If you’ve ever seen price stall at a level that wasn’t on any chart you were looking at, or reverse exactly where you didn’t expect it to, there’s a good chance gamma positioning was the reason. Most traders spend years studying candlesticks, moving averages, along with support and resistance levels they see on the chart. […]
With the options market exploding in terms of volume and trading activity, we’ve seen the increase of multiple option expiries per week. This has only increased the number of participants day trading options. Combining this with the fact that hedge funds, prop firms and institutions are actively day trading options, it should be no surprise […]
Silver and Gold have had one of the best bull runs of my 26 year trading career. Since the beginning of August, $SLV (Silver ETF) has gained a massive +225% going from the low $33’s to just shy of $110 over 6 months. It was one of the surest bets for the 2nd half of […]
Last week SPY chopped in place finding resistance just ahead of the key 700 level we’ve been flagging for weeks while bouncing off 686 lows last week before recovering to close UNCH (unchanged). 5 min chart $SPY What seemed most interesting to us is a buildup of protective positions heading into earnings season and the […]
Last week in our option flow report we predicted SPY would grind higher as long as it holds the key 690 TGS (top gamma strike). This played out as expected with SPY gaining a whopping 1.09% on the week from the cash open to close. 5 min chart $SPY We also mentioned in our 2026 […]
We head into the first full trading week of the year with a dense macro calendar, elevated event risk, and market structure that remains highly sensitive to short-term flows. Together, these conditions create the potential for sharp intraday moves and volatility expansion, particularly as traders begin positioning for the first quarter. Below are the three […]
Now that we’ve reviewed our 2025 predictions and how they unfolded, we turn to our outlook for 2026. This analysis focuses less on narratives and more on the structural forces shaping markets—policy constraints, capital flows, volatility dynamics, and second-order effects across assets and sectors. We begin with politics and global power shifts, as these remain […]
In 2025, Trading Waves completed 68 closed options trades with a 63.3% win rate. The average winning trade returned +66.8%, while the average losing trade was −60.9%, resulting in a payoff ratio of 1.09. The system’s maximum winning streak was 14 trades, and the maximum losing streak was four trades. The average entry price per trade was $1.70. All trades were verified by Benzinga and executed in real time, with defined risk on every position.
As we write this, 2025 is ending. Before releasing our full 2025 trading performance results, we wanted to do something few market commentators are willing to do — publicly grade our predictions. Anyone can make bold calls. What matters is accountability. Below is our full 2025 prediction scorecard. Some calls were spot-on and highly profitable […]
Palantir just hit new all time highs after reaching all time highs on Tuesday this week post earnings, reaching over 108.50 today. Since the earnings (which shot the stock above $100) the ticker has consolidated on Tues/Weds, but today it ripped impulsively printing new all time highs today. The thoughts on traders minds now are […]
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