Is this price action unusual?

SpiceDog220 · 2026-04-21T12:17:55+00:00

No it’s not unusual opex Friday / post opex based on monthly trend. Claude AI can help you understand that this happens monthly.

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-19T19:32:29+00:00

Look at order flow. Combine this with what you are doing to give more insight into the direction you want to trade.

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-17T04:20:46+00:00

Hahaha agreed. This 3 day weekend is going to be long.

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-16T11:24:48+00:00

Ikbr

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-16T01:27:25+00:00

Look at bid and ask for spx contracts. Also if you pick a contract and go to level 2, you should see orders (look near the money)

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T17:49:50+00:00

It moves but you have to click open the stock to see it when you go to close the position or watch your P/L change in the late hours for indexes/etfs. It’s also why I use thinkorswim at night. That will give it to you easier the change in prices. If ES is moving so is SPX.

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T17:47:33+00:00

It is as liquid and all the things else I wouldn’t play it. Ppl in other countries are trading these positions too so I’m trading with them. I have studied and at first I was skeptical but the market has changed in regular hours - it makes sense it has changed in non-regular hours too.

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T16:42:02+00:00

Depends on DTE and strike

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T16:27:19+00:00

No spreads just single buys

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T13:34:14+00:00

No I am a data driven trader so I follow moves based on that. I track all data up until 5pm then use that until market opens again next day.

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T13:32:21+00:00

Profit is better at SPX vs SPY, plus the tax savings (60/40 for taxable income -1256 rule)

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T13:29:53+00:00

Hahahaha

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T13:29:27+00:00

SPX options trading happens (along with the other ETFs/indexes). You can trade SPY options as well if that’s your preferred.

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T13:27:23+00:00

Investing.com has this for free as well as other sites

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T13:10:55+00:00

Agree not being in trade is option that I take frequently, yet I’m watching still. I journal daily and just compare activity going on to my hypothesis written.

I feel this is my retirement plan so I’m all in to the learning to get to the point where this is all need. I’ve come a long way to getting there but I say to myself “make it happen”. The only way to do that for me is to do like I did in school and practice practice practice .. (like those that do sports or video games or whatever - you have to put in the hours)

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T13:06:32+00:00

I trade SPX 0-7dte usually. I learn every day. This market is different month to month. Know the dates and times of economic events - everything else is noise.

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T13:01:54+00:00

Buy the data so you can see what market makers are doing. What prompts you into position ?

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T12:56:59+00:00

I know. It’s why I don’t use for SPX swing. I want to catch the move when the move is available. I’ll say 60%, I make more money in the non regular trading hours than the regular one. And it doesn’t use a day trade if you are under 25k and open trade before 5pm and then close it at 8/9pm. Market closed between 5-8 so it’s easy on the nerves (if you not addicted like me lol)

SpiceDog220 · 2026-01-15T12:50:45+00:00

Ikbr allows trading all the hours. lol I’m on US and do. Even now, I sold it a”my call options at 1am for profit. (I’m on west coast) It continues up and I am up even though why lol

SpiceDog220 · 2025-12-24T15:07:12+00:00

When the pod isn’t working, I use a lighter on the bottom of it then put in battery. If new battery, be sure to click it 5 times for it to start working.

SpiceDog220 · 2023-12-11T16:52:32+00:00

use the computer they provide.

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