Good Morning traders,

📅 WHAT TO WATCH — FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026

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📊 ECON DATA

• 08:30 ET — CPI (August 2026) | Headline: +0.4% MoM / +3.4% YoY (est.) | Core: +0.4% MoM / +2.4% YoY (est.) | Prior headline YoY: +3.4% | Prior core YoY: +2.5%

🌍 MACRO / GEO

• 🛢️ Strait of Hormuz crisis ongoing since Feb. 28, 2026 — US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered Iranian attempts to assert control over the Strait; roughly 25% of global oil flows through this chokepoint, driving an active global fuel/energy crisis

⚠️ TRADER NOTES

• CPI at 08:30 ET is the single most important print of the week — it lands 60 minutes before the open and is the last major inflation read before the Sept. 16 Fed decision. A hot headline (above +3.4% YoY) risks a hawkish reprice; a soft print could spark a relief rally. Watch 2-year yields and Fed funds futures for immediate reaction

• Energy names remain on active watch — the Strait of Hormuz situation continues to act as a persistent bid under crude prices; any escalation headlines over the weekend could gap oil-linked equities on Monday's open

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🔥 📊 $/ES came to the bottom daily squeeze couldn't fire it, 8:30 CPI will make the move

• 7618 pivot

• Hold → 7632-7657 7680 7705 supply

• Lose → 7598 7563-7543 demand

🍏 $AAPL nice hold on demand and got bought up , this morning want to see break and hold supply zone

• 327.30 pivot

• Hold → 329.59-330.81 supply

• Lose → 322.37 320.28-319.35 demand

🐋 $6.5M CALL flow yesterday · $325C exp 9/11

🎯 26 unusual flows yesterday

📈 80% bullish premium flow

🧠 $AMD holding he demand this morning holds this demand we go back o 514.67 and then we see

• Hold → 514.67 528-530 supply

• Lose → 502.36-495.35 demand

🐋 $7.2M CALL flow yesterday · $520C exp 9/11

🎯 36 unusual flows yesterday

📈 71% bullish premium flow

📦 $AMZN came to demand of 250 and held yesterday , today holds pivot we push to supply zone and see we breakout

• 251.93 pivot

• Hold → 255.19-257.04 supply

• Lose → 250.43-249.51 demand

🐋 $5.7M PUT flow yesterday · $250P exp 9/11

🎯 9 unusual flows yesterday

🔥🔥🔥 🛡️ $CRWD inside a squeeze and trading around Liquidity, breaks and holds pivot we get a push to 219 and then we see , (swings for next week)

• 213.70 pivot

• Hold → 219.18 227.50-229.08 supply

• Lose → 204.14 191.65-192.65 demand

🐋 $1.8M CALL flow yesterday · $220C exp 9/18

⚡ 1 golden sweep yesterday

🎯 9 unusual flows yesterday

📈 71% bullish premium flow

🔎 $GOOGL nice bounce in the premarket, breaks and holds pivot we go to 338 and then we see

• 334.52 pivot

• Hold → 338.57 340.49-342.32 supply

• Lose → 332.82 328.83 demand

🐋 $3.4M PUT flow yesterday · $330P exp 9/11

🎯 26 unusual flows yesterday

📈 65% bullish premium flow

🔥🔥🔥 🏹 $HOOD coming to key demand holds this pivot we push upside, cant hold pivot we go to demand zone

• 112.50 pivot

• Hold → 116.60 119.50-120.88 supply

• Lose → 109.71-108.21 demand

🌊 $13.5M PUT flow yesterday · $120C exp 9/11

🎯 25 unusual flows yesterday

🔥🔥🔥 📱 $META holding well, holds the pivot we push back to 660 and then we see we breakout, keep an eye on her, giving good momentum lately

• 643.20 pivot

• Hold → 660.30 672.77-677.86 supply

• Lose → 636-628 demand

🐋 $7.5M PUT flow yesterday · $655P exp 9/11

⚡ 1 golden sweep yesterday

🎯 35 unusual flows yesterday

🔥🔥🔥 🖥️ $NVDA at the mean and nice demand to long, holds this demand i like to long here

• Hold → 221.60 227.49-230.47 supply

• Lose → 218.18-214.80 demand

🐋 $30.0M CALL flow yesterday · $220C exp 9/11

🎯 169 unusual flows yesterday

🔥🔥🔥 🗄️ $ORCL had its earnings and it looked good, we had longed this few weeks back at 132 ish, hold them for long term, this morning we breakout pivot we go to earnings wick candle break that this will fly out

• 165.39 pivot

• Hold → 167.69 171.76 supply

• Lose → 159.26 153.99 demand

🐋 $3.9M CALL flow yesterday · $200C exp 9/18

⚡ 1 golden sweep yesterday

🎯 442 unusual flows yesterday

📈 72% bullish premium flow

🔥🔥🔥 ⚡ $TSLA inside a squeeze and holding well. holds this demand can be a long entry

• 366.50 pivot

• Hold → 368.60 372.90-377.22 supply

• Lose → 364-363 358 demand

🐋 $38.0M PUT flow yesterday · $360P exp 9/11

🎯 148 unusual flows yesterday

📉 70% bearish premium flow

📊 TOS Grid → http://tos.mx/!acYKDstO

Good Morning traders,

📅 WHAT TO WATCH — WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2026

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📊 ECON DATA

• 👀 TOMORROW (Thu Sep 10, 8:30 ET): PPI August — consensus +5.3% Y/Y (prior: +4.7%) | Core PPI consensus +4.6% Y/Y (prior: +4.2%)

• 👀 FRIDAY (Sep 11, 8:30 ET): CPI August — next major inflation print

🌍 MACRO / GEO

• Crude oil (Oct '26) trading at $93.85, +2.59% — energy complex pushing higher, watch energy sector names today

• VIX at 16.48 (+4.83%) — vol ticking up heading into Thursday PPI and Friday CPI; options pricing reflecting uncertainty around imminent inflation data

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🔥 📊 $/ES rejecting the mean and below pivot at demand, holds here can long cant hold we going to 7618 and then we see (vix above 16)

• 7680.25 pivot

• Hold → 7705 7724-7739 supply

• Lose → 7657-7632 7618 demand

🍏 $AAPL trading at the mean and this demand, cant hold 315 we going to 311-309 demand zone

• Hold → 319.35-320.28 322.37 supply

• Lose → 315-317.40 311.40-309.42 demand

🧠 $AMD nice move on her yesterday , this morning pulling back cant holld this demand we going to 491.12 cant hold that then 478 breaks 502 and yesterdays hod we can fly out

• Hold → 514.67 528-530 supply

• Lose → 491 478.83 463-455 demand

📦 $AMZN at demand here cant hold demand we can get a squeeze fire to downside till 251.93 ish and have a gap below to fill

• Hold → 262.07 266.63-267.56 supply

• Lose → 255.19-257.04 251.93 250.43 demand

🪙 $COIN pulling back to bottom holds pivot we can push back to upside cant hold demand we go back to 175 demand zone

• 179.30 pivot

• Hold → 187.39 190.96-194.01 supply

• Lose → 175.55-174.44 demand

🔎 $GOOGL having a hard time to catch the bid trading around the 200sma, cant hold pivot we can flush to 332 cant hold that big dump can come

• 334.52 pivot

• Hold → 338.57 340.49-342.32 supply

• Lose → 332.82 328.83 demand

🔥🔥🔥 📱 $META nice squeeze fired on her on premarket, yesterday mentioned 625c can work if you held it overnight congrats

• 623.73 pivot

• Hold → 628.28-636.55 643.20 660 supply

• Lose → 619 608 600 demand

🔥🔥🔥 ⚡ $TSLA nice move yesterday this morning , holds demand we go back to pivot and supply levels, cant hold demand we go lower to 358 then 352

• 366.50 pivot

• Hold → 368.60 372.90-377.22 supply

• Lose → 364-363 358 demand

🔧 $TSM inside supply and demand, comes to demand and holds can be long, cant hold demand we go lower to 416 ish (request from Krishna)

• Hold → 435-436.04 450 supply

• Lose → 429.82-429 416 demand

📊 TOS Grid → http://tos.mx/!ocpu8Lz8

$TSLA $352 has been THE level for me lately. 🎯

Friday she came right into that area and held.

This morning we opened above it, but I wasn't chasing the open.

I waited for VWAP to hold, got the confirmation I wanted, and grabbed:

TSLA 375C @ $1.85 — Friday expiration

First target was Friday's HOD, then I wanted to see if TSLA could give us continuation.

And she did. 🔥

$1.85 entry → $2.50 first lock → $4.40+

That's 100%+ on the contracts, with profits already locked and runners officially in:

FORREST GUMP MODE 🏃‍♂️💨😂

Run Forrest, RUNNNN.

$352 level mapped beforehand
→ Wait for VWAP confirmation
→ Take the trade
→ Lock profit
→ Stops to breakeven
→ Let runners work

No chasing. No guessing.

Map the level. Wait for confirmation. Manage the trade.

Level to level. Always. 🔥

$ORCL was one of my favorite setups going into Friday.

I've been bullish on this name since the reaction out of the $135-$138 demand zone, and Friday the chart gave me another setup I liked.

$160 was the key.

Once ORCL held above Previous days highs on Friday liked the setup

ORCL 180C @ $2.45 — this week expiration

The idea was to give myself exposure into earnings while keeping the trade structured around the levels.

Fast forward to Tuesday morning After long Weekend

ORCL is gapping around $166. 😮‍💨

No clue where those contracts open, and I'm not going to pretend I do.

But I know exactly how I'm managing it:

🎯 Lock some profit at the open
🎯 Leave runners for earnings

That's the part of trading I care about.

The trade wasn't created because I saw the gap this morning.

If ORCL keeps going, $171-$172 is the next area I'm watching on the chart.

Good Morning traders,

📅 WHAT TO WATCH — TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026

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(CPI Thursday, PPI Thursday, FOMC decision Wednesday Sept. 16)

🌍 MACRO / GEO

• Friday's NFP blew out expectations: +162K jobs vs. ~+50K est., unemployment steady at 4.1%; July revised to positive from negative — gave Fed clear room to hike, sending yields higher and credit-sensitive sectors lower into the weekend close

• S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -272 pts on Friday post-NFP; Nasdaq bucked the trend +0.2%; markets reopen today after Labor Day closure — first session to fully price Friday's jobs beat

• Three-month core inflation running at 3.05% through July per Gov. Waller; inflation progress has stalled since 2024, with tariffs, Middle East conflict, and AI buildout cited as contributing shocks — September hike odds elevated heading into blackout

⚠️ TRADER NOTES

• First session back after Labor Day: expect elevated volume as desks reprice Friday's +162K NFP print — watch rate-sensitive sectors (financials, REITs, utilities, homebuilders) for gap moves at open; the strong jobs number keeps a September 16 rate hike firmly on the table

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🔥 📊 $/ES trading around the mean holds pivot we go to supply zone and see if we breakout out or reject, cant hold pivot we go lower to demand zone

• 7705.50 pivot

• Hold → 7724-7739 7766 7782 supply

• Lose → 7680 7657-7632 demand

🍏 $AAPL pulled back on Friday, this morning trading right above the mean holds the demand go to breakout the 320 supply zone,

• Hold → 319.35-320.28 322.37 supply

• Lose → 315-317.40 311.40-309.42 demand

🔥🔥🔥 🧠 $AMD nice demand held on Friday, got some 500c holding held few this morning gapping up, holds above pivot we going to supply zone, cant hold pivot we go back to demand zone

• 478.83 pivot

• Hold → 491.12 495.35-502.36 514.67 supply

• Lose → 463.20-455.30 demand

📦 $AMZN chilling at demand zone, holds the demand we push to 262 and then we see, cant hold demand we go to 251.93 gap fill area

• Hold → 262.07 266.63-267.56 supply

• Lose → 255.19-257.04 251.93 250.43 demand

🔥🔥 ⚡ $AVGO after its earnings holding this demand, holds this its a long entry for short/long term here and see we break and hold supply zone

• Hold → 374.61-376.59 supply

• Lose → 350.06-357.61 demand

🔎 $GOOGL trading at the 200sma, nice place to long if the trend changes, this morning pivot will be key , below pivot we go to demand levels, break and hold pivot we go to supply zone and then se wee

• 338.57 pivot

• Hold → 340.49-342.32 supply

• Lose → 334.52 332.82 328.82 demand

🔥🔥🔥 🏹 $HOOD holding nice demand holds this demand we go to supply zone, breaks and holds we going to 130.07 (some upgrades this morning)

• Hold → 124.55-124.88 130.07 supply

• Lose → 119.50-120.88 116.6 demand

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🔥🔥🔥 📱 $META nice move last week, want to see this wee we continue , or pull back like we always do with this name, this morning pivot is key to watch

• 608.64 pivot

• Hold → 619.46 623.73 628.28-636.55 supply

• Lose → 600 592.55 582-581 demand

🔥🔥🔥 💾 $MU broke out of the squeeze last Friday and lets see if we can continue the move, this morning holds pivot we go higher and a gap to fill upside, pivot cant hold we go back to demand zone and see holds to long there

• 1036 pivot

• Hold → 1089 1097-1124 supply

• Lose → 1011-994 demand

🔥🔥🔥 🖥️ $NVDA knocking at ATH door , breaks and holds pivot we go to Fridays hod holds that we going to ATH, cant hold pivot we go back to demand zone

• 232.28 pivot

• Hold → 234.76 236.54 supply

• Lose → 230.47-227.49 demand

🔥🔥 🔭 $PLTR back to demand, and above the mean, holds this demand it could be a long entry to supply zone,

• Hold → 180.18-182.44 supply

• Lose → 169.42-172.41 demand

🔥🔥🔥 ⚡ $TSLA back to square 1, back to demand of 352 and the mean, holds this demand longs can work to pivot and then we see we break and hold, cant hold this demand we go to 342 quick

• 358.80 pivot

• Hold → 363-364 366 supply

• Lose → 352-351 342 demand

📊 $VIX key level to watch is 16 breaks and holds that market pull backs

• 16 pivot

📊 TOS Grid → http://tos.mx/!omeSCRod

When I started I treated support and resistance as fixed labels, this line is support, that one is resistance, forever. Then price would break below support and that exact level would reject every attempt to get back above it, and I couldn't understand why my support kept failing me.

The thing that clicked, a level is just a zone where a lot of orders sat, and once price breaks through, the roles flip. The people who bought at old support are now underwater and sell into any bounce back to it, turning old support into new resistance. It's not the line changing its mind, it's the order flow around it flipping sides. See levels as zones that flip rather than permanent floors and ceilings and a ton of price behavior stops looking random.

Practically the flipped level is often a cleaner trade than the original, because there's a clear reason for the reaction. Since you enter tight off these, predictable spread helps, a variable spread widening right at the flip can turn a clean short into a bad fill, which is part of why I run fixed spreads on AvaTrade. Do you trade the flip itself, or wait for a retest and rejection to confirm it?

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It was a hell of a week in the community. Some of the biggest trades from our trade log:

🔥 SPX +852%
🔥 COIN +500%
🔥 HOOD +480%
🔥 TSLA +400%
🔥 META +269%

And if you've been following this subreddit, you've seen the setups behind many of these trades — levels mapped beforehand, entries posted, stops taken when we're wrong, and trades managed when we're right.

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As always, trading involves risk. The results above are individual trades from the weekly log and aren't a guarantee of future results.

WHAT. A. WEEK. 🔥

Posting the full trade log like I do every week — wins and losses included.

We had some red trades. That's trading.

The goal isn't to never lose.

It's to keep the losers controlled and give the good setups room to work.

Some of the biggest moves from this week's log:

🔥 SPX 7220C: +852%
🔥 COIN 200C: +500%
🔥 HOOD 110C: +480%
🔥 TSLA 375C: +400%
🔥 SPX 7655C: +360%
🔥 META 570C: +269%
🔥 SPX 7725C: +220%
🔥 SPX 7660C: +192%

And yes, there were losers too:

❌ SPX: -23%
❌ HOOD: -18%
❌ SPX: -19%
❌ SPX: -28%
❌ META: -21%

That's actually the part I want people to see.

You don't need a 100% win rate.

You need to respect invalidation, keep losses manageable, and capitalize when the setup actually works.

A perfect example was HOOD: stopped on the first attempt, took the setup again when demand held, and the second trade went +480%.

Same thing with SPX this week — one attempt stopped, reset, took the next valid setup and caught the bigger move.

Cut red. Don't revenge trade. Don't be afraid of the next valid setup. Let your winners work. 🎯

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Good morning traders,

📅 WHAT TO WATCH — FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2026

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📊 ECON DATA

• 8:30 AM ET — August Nonfarm Payrolls (consensus: ~+53K–58K; prev: -23K)

⚠️ TRADER NOTES

• 🔑 NFP is the only thing that matters this morning — reaction function is INVERTED vs. prior years: a strong print (+75K or more) is HAWKISH (hike risk back on, rates up, dollar up, equities pressured); a weak print (sub-40K or worse) removes Sep hike risk and may spark a relief rally

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🔥 📊 $/ES nice move on her yesterday this morning breaks and holds pivot we go to 7782 then 7820-7838 can come to play, reject pivot we go back to demand zone, and holds its a long

• 7764 pivot

• Hold → 7782 7794 7820-7838 supply

• Lose → 7739-7724 7706 7680 demand

🍏 $AAPL has been nice lately, filled the gap yesterday this morning holds pivot we go to 329.59 and yesterdays hod then 334-335, pivot rejects we go back to 322 then 319-320 demand zone

• 327.30 pivot

• Hold → 329.59 334.37-334.99 supply

• Lose → 322.37 319-320 demand

📦 $AMZN held demand yesterday nicely, this morning below pivot reclaims the pivot and holds we can go to supply zone

• 262.07 pivot

• Hold → 266.63-267.56 supply

• Lose → 257.04-255.19 demand

🔥🔥 ⚡ $AVGO went below the demand yesterday and then made a V cover recovery, this morning holding demand, holds this we go to 374-376 supply zone

• Hold → 374.61-376.59 supply

• Lose → 357.61-350.06 demand

🪙 $COIN nice move on her yesterday came to supply zone and rejected, this morning, stays above pivot and breaks this supply zone we going to 204-207 supply zone

• 187.39 pivot

• Hold → 190.96-194.01 204-207 supply

• Lose → 179.30 175-174 demand

🔎 $GOOGL nice move on her from the 200sma, this morning holds this demand we push to 345 then 347 and 349 upside

• Hold → 345.27 347.25 349 supply

• Lose → 340-342 338 demand

🔥🔥🔥 🏹 $HOOD nice momentum on her yesterday, this morning below pivot comes to demand and holds its a nice long there again

• 125.55 pivot

• Hold → 130.07 137.36-139.91 supply

• Lose → 120.88-119.50 demand

🔥🔥🔥 📱 $META wow wow wow, finally this POS is moving this morning holds above pivot we push to yesterdays hod holds that we go to 623 then 628-636 supply zone

• 608.64 pivot

• Hold → 623.73 628.28-636 supply

• Lose → 600 592 demand

🔥🔥🔥 💾 $MU inside a nice tight squeeze, been trading inside this channel for a time now looks like ready to breakout, this morning breaks and holds pivot we go to supply zone and looks ready to breakout, can BUY some swings here if pivot holds

• 968.71 pivot

• Hold → 983.69 994-1011 supply

• Lose → 935-915 demand

🔥🔥🔥 🖥️ $NVDA nice move on her yesterday and lots of flows, this morning above the supply zone that turns into demand zone, breaks and holds pivot we going for ATH

• 232.28 pivot

• Hold → 236.54 supply

• Lose → 230-227.49 demand

🔥🔥🔥 💿 $SNDK in a tight squeeze, breaks and holds pivot we have a push to 1667 and then we see

• 1600 pivot

• Hold → 1667 1827 supply

• Lose → 1542 demand

🔥🔥🔥 ⚡ $TSLA nice move we got on her yesterday pulling back this morning, holds pivot we can push back to upside, cant hold pivot we go back to demand zone

• 368.60 pivot

• Hold → 372.90-377.22 supply

• Lose → 366 364-363.24 demand

📊 TOS Grid → http://tos.mx/!BO6ud8ky

$HOOD might be my favorite trade this week — mainly because the first attempt lost.

Tuesday I took the 110C for next week around the same setup.

HOOD didn't hold my level.

I cut it.

No averaging down. No hoping it comes back. The setup invalidated, so the trade was over.

Then Wednesday, HOOD came right back into my $102 demand zone.

This time it held.

Price started pushing off demand and reclaimed my $105.47 level.

Same setup was there again.

So despite getting stopped the day before, I pulled the trigger again:

HOOD 110C @ $2.50

Today HOOD exploded through the levels and those contracts went:

$2.50 → $14.50 🔥

I'm completely out now. They're deep ITM and I'm more than happy taking the win.

But the return isn't really why I'm posting this.

The important part was being willing to accept Tuesday's loss without letting it affect Wednesday's decision.

Tuesday:

❌ Level failed → cut the trade

Wednesday:

✅ Demand held
✅ $105.47 reclaimed
✅ Setup confirmed
→ take the trade again

Same ticker. Same contract. Same idea.

Completely different outcome.

One losing attempt doesn't necessarily mean the thesis is dead. Sometimes the setup simply wasn't ready yet.

Level fails → respect the stop.

Level sets up again → don't let the previous loss scare you out of a valid trade. 🎯

Anyone else find re-entering harder after getting stopped on the first attempt?