$SPDR S&P 500(SPY.US)

01/28/2026

Today's opening price is $697.050,

The options ready to open are $SPY 260128 698 Put(SPY260128P698000.US)

and $SPY 260128 697 Call(SPY260128C697000.US)

$SPY 260128 698 Put(SPY260128P698000.US) opened at $2.28,

$SPY 260128 697 Call(SPY260128C697000.US) opened at $1.76;

At market open, Longbridge's options calculator showed Put/Call IV at 15.80%/15.10%,

12:03 pm at 16.50%/16.00%;

Volatility ranged from 0.11% at 09:42 am to 0.48% at 12:03 pm;

$SPY 260128 698 Put(SPY260128P698000.US)

opening IV was higher than usual, planning to wait for a pullback before opening positions,

$Walmart(WMT.US)

10:06:13 am $116.5200 => 10:09:37 am $116.4200, SL$116.4200,

10:02 am saw a double bottom forming,

waited to break the neckline before opening,

mistake was setting the stop-loss too tight,

but this dip feels tailor-made for me,

60 shares is only $6991.20,

not even a big position, no point squeezing me,

should set stop-loss at entry+/-$0.20 next time,

otherwise too easy to get stopped out,

$CloudFlare(NET.US)

almost erased yesterday's gains,

bulls not strong enough, likely more downside ahead,

$TSLA 260130 395 Put(TSLA260130P395000.US)

10:00 am $1.27 => 11:05 am $1.71,

need to act decisively when the time comes, small loss with stop is acceptable,

$HOOD 260130 108 Call(HOOD260130C108000.US)

09:48 am $0.95 => 09:55 am $1.95,

around 10:00 am saw familiar patterns that are easy to trade,

after that time point the market got completely controlled by algos.