Is the bottom in? Markets rally off the lows on Monday. Trade ideas for Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
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Good morning traders!
You had to be quick on the open yesterday to capture some monster gains on some of the names. I didn’t because it doesn’t follow the process I use. The opportunity was there, but I felt contracts were too juiced for my tastes. I’m OK with that. Once I got a trade that matched the pattern I was looking for, I jumped in and got a 5R+ trade.
Good enough for me and I was mostly done for the day.
Overall the thesis to look for a gap down reversal yesterday was spot on! Did you take advantage?
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Let’s review Monday’s trades and then get into ideas for today. So much opportunity!
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2024 Alert Leaderboard
Here's a look at some of the potential gains achieved through our entry alerts:
Aug 05 - SPX 5300c $3.50 stops 2.50 ($3500 —> $11000 +potential)
Aug 02 - SPX 5350p $5.50 (overnight swing from Aug 01) ($5500 —> $45000 +potential)
Aug 01 - SPX 5480p $4.50 ($4500 —> $65000 potential)
July 31 - SPX 5520c $12 ($1200 —> $3390 potential)
July 30 - SPX 5430p $2.50 ($2500 —> $30000 potential)
July 30 - SPX 5400p $2 ($2000 —> $10000 potential)
July 30 - TSLA 220p $1.50 ($1500 —> $5000 potential)
July 30 - SPX 5450c $0.20 ($200 —> $5000 potential)
July 29 - SPX 5450p $4.50 ($4500 —> $16000 potential)
July 29 - SPX 5460p $0.20 ($200 —> $1100 potential)
July 29 - SPX 5470p $1.5 ($1500 —> $8000 potential)
July 29 - SPX 5480c credit sell - collect $2700 risk $500
July 29 - SPX 5400p $2 out $6 ($2000 —> $6000 potential)
July 26 - SPX 5400p $2 out $6 ($2000 —> $6000 potential)
July 26 - SPX 5450c $4 out $12 reached 15.50 ($4000 —> $15500 potential)
July 25 - SPX 5450c $1, $1.50, and $1.75. target $10. reached $10! ($1000 —> $10000 potential)
July 25 - SPX 5450c $5. reached $41.70! ($5000 —> $41700 potential)
July 22 - CRWD 240p $1.7. reached $3.5! ($1700 —> $3500 potential)
July 22 - SPX 5580c $0.5. reached $3.3! ($500 —> $3300 potential)
July 19 - SPX 5500p $2. reached $12! ($2000 —> $12000 potential)
July 18 - SPX 5580p $5. reached $53+! ($5000 —> $53000 potential)
July 17 - SPX 5540c $2. reached $16! ($2000 —> $16000 potential)
July 16 - SPX 5660c $2. reached $10! ($2000 —> $10000 potential)
July 15 - SPX 5650c $1. reached $4! ($1000 —> $4000 potential)
July 11 - SPX 5600p $2. reached $23! ($2000 —> $23000 potential)
July 09 - Credit Sell SPX 5590/5595 bear calls 2.30-2.50 stops at 2.60 ( $2500 premium collected per 5k position risking $300)
July 08 - AVGO 1800c 13( $1300—> $2250 potential)
July 08 - SPX 5560p 2.50 stops 2.30 ( $2500—> $5000 potential)
July 08 - TSLA 270c 4.50 target 7.50 ( $4500—> $7600 potential)
July 03 - SPX 5520 2.5 ($2500—> $18000 potential)
July 02 - TSLA 225c 3.5 ($3500—> $8500 potential)
July 02 - SPX 5500c 2.50 ($2500 —> $10000 potential)
July 02 - SPX 5470 Bull Puts 2.50 ($2500 credit collected)
July 01 - closed TSLA Swing $2.65—> $12.00
**Past Performance is not indicative of future results
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Monday Recap
Let’s review the trades and price action. Did you take advantage? If not read on an learn how.
SPY/SPX
As you can see from the chart above, we had an early dip right into the 510.50 level, and quick reclaim above vwap. I used this as my trigger to plan and go long. I did not believe we would fill the gap so my goal is to get a 2 level move or 520.50.
So what happened? We got exactly that and the 5300c spiked to $11.40 on the 520.50 level test. Sure it could keep going. But I’m process driven and systematic. So sold some at 6, to reduce risk. then majority at 10.50 once I recognized we hit a level. That is good enough for me. $1 risk and $3-7 of profit.
You don’t need to trade all day! I wanted a high probably win vs a massive gain given the uncertainty yesterday.
I also alerted early that I wanted SPX 5200/5195 bull puts for 4.50-4.80. Basically the goal was to collect 4500 in premium and risk 500. The idea ended up losing, but not before giving an opportunity to lock in for 3000-3500 profit. THT-PRO members know how I almost always lock in partial gains along the way. Experience has taught me how fast things can reverse on you.
The price action, notice how 514.80 was key support yesterday, keep an eye on if that breaks in coming days. Also notice how 520.30 failed after lunch. That provided a short opportunity.
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Education - How to Join a Strong Trend
The process I typically follow for joining a strong trend are as follows:
All day grinder: join on dips to 20ma
Multi-day grinder:
Join either on support test of morning lows/failed breakdown reversal
Join at vwap mid day or end of day
Keep it simple. Don’t chase, wait for support levels for great risk/reward entries!
Education - Systematic Profit Taking
How do I take profits? I keep it relatively simple. Depending on the entry and range to the next levels I typically with take profits 50-100% of my profits at 3-10R and then raise stops to above entry with a goal of letting runners take me to the next level or 2 and to then reload if I believe we are consolidating before the next leg.
I then repeat the same process on the reload.
Let me know in the comments if you have questions or would like to see examples, I’ll share them.
Trade Ideas - Plan for Tuesday Aug 06
Stick to process. The process and trade setups I teach works. Rinse and repeat over and over again. There will be losses. Any good system will have them. Being systematic also means the gains will repeat and come again too. If you keep changing your system/process trying in an effort to never lose a trade, you will never get to where you want to go.
Ideas
We got the expected short covering and squeeze yesterday, as well as exhaustion and a dip. Overall I’m looking for dips to get bought today to work toward filling more of the gap, but I’m also looking to position and get short. I think we should get at least a 508 double bottom in coming days if not a dip into SPY 500 or so to test the 200dma.
Overall, I’m not convinced the bottom is in, or if it is, temporarily. In theory market should be in for volatility and turmoil in coming weeks. There will be dumps and rallies for us to take advantage of.
So overall game plan, BTFD initially, unless we open with a large gap up. Then look for rally exhaustion for a short.