The Week Ahead

Volume 44

Good evening from London,

What a week for the Gazette subscribers. What started off as a bit of a tedious week which I admit shouldn’t have been traded, the last two days of the week were two of the best this year.

Trades from last week - BAC wasn't stopped out, the stop was moved lower, and now its back to where it was originally. AMD bounced straight off the 77 handle and for AI … well, the target wasn’t reached but that closed up +33.65% on Friday.

Options trades of the week… on Thursday, I gave an ES 3975/4000 bull put for Friday expiration at -20 which was cut at -3 and settled for 0. On Friday, I gave an ES 4000/4030 bull put at -21.25 closed at -1… settled for 0.

Two others, SOXL long at 14.95, stop out at 14.75, and target 15.4. And… on the nose dive on Thursday morning - NQ 03/17 buy/write (future/12,200 calls) for a price of 11,765 which is at 12,022.

Whilst the above trades were lucrative, I did find myself short a 0d strangle attempting to harvest some premium until Bostic’s comments hit the tape… that trade was quickly offloaded after the initial rip.

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Anyway, here are the usual charts.

Markets in a nutshell

My SPX (spot) levels

Considering the events coming up, further CTA supply, and where markets are in general - we are in for a busy month.

Jobs are going to be interesting! Flows were the winner this week, however, both flows and the macro narrative are about to face a significant test.