$SPDR S&P 500(SPY.US)

04/09/2026

Today's opening price is $674.840,

$SPY Call(SPY260409C674000.US) opened at $2.16,

$SPY Put(SPY260409P675000.US) opened at $1.68;

At the market open, the Put/Call IV provided by the Longbridge Options Calculator were 15.10%/15.00%,

at 12:54, they were 14.80%/13.10%;

The amplitude ranged from 0.20% at 09:49 to 1.03% at 12:59;

$SPY Call(SPY260409C674000.US)

The opening IV was significantly lower than the previous day, suggesting a possible narrow-range consolidation at the open,

$Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL.US)

No clear trend could be determined in the first fifteen minutes after the open,

A very obvious Inside Bar,

$Alibaba(BABA.US)

09:38:04 $126.5100 => 09:48:08 $126.2100, SL$125.96, LONG,

Between $Alibaba(BABA.US) and $Walmart(WMT.US),

Chose $Alibaba(BABA.US) as the preferred intraday trading target,

Did not go long at the optimal point at 09:35,

Bought at a high and didn't take profits in time, hesitated on the stop-loss,

09:52:01 $125.6000 => 10:02:08 $125.1500, SL$125.95, SHORT,

Opened the position decisively, sold at a good point,

11:15 $124.690 => 12:19 $127.280, SL$124.30, LONG,

Planned to go long at 10:40,

But after breaking through the EMA 30, it started to consolidate,

Missed a very good subsequent opportunity,

$GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF(NVDL.US)

No clear direction before 10:30, narrow-range consolidation,

$CloudFlare(NET.US)

11:05:00 => $186.8600 => 11:09:49 $186.8000, SL$188.50, SHORT,

Only 1 share traded in the first minute after the open,

Because the intraday focus was on high-volume stocks,

Didn't seize today's excellent trading opportunity,

11:42 $191.200 => 12:47 $184.200, SL$192.67, SHORT,

Failed to break the double top, leading to further decline,

Summary:

1️⃣ The strategy of "Focus on the first five minutes after the open, and open a position in one target that does not contain an inside bar" was executed well;

2️⃣ Recent market narrative revolves around the US-Iran war, the phone with Jin10 Data installed should stay on the USOIL page;

3️⃣ Need to avoid distraction during the session, the previously set requirement that "Most of the time in intraday trading should be spent holding stocks/options, not cash. The purpose of intraday trading is to grow small capital, using the leverage effect of margin accounts/options, allowing capable people who lack capital to quickly accumulate initial capital for future investment!" was not executed well enough;

4️⃣ After chasing highs, if the trend fails to continue and $SPDR S&P 500(SPY.US) also fails to break new highs, should decisively close the position and wait;

5️⃣ Switching targets by sliding the "title bar" is much more efficient than clicking into each one, exiting, and then moving to the next;

6️⃣ The stop-loss order essentially became a "seat belt," only to prevent sudden loss expansion from unexpected market moves, the actual closing is still mainly done by manually clicking the close button at market price.