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📈 [LIVE] TRADING MARKET OPEN | THE BREAKOUT We've Been Waiting For!

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The hosts discuss a bullish “breakout” trading day across US equities, driven by a macro setup: oil and the 10-year yield fading is described as the “most bullish” combo for equities. They also cite strong technical reclaim/holds in Nasdaq, S&P, semiconductors, and select large-cap / crypto equities.

Core theme: focus on pre-defined technical levels, seek confirmation (reclaim/hold or break-and-retest), and avoid chasing into supply after gap-ups.

Macro / Market Tape Calls

Overnight / Premarket Index Moves

  • Nasdaq: up about 350 points
  • S&P 500 / ES: up about 57 points
  • Dow: up about 450 points
  • Russell (IWM-related): described as lagging, but expected to catch up after buying demand emerges (details referenced later)

Rates & Energy

  • Oil futures: down about ~3% (framed as what equities need to continue higher)
  • 10-year yield: down about ~$5, and also cited as ~down 1% this morning (interpreted as supportive “yield fade”)

Semis Leadership

  • SMH (Semiconductor ETF) highlighted for strong upside and gap-filling behavior

Bullish Technical Framework (Repeated Throughout)

Primary Strategy

  • Trade pre-defined technical levels such as:
    • channel highs
    • triple tops
    • daily/4H highs/lows
    • “demand” and “supply” zones

Entry Preferences

  • Avoid initiating longs into supply / rejection highs, especially after gap-ups
  • Prefer pullback longs into prior support/demand, then look for reclaim/breakout

Risk Logic

  • “No certainty”—focus on opportunity + predefined risk, not guaranteed outcomes.

Methodology / Technical Playbook (Step-by-Step)

  1. Identify structure/trend using:
    • channel highs (e.g., “channel high hold”)
    • triple-top highs and repeated reactions
    • 4-hour highs/lows and daily highs/lows
    • demand/supply zones
  2. Wait for confirmation, such as:
    • reclaim + hold above a key level (buyers defend), or
    • break-and-retest over the level
  3. Prefer pullback entries (retracement long) before expansion
  4. Set invalidation logic:
    • If price fails back below the “hold” level → expect retracement to the next demand/supply region

Index / ETF Levels and Explicit Trade Views

Nasdaq Futures (NQ) and QQQ Proxy

Channel High Hold

  • Held above the range: 29,604 to 29,746

Major Supply / Rejection Area

  • 30,332 / 30,260 described as major supply/rejection

Preferred Long Setups

  • Option 1 (preferred): Pullback long after gap-up
    • Pull back toward 29,966 / 30,063
    • Then target upside after buyers step in
  • Option 2 (conditional): Strength continuation
    • Break/hold above 30,332
    • Target toward 30,600
    • A ~600–700 point day is labeled an “outlier/far-fetched,” not the base case

Risk Caution

  • Don’t long at the open into supply highs after about a 1.1% gap

QQQ Levels

  • Hold trigger: 724–726
  • Upside target if it holds and forms a higher low: 738–737
  • If QQQ fails back below 724, host expects a deeper retracement into the prior range (not preferred)

S&P 500 / ES and SPY

Key Reclaim / Breakout Level

  • ES 7680
    • framed as a “low day trap” that reclaimed/held → breakout

Preferred Long (Pullback Zone)

  • 7733–7743

Supply / Next Targets

  • Triple-top supply around 7780
  • If ES clears 7780:
    • progress toward 7817
    • potentially toward all-time highs

SPY Levels

  • SPY daily low: 76,746 (written as “76746”)
  • Above it = “end all be all”
  • Pullback long ideal around:
    • SPY 7640–76350
  • Caution:
    • avoid longs right into triple-top supply or when price is already extended

IWM (Russell Small Caps)

  • Less focus than Nasdaq/SMH
  • “Major demand low” cited around: 2860–2850
  • Preference for more confirmation; otherwise wait

Dow (DJIA)

  • Targeting: 53,000
  • Needs to hold above: 52,51800 (transcript formatting: “52 51800”)
  • Assumes “failed to move lower” → retrace higher

Sector / ETF: SMH (Semiconductors) Gap-Fill Trade

SMH Gap-Fill Setup (Explicit)

  • “Gap” described as:
    • close Aug 17 ~594
    • open Aug 18 ~575
    • gap size ~20 points

Levels to Hold for Upside Continuation

  • Hold above about 578–580
    • PDH mentioned around 580.50 / 578–580 region

Upside Target

  • Gap fill target around 592–594

Invalidation Logic

  • If SMH falls back under 578, host expects weakness/reversion and is less interested in upside

Individual Equities Mentioned (Tickers + Key Levels)

“Big Breakout / Swing Idea”

Robinhood (HOOD)

  • Framed as the best swing trade of the year
  • Mentions HOOD around 126
  • Earlier targets: 112, 117, 126
  • 125–126 described as the major breakout area
    • above 125.126, “very little” until about ~140
  • Risk management note:
    • consider profit-taking into strength to reduce risk (aiming toward “zero risk”)
  • Specific caution/disclaimer:
    • not prescribing option exercising; emphasizes personal choice and conviction

Semiconductors (Bullish / Selective)

AMD

  • “All-time highs” theme
  • Pullback long noted: AMD 526
  • Aggressive setup:
    • break and retest over all-time highs
  • Another “all-time-high breakout” level referenced (transcript unclear/messy) around:
    • 58473 / 584–584??

Intel (INTC)

  • “Clean chart” framing
  • Breakout trigger: over 115
  • Higher target: 125
  • Preferred pullback entry: 106–107
  • Caution:
    • avoid entering if extended; needs pullback/clean hold

TSM

  • Minimal discussion; “over 438 continue”

ARM

  • Host says it became unavailable once it moved too far
  • Next area: over 300
  • Mentions an earlier “best long” around ~267 (likely not available)

Other Equities

  • Tesla (TSLA):
    • not preferred intraday; 373–370 “keeps failing”
    • needs a bullish continuation candle (described as a “Shrek candle”) then pullback long
  • Nvidia (NVDA):
    • not top watch early
    • intraday pullback long zone: 222
    • retest ideas around 224 / 222
  • MU (Micron):
    • “held 1040 perfectly”
    • breakout point: 1036–1040
    • pullback long: ~999–1000
    • upside if breaks: 1080–1090
  • SNDK:
    • dislikes longs into supply
    • rejection/supply: 1830 / 1800
    • preferred pullback: 1710–1734
  • DRAM / MRVL / IGV (grouped by host)
    • DRAM: holding 59–60, target 63; pullback idea: 59–60 defended
    • MRVL: pullback long 240–241 targeting 260
    • IGV: expects weakness first, then “IGV starting to rally” during the session
  • META:
    • must clear 69,150 (trigger referenced)
    • expectation of expansion toward ~70k+ (some transcript numbers unclear)
  • Apple (AAPL):
    • hold 336
    • potential target 340
  • Google / Alphabet:
    • trade executed: break and retest hold near 350 / 348
    • stop under 350.90 / 351
    • target 355 (noted as PDH / prior day high)
  • Amazon (AMZN): “258 big watch”
  • Coinbase (COIN):
    • pullback long around 195–192
    • target “channel highs on May ~223”
  • MSTR / Circle / crypto-linked names:
    • MSTR: “May highs are 200”
    • Circle: watch “over 10350”
  • Palantir (PLTR):
    • pullback long around 175–176
    • daily 20 reclaim context referenced

Crypto-Related Instruments & Macro Framing

  • Bitcoin (BTC): up about ~5%, called a “big breakout”
  • IBIT used as the chart proxy:
    • break above 46–47
    • described as a “year-long consolidation breakout”
  • Crypto linkage expectations:
    • Coinbase (COIN): potentially toward ~222
    • MSTR: toward ~200
  • General note:
    • “risk-on environment” supportive for crypto momentum

Performance Metrics / Trade Outcomes Cited

  • HOOD: host claims roughly +$10K to +$12K on the position during the session (varies by timestamp)
  • Google: mentions a roughly +$500 win (options / execution context)
  • Futures / account (broader):
    • mentions being up $40,000 on a long-term account
    • futures account up about 15%
  • Long-term winners list (examples cited):
    • ARM: +156%
    • Dell: +103%
    • CRM: +41%
    • ServiceNow (NOW/SNOW): +37%
    • Intel: near break-even then “up 20% now” (added lots around 132 and later around 98)
    • smaller losers referenced (e.g., MP, and a small position in Tesla)

Explicit Recommendations / Cautions

  • Avoid chasing:
    • don’t long the market into supply after gap-ups (Nasdaq/S&P emphasized)
  • Prefer retracement longs:
    • Nasdaq pullback before expansion
    • QQQ hold above 724–726
    • S&P pullback to 7733–7743
  • SMH gap-fill condition:
    • pursue upside only if SMH holds above ~578–580
    • otherwise expect retracement
  • Risk management:
    • HOOD: consider profit-taking to reduce risk
    • trades emphasize stops (example: Google stop under 350.90 / 351)

Disclosures / Disclaimers Found

  • The host frames content as trading/level-based commentary
  • When asked about exercising options, the host states it’s not advice and that exercising/decisions depend on personal conviction
  • No explicit blanket “not financial advice” line is stated, but the exercise/decision comment functions as a practical disclaimer

Presenters / Sources

  • Main presenter / host: “Desi” (also referenced as “Dezi” in places)
  • No other clearly identified co-presenters in the provided text

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