1/x Both Pres candidates confirmed that there’s no stimulus deal, and the reaction from the market? Yaaaaawn. Red Herring. As predicted in space & time we knee-jerked to the 20day in the Wed-Fri window w/a negative knee jerk on this ‘negative’ news today. & there you have it...
2/x The market reacted well around the 20 day, & we have what looks like it‘s likely the short term bottom we’ve been looking for. As I’ve insinuated here & been more explicit w/ a number of you by DM I’ve been adding @ the 20day the last 2 days after patiently waiting for a week
3/x & am now 50% long from those levels & looking to add to these positions over the next 2 trading days. Although the window has not officially closed yet, the body of supporting evidence has grown to a point where our models have pointed to the need to proactively risk on.
4/x As I warned , IVol & skew were key. These were compressed very early on today, & quick reflex sentiment indicators (like p/c equity)& media sentiment had turned noticeably more cautiously the last 36 hrs. Most importantly tho, the clock has continued to tick. Reinforcements
5/x should soon be on their way, in the form of increased charm/vanna flows & EOM/BOM flows, assuming we make it through Fri w/out a closing violation of the 20day. The election event straddle has compressed to a surprisingly low value of $70(+/-2%), while the Dec/Jan straddles
6/x have maintained their significant post election premium, which, as mentioned, could provide gamma support w/more vanna fuel to bridge a run from Nov to the traditional chase in mid Dec... tread lightly until midday tomorrow, as there are still potential warning signs in the
7/x form of an underperforming NDX that I am closely watching. Ideally, we continue to see Vol compression throughout the day, & P/C equity & other sentiment indicators don’t quickly turn too bullish again in the morning. We are hanging near my 3453.5 level currently. A decisive
8/8 break above could squeeze us up to near our 3474.5 level, with an 👁 toward the critical resistance of 3484-88 level on Mon. Watch 3437 support on the downside for a potential overnight test of support. Good luck! 🍀

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21 Oct
1/x Today price action was important. The price strength in the face of numerous attempts to break down & uncertainty surrounding stimulus talks was impressive. It was also notable in its inability to not even reach the 20 day. This is the kind of price strength you’d expect from
2/x a market intent on a bullish thrust. That said, election vol was notably bid today despite the rally & the NDX was relatively weak, which should continue to give us a bit of pause. Maybe most importantly today though was quite simply the passage of time.We are 1 day closer to
3/x reinforcements in the form of more positive flows starting next week. Tomorrow is VIX expiry & importantly the deadline for a stimulus deal. How the market responds to these events is critical. As I expressed in a separate thread, I would be surprised to see a stimulus deal,
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1/xFri & today are perfect examples of why you don’t chase a rally when you don’t have flows behind you. As I‘ve stated, this is a window of time where the market is vulnerable. Despite encouraging strength mid-last week, the fact that we were overbought & sentiment & positioning
2/x were so stretched have made it easy on the shorts. This morning’s significant NDX underperformance and significant retail overextension as shown by p/C equity, were once again what we were called for and were textbook signals. But now, here we are, not surprisingly, at
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2/x there were simply more buyers than sellers due to illiquidity...Whereas short dated options will, within a short period of time be tethered to an immutable expiration, long dated options are, quite simply, priced at wherever buyer & sellers can clear price. 2) Volatility is
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1/x Current Market thoughts: tomorrow is important. There‘s a window for bears to take control, but I’ve been clear, that this must begin in earnest by this Mon & show weakness through mid next week, otherwise bulls are in control & reinforcing flows will soon be on their way.
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3/x Sentiment and positioning have shifted meaningfully more bullish and retail is clearly overextended. As I have warned, we are reaching an important inflection point. I have been vocal about not yet chasing a rally and am Neutral. I believe odds favor a coming rally, but
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1/x Today was an important test for the Market. As I pointed out at the recent top, it has had every reason to go down: it was overbought, poor seasonality, poor vol centric support in indices, overextended retail buying, forced delta liquidation from unwind in equity call buying
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1/x Have gotten a couple of questions re the GEX spike today. My thoughts: this is the free GEX & only looks @ names so it over emphasizes just a couple heavy-hitters like AMZN, AAPL, etc. AMZN Prime Day & AAPL Event probably had some effect on retail enthusiasm. Image
2/x That said, as I mentioned early today, that P/C equity was a retail euphoria warning sign from the get go today. I think it is legit to add this to your list of warning signs for the next couple weeks. Anytime rising u get rising Vol, particularly in the leading names, this
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