Good morning!
Futures are indicating a bounce from yesterday’s selling, with the SPX up 0.35% pre-market. Yesterday’s selling put the SPY down, 0.35% on the week. The open would mean the SPY is back to unchanged on the week. Speaking of unchanged, Apple finished yesterday exactly unchanged on the day, $0.00, something you don’t see every day. Its range from high to low since reporting earnings on May 4th has been less than $2. The bottom line, the market is still going sideways and has been for a remarkable run. If you had gone to sleep on April 3rd and woken up today, the market would be in the same place, and you would have missed a trading range of about 3%.
The realized Vol (how much it’s actually moved) over the past 30 days in SPY is 13. Meaning the VIX, even as low as 16-18 during this time has been significantly overpriced. Additionally, this type of action can be reinforcing as more and more traders pile into short-term premium selling, like daily and weekly Iron Condors. That loads market makers with gamma, furthering that accordion effect of small moves higher and lower meeting buying and selling.
Pre-Market Movers:
- CSX Corp (CSX) +0.25%
- Applied Digital Corp (APLD) -8.02%
- Pacwest Bancorp (PACW) +12.25%
- Tesla Inc (TSLA) +1.19%
- Nvidia Corp (NVDA) +1.38%
- Marathon Digital Hldgs Inc (MARA) -2.16%
- Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc (SPCE) +4.51%
- Western Alliance Bancorp (WAL) +12.57%
- Jd.com Inc ADR (JD) -2.66%
Today’s Earnings Highlights:
- Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Expected Move: 4.35%
- The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) Expected Move: 4.30%
- Target Corporation (TGT) Expected Move: 6.40%
- Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS) Expected Move: 4.10%
- Copart, Inc. (CPRT) Expected Move: 3.91%
- ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (ZTO) Expected Move: 6.58%
- Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) Expected Move: 4.84%
- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO) Expected Move: 5.85%
- Dynatrace, Inc. (DT) Expected Move: 7.40%
- Wix.com Ltd. (WIX) Expected Move: 8.50%
Full list here: Options AI Earnings Calendar.
Economic Calendar:
- At 08:30 AM (EST) Housing Starts (Apr) Estimates: 1.4%, Prior: 1.371%
- At 08:30 AM (EST) Jobless Claims 4-week Average (May/13) Estimates: 249%, Prior: 245.25%
- At 08:30 AM (EST) Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (May) Estimates: -19.8%, Prior: -31.3%
- At 08:30 AM (EST) Continuing Jobless Claims (May/06) Estimates: 1818%, Prior: 1813%
- At 09:05 AM (EST) Fed Jefferson Speech Impact: Medium
- At 09:30 AM (EST) Fed Barr Testimony Impact: Medium
- At 10:00 AM (EST) Existing Home Sales (Apr) Estimates: 4.3%, Prior: 4.44%
- At 10:00 AM (EST) Fed Logan Speech Impact: Medium
Options AI Scanner Highlights:
- Overbought (RSI): LLY (78), MNST (76), GOOGL (75), DDOG (73), KBH (72)
- Oversold (RSI): BYND (24), PFE (25), SGEN (25), CHGG (26), PENN (26), GPS (28)
- High IV: VRAY (+205%), PACW (+188%), OZK (+168%), NKLA (+139%)
- Unusual Options Volume: XELA (+2551%), TJX (+1275%), HZNP (+1195%), FUTU (+1190%), SE (+1054%), SGEN (+1052%), HD (+965%), VKTX (+902%), TGT (+894%), SMH (+821%), AMD (+752%), COF (+689%), NVDA (+542%), PACW (+525%), MSFT (+510%)
Full lists here: Options AI Free Tools.
Chart of the Day:
The SPY has stayed within a 3% range over the past month and a half, a remarkable sideways run.
That’s all for now. Have a great day!
The Options AI Team
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