General Market Commentary

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SPY-M: Monday’s best pin is between 435 and 436. Over 436 and there isn’t much call resistance. Under 435 and there are some consistent medium puts all the way to 425. SPY-W: Wednesday’s best pin is between 433 and 438. This might change, but seems like a decent area for SPY to close. SPY-F: As […]

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SPY-M: Tuesday’s best pin is between 382 and 383 with a range from 381 to 385 or 390 if price gets past that. SPY-W: Wednesday doesn’t have a best pin. Could be 380’ish, could be 390, but neither are prominent. There are high puts at both 375 and 370. SPY-F: Friday also doesn’t have a […]

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SPY Open Interest Week 1/14/19

Last weekend to take advantage of this offer:  Because of some recent changes to my premium services, for a limited time Subscribe to SassyPremium and be grandfathered into an AMAZING DEAL. This deal will never be offered again.   This weekly post will not be posted free every week in the future. Open Interest: If […]

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SPY Open Interest Week 1/7/19

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SPY Open Interest – Week 1 2019

Because of some recent changes to my premium services, for a limited time Subscribe to SassyPremium and be grandfathered into an AMAZING DEAL. This deal will never be offered again. Open Interest: If you want more information on how to read the high calls and puts in the open interest see here. SPY-M: Put support […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed, Friday for Week 12/03/18

If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an entry and exit alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your mailbox Monday morning. Last week was off, but two weeks ago was FB and […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed, Friday for Week 11/19/18

If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an entry and exit alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your mailbox Monday morning.  Below are the stats since weekly freebie began sending emails:  17 […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed, Friday for Week 11/05/18

If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an entry and exit alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your mailbox Monday morning.  Below are the stats since weekly freebie began sending emails:  17 […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed, Friday for Week 10/22/18

If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an entry and exit alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your mailbox Monday morning. Last week and the next couple weeks during earnings season will be off. Below are […]

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October OPEX + Monday & Wednesday Open Interest

Last week here I discussed the possibility for delta hedging. If you don’t understand the concept I encourage you to take the time to read about here. Although it doesn’t happen often, it’s helpful to know when it is a possibility and the outcome of it. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed, Friday for Week 10/8/18

If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an entry and exit alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your mailbox Monday morning. Last week was a GOOGL long trade that triggered and failed.  Below are the […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed, Friday for Week 10/1/18

If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an entry and exit alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your mailbox Monday morning. Last weeks SassyOptions took the week off from the freebie. Below are […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed, Friday for Week 9/24/18

Two pins last week on SPY and one fail which you can see below. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an entry and exit alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your […]

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September OPEX, plus Mon & Wed SPY Open Interest

Last week all three SPY expirations pinned as you can see below. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an entry and exit alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your mailbox Monday […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed & Friday of Week 9/10/18

Tuesday and Wednesday both pinned last week which you can see at the end of this post. Friday the bears won although only by a very small bit. It did seem bulls were protecting Friday so that might lead to a pretty good bounce next week. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly […]

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SPY Open Interest for Tues, Wed & Friday of Week 9/4/18

There haven’t been any posts for a couple weeks so there is nothing to look back at. Below though is next weeks open interest information for SPY. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an […]

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SPY OPEX + Mon & Wed Open Interest for Week 8/13/18

Last week SPX saw a level it hasn’t seen since the first month of the year. There was only one pin last week; however, it’s important to note that none of the large levels of either puts or calls were violated. Monday and Friday weren’t perfect pins, but they did fall within the large heavily […]

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SPY Mon, Wed, Friday Open Interest for Week 8/06/18

Last week here I laid out the three open interest ranges for SPY expirations. In general it was a non-eventful week in that all three expirations pinned as you can see below. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert […]

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SPY Mon, Wed, Friday Open Interest for Week 7/30/18

Last week here I outlined the three open interest charts for SPY which pinned fairly well for the most part (as you can see at the bottom of this post). Wednesday didn’t pin, but after the 283 calls closed (I showed that via twitter Wednesday morning), the resistance became much less powerful allowing price to […]

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SPY Mon, Wed, Friday Open Interest for Week 7/23/18

Last week was full of rangebound chop and the result was a pin on all three expirations which you can see at the bottom of this post. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed & JULY OPEX – Week 7/16/18

Last week the bulls held control as price closed over all the high calls for each expiration. Next week is monthly options expiration. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an alert you need to […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed & Friday Expiration – Week 7/9/18

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday. Last week the free weekly post was off, but you can see below that all three expirations for SPY did indeed pin. In fact, those that either belong to my service or took it upon themselves to look at Friday’s open interest would have known the high likelihood of […]

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SPY Open Interest Range for Mon, Wed & Quarter End Expiration

Last week here we had three expirations that didn’t give much in the way of a “best pin,” but did offer information about where there would be high put support and/or call resistance. I mentioned the high puts at 276 for Friday’s expiration and said that upon a first touch or break of that it […]

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SPY Open Interest Range for Mon, Wed & Friday Expiration

Last week here I wrote about the three SPY expirations. The Wednesday one changed quite a bit during the week (which I posted to Twitter) and yet all three did end up pinning. Pinning within range doesn’t always work, but knowing the ranges is an amazing tool at every traders disposal (especially when I post […]

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June OPEX + SPY Mon & Wed Expiration

Last week here I showed the thee open interest ranges for SPY. They shifted a bit during the week with Monday and Wednesday both pinning. Wednesday actually landed right on the high calls, which demonstrated a lot of strength and lo and behold that strength continued into Friday and closed above the high calls. If […]

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SPY Open Interest – Mon, Wed & Friday Expiration – Week 6/4/18

Last week here we had 3 different ranges to gauge where SPY would likely not close on each expiration day. Even after undercutting the Tuesday high puts, by expiration all the puts fell back out of the money. Bottom line, the ranges worked and are always very helpful to know because they offer buy or […]

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SPY Open Interest – Tues, Wed & Friday Expiration – Week 5/29/18

Last week here, I showed the three SPY open interest ranges for expiration and price pretty much held very nicely within them. I guess that isn’t so hard when the market trades in a very small range. Yet if you knew where there was put support and call resistance it could have prevented you from […]

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SPY Open Interest for Mon, Wed & Friday Expiration – Week 5/21/18

Last week here I showed the several SPY open interest expirations and unfortunately they weren’t as helpful as some often are; however, they were able to express the possibility of a rangebound market between of 270 to 275. Although traders likely wanted to see more out of last weeks market, the range did in fact […]

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May OPEX + Monday & Wednesday SPY Expiration

If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade IDEA (not alert – if you want an alert you need to be a subscriber) sent to your mailbox Monday morning. Last week we were off, but two weeks ago was $FB and it was […]

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SPY Open Interest for Monday, Wednesday & Friday

If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks free trade idea sent to your mailbox Monday morning. Last week we were off, but two weeks ago was $AMZN and if you took the trade it was a MASSIVE winner.  The stats for the weekly freebie […]

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April OPEX + Monday & Wednesday Open Interest

Last week here I gave the the three SPY open interest charts which pretty much suggested a rangebound market. Not only was it rangebound, but all three expirations pinned almost perfectly. That’s a market that doesn’t have strong buyers or sellers. You can see their pins at the bottom of this post. If you have […]

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SPY Monday, Wednesday & Friday Open Interest

Last week here there was definitely a bias for both some upside (given the high 262 puts) as well as a bit of a rangebound market because of Friday’s expiration. In the end the Monday open interest failed to keep prices up, but the down move did provide a great buying opportunity for Wednesday’s pin. […]

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SPY Monday, Wednesday and Friday Open Interest

Last week here I showed the several open interests for SPY expiration and for the most part there was lots of put support. I described what can happen if that put support didn’t hold (delta hedging), but it didn’t come to that as it held and price stayed above. If you were shorting before those […]

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SPY Monday, Wednesday & Quarter End Open Interest

Last week here I showed the three different open interests for SPY and detailed where things could end up based on the high calls or puts. Importantly, I described that the Friday expiration had the risk of delta hedging to the downside particularly at the end of the week (that phenomena leads to a swift […]

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SPY Options Expiration for Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Last week here we had three SPY  expirations, but the most important one was Friday’s because it was monthly expiration. The Monday expiration pinned well, the Wednesday was so so, but the Friday one was what really affected price. SPY got as high as 280.41 last week and if you read my post you knew […]

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March OPEX

What you could learn from last weeks rare open interest: Last week here I discussed that SPY 273 was likely a magnet, but that it probably would not pin there. I described how you could use the type of open interest we had (a rare open interest) to determine the type of trading environment we […]

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SPY Monday, Wednesday, & Friday Open Interest

Lessons you can learn from last weeks open interest: Last week here I showed three SPY expirations as we now have Monday expiration. I showed where the best Monday pin would be, but said that if we opened and held over 275 that it was a go with and it likely wouldn’t pin. That indeed […]

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The First Monday SPY Expiration has Arrived

Last week here I outlined the levels of high puts and calls that would likely act as support or resistance respectively. I also mentioned the possibility of a 270 SPY pin for Wednesday. Although the price action Wednesday morning was tricky to see 270 was still a possibility, if you were looking for the correct […]

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What SPY Open Interest Suggests for Next Week

Last week here I discussed that there were more puts in the open interest and that if price could stay over them then there was a lot of room higher. I discussed that 266 was a bit of an inflection point which is right where price stalled on both Monday and Tuesday. Once it cleared […]

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February OPEX

Last week here I showed the SPY open interest which had lots of puts lined up, but with price underneath many of them. I said we would likely see changes to the open interest as the week pborgress and we certainly did. As the week progressed the puts kept growing. Every day that we couldn’t hold […]

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What SPY Open Interest Says for Week Starting 2/5/18

Last week here I showed there was SPY put support at 181 and mentioned that a good buy the dip point would be around 182 to 183. That was clearly the wrong call as price pushed through those levels and the 181 puts began to disappear as the week went on. By the end of […]

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Open Interest for the First Expiration of February

Last week here I discussed the high calls a 280 and mentioned that if price got and held above it it was not worth fighting. Indeed price flew above that level at the start of the week and never looked back. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so […]

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What SPY Open Interest Suggests for the Coming Week

Last week here I discussed that it was monthly OPEX and thus, the obvious pin which was way below price would likely fail. I also said that should price fall back to SPY 256 it was likely a good buy opportunity (that information was not based on the open interest, but technical analysis). Price got to […]

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January OPEX

Last week here I outlined that the open interest favored the bulls. I also stated that because of Wednesday’s open interest, should SPY get below 273, it was a buy. If you bought when SPY went to 272.92 your indeed did very well. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do […]

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The Open Interest Next Week Continues to Favor the Bulls

I hope everyone had an amazing new year and trading week. If you didn’t you should consider subscribing below because weeks like this are as easy as they come and it’s not to late to make 2018 a great year. If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below […]

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The Last Open Interest for 2017

Happy Holiday’s! Let’s get right into next week! If you have not yet subscribed to my weekly freebie you can do so below to get next weeks trade sent to your mailbox Monday morning (Tuesday this week). Last week I outlined a trade for AAPL which did work if you took profits quickly and before […]

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Open Interest for the Upcoming Week of 12/18

Last week here I showed there was a lot of open calls on both the SPY Wednesday and Friday expiration and I wrote that it seemed more likely that price would close below those high calls. I was wrong and the strength of this market was able to push and keep price over those high calls. […]

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December OPEX

Last week here I wrote that if SPY could not hold over 265 early in the week it was unlikely to get back over that level until at least after Wednesday expiration because of all the high calls. SPY closed under 265 on Monday and with that came a very small pullback, but SPY didn’t […]

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SPY Open Interest for Week Starting 12/4/17

Last week here I stated that if price were to open and hold above the high SPY calls of 260 next week to go with it and not fight it. If you did go with that then you were handsomely reward as SPY gained over 2% during the week. If you struggled to make gains […]

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First Week of December Open Interest

Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. Open Interest: SPY-W: (48 of 63 pins since Wednesday expiration inception).* The only thing that sticks out is the high 260 calls. If price opens Monday over 260 or quickly gets over that level and doesn’t look back then you want to go with because it is showing great […]

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November OPEX

Last week here I discussed the likelihood of new highs, but that price was unlikely to close above SPY 260 for both open interest reasons as well as psychological round number reasons. A new high was made, but as price approached the 260 level SPY pulled back. For the first time in several weeks SPY […]

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What Says the Open Interest

Last week here I said that SPY was likely to make a new high and showed the resistance and support areas for SPY’s Wednesday and Friday’s expiration. Both expirations pinned fairly well, which is no surprise given the slow nature of the move. SPY is likely to make another new high again in the next […]

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Clues From Expiration for the 1st week of November

I was out of town last weekend hence no post. Luckily I returned in time to trade the Friday fun. SPX closed at a new high and is likely to see another new high at some point next week. Open Interest: SPY-W: (45 of 59 pins).* Currently the best pin is around 256, but it’s […]

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October OPEX

Last week here I showed the open interest for both Wednesday and Friday expiration and wrote that after two closes over the high calls it was likely that SPX would take some time to consolidate and was unlikely to close over the high calls again. SPX consolidated in a very strong tight range and indeed […]

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Will the Open Interest Affect this Bull Trend Next Week?

Last week here I wrote about the high calls for both the Wednesday and Friday SPY expirations. I wrote that if price were to open or get above them NOT to fight it and that it could even push price up faster due to delta hedging. If you are going to use the open interest […]

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Open Interest for Week One, Q4

Last week here I showed the high open interest calls on SPY that could act as resistance. For Wednesday the calls were a bit of a deterrent to price and SPY did pin. Throughout the week the SPY Friday open interest that started with lots of high calls were met with many high puts and […]

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Open Interest for the Last Week of September

Last week here I gave the basic SPY call and put parameters. Both Wednesday and Friday SPY did what it does best….pinned. Onto next week: Open Interest: SPY-W: (43/54 since Wednesday expiration inception).* The current best pin is between 249.5 and 250, but can easily change if there is decent price movement early in the week. […]

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Insights from the Open Interest for Next Week

Last week here I showed where there would likely be call resistance on SPY prior to expiration. At the start of the week SPY blew through the high call resistance with strong breadth and never looked back. It was one of the first times in a while SPY was able to make such a leap […]

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September OPEX

Last week here I suggested that both the Wednesday and Friday SPY open interest supported a rangebound week. That came to fruition and there really only was one good opportunity which came Tuesday when SPY fell below two levels of high puts. Knowing where the likely pin would be Wednesday, combined with technical support levels, […]

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What Open Interest Says about Next Week

I’m back and here is your SPY open interest for next week. If you want the real goods you should subscribe below. SPY-W: (41 of 51 pins since Wednesday expiration inception).* The current best pin is clearly 247. There is also more puts at that strike than calls making it pretty good support coupled with the […]

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Open Interest Clues to Next Week

Last week here along with the SPY open interest notes, I shared my thoughts that I did not believe the lows were in yet. The open interest turned out to be very helpful (as it usually is) because when SPY traded above the high calls for Wednesday’s expiration (which happened to also be technical resistance) […]

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August OPEX

Last week here I showed both the SPY Wednesday and Friday expiration. I pointed out the very good put support for Wednesday and the call resistance (248). I also pointed out that there was pretty much no put support for Friday. If you weren’t suspicious of the Tuesday morning up move  (which blew through the […]

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Your Open Interest Road Map to Next Week

Last week here I displayed the SPY open interest for Wednesday and Friday. The Wednesday expiration pinned where I described the best pin to be. The Friday expiration changed mid-week, which I posted to twitter since the change was fairly significant and changed the odds of where Friday would close. Indeed Friday also resulted in a […]

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Your Open Interest Map to the Start of August

Last week here I gave you the SPY parameters for both Wednesday and Friday (and updated them over twitter). What you did with them I have no idea, but they worked well (see below for last weeks pin information). For newbies to open interest, knowing where SPY won’t go is often just as valuable as […]

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Your Open Interest Road Map to Next Week

Last week here I gave the SPY open interest range and also wrote that based on last Friday’s close higher prices were likely coming. I clearly laid out where there was put support and where there was call resistance – both got hit and rejected price. Knowing where SPY can go and will likely fail is […]

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OPEX Time

Last week here I stated the open interest favored higher prices and was “notably bullish.” I showed that there were no calls in the way of making new highs, something that doesn’t happen very often. And now here we are at all time highs. Open Interest: SPY-W: SPY-W: (36 of 44 pins since Wednesday expiration inception).* The current […]

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Next Weeks Open Interest Favors Higher Prices

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted, but in the meantime I have tweeted the weekly open interest for SPY charts and continue to keep track of them which you can view at the bottom. Open Interest: SPY-W: (35 of 43 pins since Wednesday expiration inception). Taken at face value this open interest is bullish […]

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Bullish Open Interest Wednesday, But Less so For Qtr/Month End

I’ve been on vacation for a bit, but I just got back so here is a very quick post for next week. Open Interest: SPY-W: (33 of 41 pins since Wednesday expiration inception).* This open interest is more bullish and currently suggests a pin of 234 to 244. With that said, there is very little call resistance […]

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Will That 240 Strike Come into Play This Week?

Last week here in the summary of my post I wrote: “In Sum, the grind higher is likely to continue in SPY; however, a pullback into support is possible and also a buying opportunity if it happens toward the beginning of the week…..“. This was available for anyone to read and was a HUGE trade […]

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What Open Interest Says About Next Week

Two weeks ago here, I wrote that if the SPX gaps filled it was a good buying opportunity. Then last week here, I wrote that the market would likely grind higher once again and possibly break new highs after the Wednesday SPY expiration. Yes, yes and yes! Open Interest: SPY-W: (29 of 37 pins since Wednesday […]

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Back to a Slow Grind

Last week here I discussed that it would be difficult for SPY to stay over 240 based on the open interest for both Wednesday and Friday expiration. I also said that if SPY took out the lows from the previous week that it may be headed for both it’s gap fills and added that it was […]

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Will Friday’s Open Interest Block the Bulls Again?

Last week here I said SPX was likely to make a new high – Check ✅ (albeit by a very small amount). I also showed that both the Wednesday and Friday open interests had calls stacked at 240. Going into the week I believed that the right set-up existed for bulls to really push SPY over […]

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Strength Begets Strength

Last week here I said the path of least resistance remained higher and that SPX was likely to make a new high in the coming weeks. I also discussed the heavy call resistance for both Wednesday and Friday’s expiration. In the end, the call resistance did hold SPY back for most of the week, but the […]

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Price Action Says to Stay in May

Last week there was no post, but in previous posts, both at the end of March and the beginning of April (see here) I continued to suggest that SPX would likely get to old highs or make new ones before a more meaningful correction took place. That has now been achieved as SPX went within 2 […]

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April OPEX

Last week here I laid out reasons why both the bulls and bears should curb their enthusiasm. The open interest suggested that price action would likely be rangebound, with a slight edge to the bulls. As the week progressed and the market moved lower, the open interested shifted a bit not giving much of an […]

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A Tight Range with a Slightly Bullish Bias (Says the OI)

Last week here I discussed that the overall trend was still higher, but that bulls needed to “curb their enthusiasm” as there were a lot of open calls that would act as resistance for both the Wednesday and Friday SPY expiration. I then updated that during the week over twitter with the message that bears should […]

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Bulls Should Curb their Enthusiasm Next Week

Last week here I summed things up with: “Currently, the market is near or already oversold and likely to bounce soon if that has not already begun late Friday. Should price immediately go lower it will become even more oversold and not a place to initiate shorts.” Furthermore, I discussed that the open interest suggested that the […]

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A Trend Change? What the Open Interest Says for Next Week

Last week here I stated that the edge continued to remain with the bulls, but that I expected a slow and rangebound week. Obviously, I was wrong in that I didn’t see the range breaking to the downside; however, minus the drop on Tuesday, the rest of the week was definitely slow and rangebound. I also […]

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What Next Weeks Open Interest Suggests for the Market

Last week here I wrote that the path of least resistance remained higher despite the possibility of remaining in a range. Importantly, I showed the Wednesday open interest and suggested that pullbacks to or under 237 would likely be bought. Thus, the pullback early in the week provided an excellent opportunity to get long into Wednesday. Below you […]

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Yellen, OPEX & Bears Oh My!

Last week here I made the case for a likely pullback/pause. Indeed, the market did pullback, but by the end of the week recovered some of its losses to close 10 points lower than last Friday. Next week is Quad witching/OPEX, which tends to have a bullish bias. Although I do think it’s possible for SPX to […]

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Does the Energizer Bull Have any Battery Left?

Last week here I suggested that there was likely a new high to be made. That indeed worked out, but for the first time in a while some cracks* began to show late in the week. I am not ready to call for a pullback and would not be surprised to see another new high […]

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How Open Interest Can Signal a Trend Change

Last week here I stated “there is no reason not to expect another new high to be made as the edge continues to reside with the bulls.” That worked out nicely and I am now making a similar statement regarding next week. There is one wild card that can derail the bull run (namely Trump addressing Congress […]

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Will the Open Interest Stall the Uptrend Next Week?

Two weeks ago here I discussed the likelihood of news highs. That indeed came the following week and then continued on into last week. At this point there is no reason not to expect another new high to be made as the edge continues to reside with the bulls. Open Interest: I have pointed out […]

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Possible New High Targets Seen in the Open Interest

Last week here I went into length about reasons to be concerned with the long side (especially for last week because of the open interest), but pointed out that the overall trend remained bullish. I also described two separate breadth studies that concluded a pullback would likely be short-lived. In the end a gap down Monday morning […]

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Something for the Bears to Chew on

Last week here the title of my post said it all: The Trend Still Supports Bulls as Does the Open Interest. The roughly month in a half range finally broke to the upside and at the present moment bulls clearly have the edge. With that said, there are some concerns going into next week that could jeopardize […]

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Trend Still Supports Bulls as Does Next Weeks Open Interest

Last week here I conveyed that the path of least resistance was higher and explained why what looked like the best pin of 220 on SPY was unlikely to happen (refer back to read understand why). During the week I updated the open interest over twitter which further supported that price would likely stay above 225. (“interest” […]

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The First OPEX of 2017

Last week here I didn’t have much insight based on the open interest and instead just described the market as showing no evidence of being bearish. During the week the open interest changed and I posted updates over twitter that were indeed helpful, especially Wednesday’s. Wednesday morning I showed there was a large 226 put strike […]

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The Open Interest Paradox and Next Week

Happy New Year and happy all time highs! So far 2017 has begun with a bang and the major indexes are at all time highs (or close to them). Simply put this is bullish. About a month ago I showed a study related to 52 week highs minus lows shown below. Two weeks ago here I described […]

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A Farewell to 2016

Last week here I summarized my post with: “the most likely outcome is another few days to weak of tight rangebound consolidation that may (but doesn’t have to) include further minor (but buyable) weakness followed by strength.”  The rangebound part happened and I will lay out where my thinking was regarding “the followed by strength,” and why […]

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A Further Pre-Holiday Consolidation

It’s been a while since I’ve done a post. Most of you know I was traveling through SouthEast Asia (an amazing trip) and then right when I got back had to head to Los Angeles because of my grandfather’s passing (sad yes, but at least he lived to 90). Thanks for all the comments via […]

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Did Trump Make BTFD Great Again?

Last week here I discussed that the environment still looked more favorable to selling rips then buying dips, but that the election was a wild card. I went further to say that if there was a large rally to watch the overall breadth to determine the strength of the rally and if it would likely continue […]

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Will the Election Turn the Markets Frown Upside Down?

Last week here I continued to provide evidence in support of the bearish case and suggested to sell all rallies. That worked every day last week as every rally failed. So where are we now? Below I will present the facts of breadth and the open interest with the caveat that the election is next week […]

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Sell the Rips

Last weekend I took off and keeping this short because there really isn’t anything new to say, but here we go. The theme is sell rallies. Since the market has not been able to break we should all be open to the possibility of improvements underneath the surface, especially since we are entering a seasonly […]

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Evidence Points to Lower, but then there was OPEX

Last week here I discussed having to be neutral due to the impenetrable range, but described myself as having a bearish lean due to many red flags that I outlined in the post. I also discussed the SPY 212 area that had both a lot of put support and technical support. The range finally did break, but […]

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The Unyielding (pun intended) Calm Before the Storm

A double entendre, other words for unyielding according to theasauas.com are adamant, merciless, relentless, unrelenting, etc. (See more than just a finance blog) Last week here I discussed cracks in the market that were keeping me bearish, but with an open mind due to the improvements in breadth. In the end, the market kept flat and […]

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New Month! New Quarter! New Range?

If you missed my interview with the Futures Radio Show, please check it out here, where Anthony and I discuss options, psychology, and current markets.  Last week here I discussed a more bearish thesis looking out a couple weeks with the idea to sell into rips. I also pointed out that due to the end […]

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Going Against the Grain

In case you missed it, I had the privilege of being a guest to Anthony Crudele’s futures radio show. Tune in here. Last week here I went through reasons why I did not think the lows were in, but highlighted that the market will often rally into and after the FOMC meeting. My thoughts were […]

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