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  1. Draw Lines

    SPY, QQQ Snap Three-Day Slide on CPI Day

    SPY and QQQ closed near session highs on CPI day, breaking three losing sessions. Marking levels into next week’s FOMC decision.

  2. Alertsify

    SPY Options Today: Third Down Day, CPI Tomorrow

    Jake on why SPY and QQQ options are pricing in elevated IV before tomorrow’s CPI, what today’s third straight down day means for position sizing.

  3. Draw Lines

    SPY, QQQ Fall a Third Day — CPI Is Tomorrow’s Test

    SPY closed its third straight down day, QQQ underperforming. PPI already hit this morning. CPI lands tomorrow ahead of the Fed. Here’s what the chart says.

  4. Alertsify

    SPY’s Second Down Day, PPI Tomorrow

    SPY closed lower for a second straight day ahead of Thursday’s PPI print. What flat realized vol into a data day means for options sizing.

  5. Draw Lines

    SPY, QQQ Slide Again: PPI Sets Up Friday’s CPI

    SPY closed its second straight down day while QQQ held flatter. PPI prints tomorrow, CPI Friday. What the levels say, no predictions.

  6. Alertsify

    Labor Day Markets Are Closed. Your Theta Isn’t.

    Markets are shut for Labor Day, but options still burn a day of time value. What that means before PPI Thursday and CPI Friday.

  7. Draw Lines

    Labor Day Closed: PPI and CPI Are This Week’s Test

    No session today. Friday’s closes hold the levels, then PPI Thursday and CPI Friday arrive with the Fed already quiet ahead of its Sept 15-16 meeting.

  8. Alertsify

    Why Options Fills Get Ugly Around Holidays

    Holiday weeks thin out options liquidity before volume does. Why spreads widen and fills slip the day before and after a market holiday.

  9. Draw Lines

    Holiday Weeks Lie to Your Chart

    Holiday weeks run on thin volume, and a broken level on a quiet day deserves more doubt than the same break on a normal week.

  10. Alertsify

    Jobs Report Day: SPY Options Read Into CPI Week

    SPY gave back 0.39% on jobs report day after Wednesday’s rally. What the premium unwind tells us heading into CPI and the Fed’s Sep 15-16 meeting.