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On February 2, 2023, the 15-minute chart of SPY was headed to a new high of around 418 at 11:00 am PST. the MACD was diverging down strongly indicating prices should be nearer 412. As we have options ...

Well, the markets did what I expected! How about you? The hourly upside divergence on January 18 on the UVXY and matching downside divergences in every major index has led to a great move that takes t...

If you're like us, and watching the SPY intraday, you will have seen this one on Friday 10/21/2022. The first 15 minutes of the trading day gave us this MACD divergence. At this timeframe, nimble trad...

Prices dropped sharply on SPY in the first hour of trading on October 13, 2022. The MACD on the hourly chart clearly shows SPY should be higher in price. 

The hourly divergence on the 13th showed u...

The MACD on the 30 minute chart clearly shows SPY should be higher in price. We waited until Monday October 3rd in the first hour of trading and still got in at under 10c an option. Let me explain.

We were watching the volatility index prior to the fed announcement on Wednesday. There was an upside divergence late in the day, after the fed raised rates again and the downside divergence on the ma...

SPY was setting up a divergence in lower timeframes late in the day on 9/1/2022. We waited until next day and saw the full divergence on 30 minute price bars  in first hour of trading.

A look at th...

UVXY, the ProShares Ultra VIX Short Term Futures ETF, has been providing the Options Hunter with detailed insight into the direction of SPY. Unlike VXX, the Volatility Index linked ETF, the UVXY provi...

The Volatility Index (VIX) is a relatively new financial indicator. The VIX was first created in 1993 using options on the S&P 500, but has since expanded to include other indexes and options. The VIX...

During the May 3 and 4 trading sessions we monitored 3 divergences in MACD, two divergences up and one down with accompanying patterns on the 10-minute charts. Here are the three patterns we identifie...