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  1. Draw Lines

    SPY, QQQ Give Back a Piece of the Rally on Jobs Day

    SPY pulled back, QQQ held flat on jobs report day. Market’s closed Monday for Labor Day. Next week’s real test: Thursday’s PPI, Friday’s CPI.

  2. Alertsify

    SPY Rebounds Off ISM Selloff, Eyes Thursday Data

    SPY closed near session highs today after Tuesday’s ISM selloff. Here’s what that rebound does to options premium, and why Thursday’s data matters.

  3. Draw Lines

    SPY, QQQ Close Near Highs; ISM Services Up Next

    SPY and QQQ closed near session highs Sep 2, rebounding off Tuesday’s selloff. Marking levels into Thursday’s ISM Services, claims, and trade balance.

  4. Alertsify

    SPY Options: Yesterday’s Selloff, Today’s ADP Test

    QQQ dropped 1.27% while SPY fell 0.69% yesterday. What that gap means for IV, and why I’m sizing down going into ADP, Factory Orders, and the Beige Book.

  5. Draw Lines

    SPY, QQQ After the ISM Selloff, Before ADP

    QQQ fell harder than SPY on ISM day. No guesses on what the data said — just the levels left behind before today’s ADP and Beige Book.

  6. Uncategorized

    Copy Trading: The Complete Guide

    Everything worth knowing before you copy someone else’s trades — how the mechanism actually works, how fast it executes, what happens if the trader you copy loses money, sizing for a small account, running more than one trader at once, and how it compares to a signal service. 2026-07-20 How Does Copy Trading Work? What […]

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    SPY & QQQ Price Action: Daily Notes, Indexed

    Day-by-day price-action notes on SPY and QQQ — marking levels through FOMC days, CPI prints, PCE/GDP data, and the quiet sessions between them. Written from Draw Lines, no indicators. Newest first. Monthly recaps 2026-10-15 SPY and QQQ Price Action: September 2026 Monthly Recap SPY fell 0.58% and QQQ rose 3.21% in September 2026, with the […]

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    SPY Options Trading: Daily Notes, Indexed

    Day-by-day notes on trading SPY and QQQ options through real market days — CPI, FOMC, PCE, GDP, and the quiet days in between. Written from Alertsify, options-mechanics side. Newest first. 2026-08-29 SPY Options: Jackson Hole Week Wrap, Aug 24-28 SPY ran from $763 to a $775 intraday high through Jackson Hole week. Here’s how IV […]

  9. Draw Lines

    The Week Ahead: Every Level Points to Friday

    ISM, ADP, and jobless claims all build toward Friday’s jobs report. Marking levels off last week’s pullback and treating each data day as a test, not a guess.

  10. Alertsify

    Week Ahead: Options Pricing Into the Jobs Report

    ISM, ADP, jobless claims, then Friday’s jobs report. How SPY and QQQ options price a week that builds toward one Friday morning.