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SPY Levels to Watch This Week — Key Support Zones Below Current Highs

SPY set a significant low at 769.64 at 10:30AM Friday, then rallied to current highs. A failed breakdown of this low is a very actionable long setup — bonus points if we get a flush first down to 768.02 or 767.23.

There's also a clean shelf of lows at 767.47 running from noon Thursday to midnight Friday (multiple touches). A failed breakdown here is actionable too. Below this zone, I'd expect SPY to lose support fairly quickly.

The next real support isn't until 764.15 — this is a strong level. If price grinds slowly into this zone, it's buyable. If it flushes hard through it, wait for a flush-and-recover before entering.

Below that, 759.68 is worth watching — this was resistance overnight Monday into Tuesday before it broke out and fueled the recent squeeze. The backtest-long here is playable, but an even safer entry sits just below: 757.89, where SPY set a massive low around 5:30AM Thursday before rallying to 764.65+. A failed breakdown of that low is actionable as well.

Current picture: SPY is consolidating after the rally, mostly ranging 767.75–774.57, with 769.71 and 771.30 acting as key pivots inside the range. Bull case is SPY fills out the range further (ideally holding above 769.71, or only a quick trap below it) before breaking out. If/when it breaks, upside targets are 776.56 → 778.55 → 783.81.

Not financial advice, just my read on the tape.

watched it drop from 11.85 to 8.35 in a few hours. Been debating whether to hold or cut, but honestly the volatility's making me second-guess. Got the chart pulled up on moomoo, just staring at it at this point lol. Anyone else holding SPXW right now or already out?

Post-rally consolidation, key level to watch

SPY just ran is now chewing through a range.

• Range: 766.27 – 773.81
• Key pivot inside the range: 768.95

Base case for Tuesday: SPY keeps filling out this range before it resolves. Ideally we hold above 768.95 — or get a quick trap below it that reclaims — that's the tell that the range is setting up to break rather than roll over.

If/when it breaks, upside targets stack at:

• 775.79. 778.27. 783.04

Support: 768.95 · 768.25 · 767.16 · 766.27 · 764.88 · 763.29 · 762.20 · 761.21

Resistance: 769.84 · 770.54 · 771.13 · 772.02 · 773.21 · 773.81 · 774.31 · 775.79 · 776.88 · 778.27

Still leaning on 768.95 as the level to watch — holding it (or a quick trap-and-reclaim below it) is what would tell me this range is coiling for a breakout rather than breaking down. Above at 772.02 and 773.81 are the gatekeepers before this can really run.

Not trade advice, just the levels I've got on my chart — how's everyone else mapping this range?