HaiKhuu Daily Report - 04/15/2025
Good morning, and happy Tuesday!!! Wow, markets are being irrational, and market conditions look amazing. With the way the markets are trading, it would not surprise me if we had another extremely volatile and difficult day to navigate, which is providing us with great opportunities to trade and realize some gains.
As I have warned you before, attempting to trade these market conditions is not for the light-hearted or emotional, as losses can easily stack up. But at the same time, just remember that opportunities are consistently presented to us to take advantage of and realize some gains. Regardless, though, life just simply moves on, and so do the markets. So do what you can to protect your bottom line today, but please do not be asleep at the wheel; simply generate as many gains as possible and take advantage of these phenomenal market conditions!!!
Do not forget that the markets are closed on Friday!
Good luck trading today, and let’s realize some gains!!!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $524.61
Baseline Support: $529.11
Psychological Support: $540
Daily Cloud Support: $586.02
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 04/14/2025
Yesterday was a relatively mild day for the markets, mostly after the significant movement we’ve seen over the previous couple of trading days. There was still a wide range of perspectives, depending on your reference point. Compared to the previous couple of days, yesterday was a snoozer without momentum, but compared to this time a couple of months ago, this was an extremely volatile day with opportunities consistently presented to us.
So, we started the day with $SPY honestly looking great, opening the day at $544 and making the high of the day almost instantly within the first candle, and we watched as markets chopped around for an hour and a half to test the open price once again, and then never look back. After 11 am EST, we watched as the markets sold off into lunch, making the official low of the day at $533.86, before watching as the markets moved up from the bottom and displayed general bullish strength in the afternoon.
The momentum in the afternoon was not life-changing at all in any way, shape, or form, but we did watch as the markets recovered the majority of the losses incurred during the selling that happened over the lunchtime session, and we watched as conditions only continued to strengthen throughout the afternoon.
We did watch as $SPY dropped slightly, leading into close, where we officially ended the day with $SPY trading at $539.12, up $5 for the day, or just shy of 1%. I am not going to say that is a bad time for the markets, as that still is a very significant day in the grand scheme of things. It is just weird thinking that yesterday was a relative wash as a result of the underlying market conditions and tough times we are going through. Regardless though, life is still great, and markets are still awesome, so watch out for that $540 support/resistance level today because $SDPY really loves chopping here!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 04/14/2025
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 04/15/2025
Today is setting up to be an interesting time. With the way the markets are moving, I am expecting to see a continuation of chop in the markets, which is followed by a large directional move. Do I know the direction we are about to head, or how long the chop will remain? No clue at all in any way, shape, or form. But, what I do know is that conditions are going to be difficult to navigate, mostly if we chop around the $540 support/resistance level on $SPY.
In the case that the markets do ultimately decide to remain at that level and consistently chop, it would not surprise me in the case that conditions remained stagnant and choppy. If the markets are attempting to play at that level, my recommendation for you all is to simply sit on your hands. I know many traders are going to say, “Oh, but I can use this as an opportunity to trade/scalp,” and you are not wrong; you can easily scalp and trade the choppy market conditions. Opportunities will be available, but I will say that attempting to trade chop is not easy, nor is it something many can do consistently. I am sure there is someone out there who can trade chop comfortably, but I can say with confidence for the 99% of everyone else, the chop is less than ideal and typically will create EV- trading conditions that are not ideal at all in any way, shape, or form.
Again, this is not a comment on your ability to trade but more so a general warning for everyone who is reading/listening to this report. If you are able to navigate the markets comfortably right now or are confident in your ability to trade, then continue doing so. Keep trading; I’m not saying you shouldn’t trade; it is just my responsibility to protect as many individuals as possible while these conditions are less than ideal.
I still am a firm believer that purchasing US equities in these market conditions and holding is a phenomenal position. With the way the markets are trending, yes, you’ve already missed the bottom, but you can still purchase at this point. But, assuming that you are holding from what was the relative “bottom,” your position should hypothetically be green (assuming you purchased a fundamentally solid organization that didn’t just dive over a previous couple of days).
Continue holding those equity positions and have a great time. It doesn’t matter necessarily that the markets were not good yesterday, realistically aren’t going to be great today, and I do not see the markets testing previous highs, but at the same time, with the price action we are seeing, and the discounts across the markets, I truly think it is idiotic not to attempt to take advantage of these prices.
I am not saying that when you purchase equities in these market conditions, you will be profitable today or tomorrow because you realistically are not, but assuming you are holding strong equities that only continually move up over the course of time as they are fundamentally solid, and profitable companies, then you should simply retain those positions. You will NOT generate realized losses while attempting to hold any positions, nor will you be subjected to attempting to trade improper market conditions. Give the position some time, and once the markets recover, I can say with almost 100% certainty and confidence that the risk-to-reward ratio will be significantly higher than any other attempts you take. You generate less profit, but you end up taking on exponentially less risk in the process, ultimately increasing your ratio in the process. Again, this is NOT sexy, nor will it make you rich overnight, but I would rather be wealthy in the future by buying strong equities on the dip now. You can’t be successful tomorrow if you lose your entire portfolio on 0-DTE’s today.
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:
$SPY, $INTC, $BULL, $NVDA, $TSLA, $AAPL, BTC, $AMD
LONG OPPORTUNITIES:
Long-Term Dividend - $GAIN / $JEPI
Long-Term Investment - $INTC
Economic News for 04/15/2025 (ET):
Import Price Index - 8:30 AM
Empire State Manufacturing Survey - 8:30 AM
Notable Earnings for 04/15/2025:
Pre-Market Earnings:
Bank of America (BAC)
Citigroup (C)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Albertsons Companies (ACI)
Ericsson (ERIC)
PNC Financial Services (PNC)
After-Market Earnings:
United Airlines (UAL)
J.B. Hunt Transport (JBHT)
Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR)
Hancock Whitney (HWC)
Equity Bancshares (EQBK)
Fulton Financial Corp (FULT)
GameSquare Holdings (GAME)
KORE Group Holdings (KORE)
Wrap up
Hopefully, market conditions rally from here and provide us with opportunities to trade and realize some gains. It would not surprise me if we continued to chop around the $SPY $540 level, but in the process, everything ultimately came out in the wash. Please continue to make the most out of these market conditions, make sure that you are practicing safe risk management, and protect your bottom line. Traders hopefully will be extremely profitable today, so let’s see where the markets take us and make the most out of today!!!
Good luck trading, and let’s print some cash!