HaiKhuu Daily Report - 01/14/2026
Good morning, and happy Tuesday!!! These conditions have been FUNKY, and I hope that you all have had a lot of fun in the process! Silver has ONLY continued to rip, making a new all-time high at $91.37 an OZ. This is absolutely insane, and I just want to say congrats again to anyone who had simply held and retained their silver over the previous couple of months. This is absolutely INSANE.
Markets are down slightly at the time of writing this report, and I am telling you all right now that we are seeing a slight bit of uncertainty coming into the markets. As I've stated before, traders are becoming more confused about these market conditions and are doing everything in their power to remain solvent here in the short term.
Many are going to be able to capitalize on these conditions and realize a significant amount of gains in a short period of time, while others are going to have a difficult time realizing losses consistently while attempting to trade today.
Go into today with the sentiment that market conditions are going to become more volatile and confusing here in the short term, but as long as you are able to navigate the momentum, you should have no problems actively scalping and trading on an intraday basis.
Just make sure to tread lightly and practice basic risk management today, and you should be fine!
Good luck trading today, and let’s see which direction $SPY takes us!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $687.96
Baseline Support: $683.64
Psychological Support: $680
Daily Cloud Support: $670.16
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 01/13/2026
Yesterday was a volatile and confusing time for the markets. Opportunities were consistently amongst us to scalp and trade in either direction, but you really needed conviction both in your play as well as the general markets! Hopefully, you all were able to realize a significant amount of gains in a short period of time, because despite the relatively gross time the markets were, I felt that the day absolutely flew by!
We started the day during the pre-market session, and we got some great news with CPI coming back lower than expected, resulting in the markets gaining confidence and rallying to a new unofficial all-time high, with $SPY trading at $697.30.
The day officially started with $SPY trading at $695.53, and rallying beautifully to make the official high of the day, and “official” all-time high trading at $696.08.
The bullish momentum early in the morning was extremely short-lived as right after making the official high of the day, $SPY came crashing down, going on to make a relative low, breaking below $693.
Thankfully, that was a relative bottom as $SPY bounced from that relative low, to recover nicely and go on and hit $695 during the lunchtime lull. At the time, $SPY was relatively black for the day, at $695, and conditions were neutral yet short-lived. We watched as volume came back into the markets, we dropped heavily from the top, going on to watch as $SPY made the official low of the day at $691.36.
Market conditions at the bottom were disgusting and honestly a little concerning with the rate of selling, but conditions thankfully were short-lived, as in the final 20 minutes of the day, we saw a nice small rally in the markets, resulting in $SPY rallying about $2. We officially ended the day with $SPY trading at $693.77, down $1.39 for the day, or down roughly 0.2%, but at the same time, it was an absolutely insane opportunity that was presented to all of us to actively scalp and trade on an intraday basis. I hope you all were able to make the most of the volatility presented to us yesterday and hopefully none of you had any issues with significant losses being generated! So let’s see where the markets take us today, and continue to love our lives!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 01/13/2026
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 01/14/2026
Today should be another day full of opportunities and confusion. As much as I would love to be hyper bullish and optimistic going into today, with the way that everything is appearing here in the short term, I am optimistic but skeptical. Conditions leading into the day are not looking the best, nor are traders feeling the most confident.
Yes, we did make a new all-time high yesterday, and conditions are still extremely strong, but with the price action in the markets and the confusion that traders are experiencing, it is almost hard to be overly confident in these conditions here in the short term. The biggest thing you all need to remember at this point is to practice risk management and limit your general exposure.
Many traders are going to generate losses by overtrading or overallocating today, so avoiding those downfalls at all costs is going to be necessary for your success as a trader!
Be careful if you are looking to attempt to play OTM option contracts today, because in the case that we lack momentum, or the momentum is fighting against your position, it will be extremely difficult to be able to come back from fighting a trend with a losing play. I am not saying that it is not possible, but it is extremely unlikely, especially if you are averaging in on a losing option play. Tread lightly, and practice safe risk management.
I do want to take some time right now to talk about the downside risks in the markets. Before I say anything, again, I am still optimistic and bullish. I want the markets to go up, and I personally am extremely excited to see where the markets take us not only today, but over the next couple of months. The concerns that I have with these current prices are the fact that we are in the beginning stages of what I would consider “irrationality,” but we are not seeing the level of buying and confidence necessary for us to be overly comfortable and confident.
In the case that there is more civilian approval of the markets, retail adaptation, and allocation of funds, I do not see a reason why the markets cannot break out and take off from here. The issue is that we are not seeing the buying and allocations necessary to confidently say that we are going to continue to blindly move up.
If you are attempting to trade here in the short term, it is going to be critical that you are either scalping short-term plays and capitalizing on the quick momentum in the markets, or you are going to be stuck in a position where you are down on your play and having a difficult time. This is only going to impact those who are allocating into heavily overpriced equities that have downside risk.
I know this is not what people want to hear, but I genuinely do believe that in the case that we see some major selling in the markets, we are going to see $SPY break below $600, and realistically hit the lower end of the $500’s when push comes to shove. Again, I don’t believe that we are going to get to that level today, or anytime soon, at least without any major news to be the catalyst, but at the same time, it is just one of those things you need to keep at the back of your mind, as it is a serious risk in these conditions.
The only way this level of selling happens, though, is in the case that we see some major political volatility, like what we saw in early April 2025.
I am not saying that we are going to sell off to that level today or tomorrow… but tread lightly because I am getting that weird feeling in my gut that is never a great sign for the markets.
Hope that we continue to break out from this point and see the strength and confidence necessary to continue this rally, but with these current evaluations we are seeing, it’s hard not to remain optimistic to see what the upside brings, but at the same time, it is hard not to be realistic with your expectations of the markets. So tread lightly, and practice safe risk management today. We will have some fun and realize some gains!
If I see any opportunities, or if I decide to get into any other plays, I’ll announce what I see in the HaiKhuu Discord.
My Personal Watchlist:
Note, just because something is on my watchlist does not mean it is a signal to buy or sell any equities
Watchlist:
Tech: $PLTR, $ORCL, $NVDA, $TSLA, $AMD, $INTC
Speculative: $PTLO, $RIVN
Long Dividend: $JEPI
Long Investment: $PTLO
Short: $BRK/B
Crypto: $MSTR, SOL
Economic News for 01/14/2026 (ET):
Retail Sales - 8:30 AM
Producer Price Index - 8:30 AM
Core PPI - 8:30 AM
Business Inventories -10:00 AM
Existing Home Sales - 10:00 AM
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks - 11:00 AM
Federal Reserve’s Beige Book - 2:00 PM
Notable Earnings for 01/14/2026:
Pre-Market Earnings:
Wells Fargo & Co (WFC)
Citigroup (C)
Bank of America (BAC)
Infosys Technologies (INFY)
United Community Banks (UCB)
After Market Earnings:
Home BancShares (HOMB)
H.B Fuller (FUL)
Wrap up
This is going to be an interesting time for the markets, so just tread lightly and practice safe risk management. There is a lot more uncertainty going into today, so do everything in your power to protect your bottom line and capitalize on these conditions when you can. Just be smart, be safe, and let’s have a great time trading today.
Good luck trading, and make the most out of these conditions!