CHEATSHEET for TRADING GAPS: 4 types: 1. Common Gap (usually $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$ on intraday charts) Small gap in range-bound markets. Usually low volume and gets filled quickly. 2. Breakaway Gap ( $Microsoft(MSFT)$ earnings made one last week) Appears at the end of consolidation. Starts a new trend. Often does not fill early. 3. Runaway (Continuation) Gap (GLD on the way up) Forms mid-trend. Confirms strength and momentum. Trend continuation signal. 4. Exhaustion Gap ( $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$ and $iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$ near the top) Occurs late in

$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ is RED for and here's how I'd play it: New Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is less supportive of deeper rate cuts meaning he is LESS dovish even Jerome Powell. Market doesn't like it. This moved gold prices down and USD up. Make sure to (click on chart to review it) SPY key levels right now are at $687 and at $684-$685 area and SPY daily chart 20SMA is at $689.99 so this is also a big level of support. The SPY will have to clear above yesterday's close at $695 if it wants to go higher today and rememeber premarket high is at $692.70. Yes, you will need to draw all these levels because at some point today they will act as support or resistance. I'd wait for confirmation always: 1. buyers to come in 2. sellers to fail befor

10 Earnings to Watch for this Week $Microsoft(MSFT)$ – Wed Jan 28 (After Close) → Est. EPS ~$3.86, Revenue ~$80.3B $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ – Wed Jan 28 (After Close) → Est. EPS ~8.17 → Revenue est not confirmed in preview. $Apple(AAPL)$ – Thu Jan 29 (After Close) → Est. EPS ~$2.67, Rev est ~$138.5B → Strong iPhone demand expected. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ – Wed Jan 28 (After Close) → Est. EPS ~0.45 → Robotaxi & EV trends in focus. $UnitedHealth(UNH)$ – Tue Jan 27 (Before Open) → Est. EPS ~2.87 (based on last quarter consensus) → Revenue est ~~$113B previously.

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The Most Dangerous Risk Isn’t Inflation this week. It’s Legitimacy.Jerome Powell is facing criminal investigation.Pause.This isn’t about guilt.It’s about credibility.Central banks don’t run on balance sheets.They run on trust.And once that cracks, markets reprice fast.Here’s why this is really bad for $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ (back at 690) so far:1) Policy paralysis at the worst possible momentAn investigated Fed Chair becomes cautious, boxed in, defensive.Markets don’t fear hikes or cuts they fear indecision.Uncertainty widens risk premiums across equities instantly.2) A divided Fed becomes an unstable FedPolitical and legal pressure fractures consensus.A fractured FOMC means mixed signals, conflicting guidance, and volatile reactions to

The bullish move is intact, but JPOW's criminal investigation will push it back.Make sure to check chart below for key levels for $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ . $Cboe Volatility Index(VIX)$ just jumped 10%.SPY is back at 690.And this week is loaded with landmines.CPI on Tuesday.PPI on Wednesday.OPEX on Friday.This is not a coincidence.Here’s what the data is quietly screaming:• Core CPI is still running ~3% YoY, 50% above the Fed’s target sticky, not solved.• PPI has fallen to ~2% YoY, down from over 11% in 2022 deflation at the producer level is real.• Historically, when PPI drops faster than CPI, corporate margins compress and earnings volatility spikes within 1–2 quarters.That gap matters.It tells y

$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ trend just snapped and the market knows what’s coming next.Make sure to check out chart below to see my key levels of support and resistance!SPY didn’t drift lower. It rejected.From $692 → $688, the uptrend failed.$688 is now the premarket low.$690 has flipped from support to resistance.There is a wall of sellers.Jobless claims came in flat.But markets don’t trade today’s data they trade tomorrow’s risk.And tomorrow is labor.Here are the numbers most traders ignore:• Every major bear market since WWII began after unemployment started rising, not before.• When unemployment rises 0.5% from its low US has never avoided recession.• The average SPY bear market sees a 34% drawdown, and the first leg usually starts while

$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ just broke structure and now above all time highs.What does this mean?The downtrend is gone. Two days of sustained upside.Here’s what you need to know:This market isn’t moving on stories. It’s moving on levels and reactions.Make sure to check my chart for key levels to watch out for (areas to buy at)Resistance: $692.30 the ceiling everyone is watchingMajor support: $690–$691 institutional demand zoneIf that fails, the air pocket opens to $688Now the real risk.Today’s data isn’t noise:ADP employment just came in –41K vs +50K expectedJOLTS and ISM at 10am will decide if this rally is trusted or fadedTranslation:If SPY holds above $685 and $680, the market is signaling it’s not afraid of labor weakness.If it loses tho

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Everyone is watching rates, GDP, GOLD and the YEN this week. $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ needs to hold above $675 this week to go higher towards $690 OR we can pull back under towards $670 to form DOJI on monthly chart. (check out chart to study it)Almost no one is watching what actually breaks markets.That’s the trap.This week alone:• US GDP drops Tuesday at 8:30am, a delayed report with market moving power• SPY is sitting on a knife edge between $675–$690, with an expected move as low as $673• Markets are open reduced hours and no trading Thursday, creating liquidity air pockets• Commodities just hit record highs: gold above $2,165, copper and silver at all-time highsBut zoom out.While traders argue over 5–10 SPY points, the real pressure i