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[LIVE] Pre-Market Prep – LEO LIQUIDATED – Lock Out Rally Incoming!?

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Key takeaways

Finance

Date / format

  • Friday, July 31 (pre-market prep: “8 o’clock on the clock”)
  • Focus: whether the “LEO liquidation” (forced selling) created a tradable floor, and how that affects ES/NQ futures and selected equities.

Macro / calendar items mentioned (time-specific)

  • 8:30 — Employment Cost Index (ECI) (forecast referenced: 0.9)
  • 9:45 — Chicago PMI
  • 10:00 — University of Michigan: consumer sentiment + inflation expectations
  • Next week (Mon, Aug 3):
    • ISM Manufacturing PMI
    • S&P Global final (at 9:45), with more major data at 10:00
  • Geopolitical / crude oil risk to inflation and headwinds:
    • Concern about crude spiking; “bad things happen when crude is north of $60 for a sustained period”

Fed / rates (explicit numbers)

  • “Fed tracker” odds:
    • 65.2% odds of a hike at the next meeting
  • Reminder:
    • No August Fed meeting, so odds can change substantially depending on data and 10-year rates / crude.
  • Rates mentioned explicitly:
    • US 10-year yield: 4.68%
    • “US 10-year up … 1.7” (likely basis points)

Market snapshot (premarket futures / commodities)

  • Dow futures: +49 bps
  • S&P 500 (ES) futures: +30 bps
  • NASDAQ (NQ) futures: +102 bps
  • Oil futures: +190 bps (oil up)
  • Company-specific framing:
    • Exxon & Chevron profits surge alongside rising oil prices
    • Uncertainty whether the move is “crowded / sustainable”

“LEO liquidation” framework: why it matters (microstructure/casual explanation)

The presenter argues the liquidation unwind changed market microstructure by creating a floor via large institutional bids:

  • Citadel is described as:
    • Buying LEO’s assets at an accepted “floor price”
    • Absorbing a large book (not small positions)
  • Implications drawn:
    • Forced selling pressure is “ultimately over”
    • Renewed confidence because a large player is willing to step in
  • Additional context:
    • Mentions Millennium also “put a bid out”
    • General hedge-fund playbook: when liquidity thins, shorts may be forced to cover and bigger players may step in (“sharks”)

No explicit “not financial advice” appears until later; however the presenter states: “That’s not financial advice… just general financial conversation.”

Instruments / tickers / assets mentioned

Index / futures / ETFs

  • ES futures (E-mini S&P 500)
  • NQ futures (E-mini Nasdaq-100)
  • SPY (S&P 500 ETF; referred to as “Spiders Cash ETF”)
  • QQQ / Qs cash ETF (referred to as “Q’s cash ETF”; also “Q’s”)
  • IWM (Russell 2000 ETF)

Individual equities / sectors

  • Apple (AAPL): major drop (-7% mentioned)
  • Amazon (AMZN): big winner (+12% mentioned; also $600M in tariff refunds)
  • Roblox
  • Reddit
  • Coinbase (COIN): down (in remarks)
  • Rivian (RIVN): not checked/plan to check
  • Exxon Mobil (XOM): profits surge
  • Chevron (CVX): profits surge
  • NVIDIA (NVDA): mentioned in “AI winners” context
  • Micron (MU)
  • SanDisk (SNDK): strong close / gap up
  • AMD: discussed; also “AMD is a short … at 507” (as referenced)
  • Lamb Research (LRCX)
  • Qualcomm (QCOM): earnings gap down; fails to recover vs prior day
  • Broadcom (AVGO): range / levels
  • Meta (META)
  • Microsoft (MSFT)
  • Google (Alphabet) (GOOGL): AI strategy / “AI Overviews”
  • Snowflake (SNOW): breakout/trend continuation bullish
  • Dell: mentioned as “down the least”
  • DataDog (DDOG): winners list
  • HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
  • Intel (INTC)
  • IBM (IBM): CEO says quantum will impact earnings by 28/29 (units not specified)
  • Tesla (TSLA): premarket move; short puts being managed
  • Jersey Mike’s: IPO day mentioned (not a trading thesis)

Additional headline/area references:

  • Anthropic / Claude: “unauthorized access” headline → cyber-security basket chatter

Other “winners/losers” / biotech / software & energy-adjacent

  • Novonordisk (NVO): shares dive after heart medicine trial fails
  • Arm (ARM): earnings gap up turned into weakness
  • Max Linear (MXL)
  • ASML
  • CrowdStrike (CRWD): cyber basket mentioned (also “replace D with V” typo referenced)
  • Palo Alto / Fortinet: cyber names referenced generically
  • CRBS / CBRS: likely a ticker-family reference (spelling unclear)
  • SPCX: referenced as “SpaceX” (ticker unclear; no public-ticker confidence)
  • Ford (F)
  • Bloom Energy (BE)
  • Enovix (ENVX): appears as “Enbis/Nbis” (spelling uncertain)
  • Irene/IRene: unclear ticker (insufficient confidence)

Several additional tickers appear with spelling ambiguity due to auto-subtitles; only clearly readable ones are listed above.

Key numbers & levels (ES, NQ, ETFs)

ES futures (4H → hourly → 15-min)

Bullish buffer / key supports

  • 7,450 (value area high / higher-low target)

Prior day high / breakout line

  • 7,480–7,490

Additional referenced levels

  • 7,420 (higher-low structure mentioned)
  • 7,400 (equal low / “poor low” noted)

“Gap closes” / zones mentioned

  • Gap level: roughly 7,515 to 7,525
  • Other nearby levels: 7,535, 7,555, 7,575

Risk sizing comment

  • “Ranged exploit” example risk: 2.25% on ES ≈ 170 points of risk (presenter: “No thanks.”)

NQ futures

  • “Major major spot”:
    • 28,645–28,750 (described as “call it 28 650 to 750”)
  • Hourly “must hold”:
    • 28,080 (“absolute must hold”)
  • Round number / key area:
    • 28,100–28,110 (“28 1 is a round number”)
  • Key downswing level:
    • 27,675
  • “Bullish buffer” into value area high:
    • “bullish buffer … 213” (exact meaning unclear)
  • Clear downside condition:
    • “If 281 breaks, run.”

SPY (“Spiders Cash ETF”) key levels

  • 742: key spot
    • If it holds: rally back toward moving average; “set the gap close above”
  • 739.65 (listed as 73965): alternative pullback/entry area
  • Framing:
    • “Big South Korea gap” as a driver for the 739.65/742 zone

QQQ (“Q’s cash ETF”) key levels

  • 68.550: gap rules level
  • 676: “key spot now”
    • Hold 676 to form a higher low; “run for the hills” if it breaks “under 676”

IWM / Russell small caps

  • 2955: top/bottom range condition
  • “IWM… here at 29,250”
    • Stay above 29250 to “rock”
  • Narrative:
    • Russell didn’t break down, helping anchor risk sentiment

Strategy / step-by-step framework (explicit)

ES Futures “pathing” & execution logic (intraday)

  • Identify two paramount ES levels:
    • 7,480–7,490 (prior day high / resolution)
    • 7,450 (value area high / higher-low threshold)
  • Use a higher-low-first approach:
    • Prefer higher-low pullback entries to manage risk (avoid chasing).
  • Branch scenarios:
    • Bullish path:
      • Market fails to go lower into resistance/supply
      • Reclaims prior day high
      • Leads to gap/continuation and potential multi-day bounce
    • No-man’s land:
      • Consolidation inside prior-day range after reclaim attempts
    • Bearish risk:
      • If price sustains beneath higher-low zones, becomes a lower-high
      • Could lead back toward equal lows

“Follow-through day (FTD)” setup (SPY / “Spiders Cash ETF” segment)

  • Look for a Follow-Through Day after a rally attempt.
  • Conditions:
    • Day is up more than ~1.5% (could be closer to 2% depending on market)
    • Higher volume on the FTD vs prior day
    • After the FTD, price cannot violate the FTD low
  • Gap-up day:
    • “Gap up day” potentially qualifies for an FTD sequence

Gap-rule behavior (used across ES/NQ/QQQ/ETF charts)

  • “Gap rules are in play” when opening gaps are small/moderate.
  • Typical behavior referenced:
    • After open, if price tests and fails key overnight highs/gaps
    • Then look for outcomes such as fade to close gap or gap fill reversal (depending on whether the gap is rejected/filled)

Recommendations / cautions (explicit)

  • Avoid chasing longs immediately after a “face ripping” snapback:
    • Prefer setups around higher lows / reclaimed levels where risk is bounded
  • Avoid being the “sucker long” at the top of the move
  • Friday rules:
    • If green on the week, keep it green (don’t take excessive risks)
    • If red on the week, it’s okay—keep it responsible
    • Emphasis on discipline: don’t force trades into late-week volatility
  • Company-specific caution:
    • “Be careful about not hanging on to hope in old names.”
    • Determine winners/losers by whether they held highs, broke out, or failed after earnings

Company / earnings-driven themes

  • AI trade revival narrative:
    • “Investors are picking AI winners after earnings.”
    • Mag 7 concerns: “worries are growing”
  • LEO liquidation amplified AI leverage unwind:
    • High-beta “AI ripper” names hit harder; rebound leadership could define the next leg
  • Named “winners” (relatively strong technicals):
    • Snowflake (SNOW) breakout strength
    • DataDog (DDOG) inside range / potential breakout
    • HPE resilient
    • Dell relative strength
    • AMD discussed with a bearish angle in one section
  • Named “losers” / weaker after earnings:
    • Apple (AAPL): “dropped 7%” premarket ugliness
    • Arm (ARM): earnings gap up → weakness
    • Qualcomm (QCOM): earnings gap down; still lower from prior day
    • “CoreWeave / cloud names” described as potential downside (ticker spelling unclear)

Disclosures / disclaimers

  • Presenter states:
    • “That’s not financial advice. It’s not specific financial advice. It’s just general financial conversation.”

Presenters / sources

  • Presenter: “Matthew” (referred to as “Matt”)
  • Guest/roles mentioned:
    • “JC, our senior news correspondent”
    • “Kevin” (technical level accuracy contributor)
  • External source named for market movers: CNBC
  • No other named financial analysts/authors were clearly identified formally beyond the above.

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