By the high of the day it traded at $0.10, a $5 gain per contract (100%) for traders who caught the move.

Volume Anomaly

SPX 0DTE Volume: 2.8M Contracts

0DTE SPX volume on Thursday, August 6 came in at 2.8M contracts, roughly 5% below the 20-day average of 2.9M. Call and put activity were roughly balanced, with 1.3M calls vs 1.4M puts. The heaviest call volume concentrated at the 7,720, 7,725, 7,730 strikes. On the put side, the 7,700, 7,710, 7,705 strikes saw the most action. The put/call ratio finished at 1.06, a fairly neutral read from the options market.

Editor's Note

Licia Leslie

Licia Leslie

0DTE Analyst, Option Pit

I still think Wednesday's shooting star candle stopping right at the top of our chart could be a change in trend. We need to trade below our most recent lows for this to take hold. Otherwise we are bull flagging here. We need price to reveal itself on the direction.

Yesterday's Close

SPX

7,709.96

-0.18%

VIX

15.15

-4.17%

SPY

768.56

-0.16%

QQQ

714.65

-0.37%

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Licia Leslie

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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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