HaiKhuu Daily Report - 04/20/2026
Good morning and happy Monday! I hope you all had wonderful adventures over the weekend and are ready for some more insane market momentum! We are down slightly as a result of wartime news headlines, with the war not going favorably at the moment, but unlike this time a couple of weeks ago, when we would come tumbling down, markets are looking strong despite the mild weakness.
Market conditions are still great, and traders are being provided with consistent opportunities across the board. We’ve reached a point of irrationality in the markets, but that is exactly what we’ve wanted. If you’ve been around the Discord since this time last April, you’ve heard my thesis multiple times at this point and understand what can happen in these conditions.
Please make sure you are practicing safe risk management and mitigating as much risk as possible. Too many traders are taking on too much risk and exposure at this point. Look for ways to maximize your exposure while decreasing your general risk. Single-name tech stocks will be a significantly better allocation than attempting to gamble on any index’s 0-DTE contracts today.
These conditions are going to be extremely inconsistent this week, so I hope you all are prepared for what the markets have in store for us today!
If you’ve not checked out the WEEKLY PREVIEW, check it out to prepare accordingly for this week!
Good luck trading this week, and let’s make the most of this volatility!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $681.72
Baseline Support: $670.84
Psychological Support: $700
Daily Cloud Support: $680.12
Thoughts & Comments from Last Week
Last week was an absolutely INSANE time for the markets as traders printed money hand over fist. Everyone who has been skeptically optimistic and following the momentum should be loving these conditions, and anyone who has been fighting the trend has been slaughtered. The markets have only continued to rally through new all-time highs, and have reached a point of “Irrationality” leading to increased volatility and price action. I hope you all printed trading last week, because I know everyone in the community did.
We started the week with $SPY opening at $677.57. Markets were looking strong to start the week as we quickly snapped off of $680 and bounced from that magnet zone. As previously described from those magnet zones in the markets, once we found a confirmation of momentum and direction, the markets would follow accordingly, and it appeared early on Monday that it was going to be towards the upside.
The confirmation of a reversal and the start of the breakout were beautiful. Markets rallied from that $680 point through Monday, into Tuesday, where $SPY tested the previous all-time highs, to Wednesday, where $SPY went on and MADE a new all-time high, to only continue to make new all-time high after new all-time high through Thursday into Friday.
Anyone who allocated anytime within the week and simply held long should have absolutely printed, and anyone who has been holding strong equities from the bottom has performed exponentially at this time.
Friday itself was an absolutely beautiful day for the markets. We gapped up $5 to start the day on Friday with $SPY trading at $706.16, and then watched as we rallied $6 straight to continue to make new all-time highs the entire morning, through the lunchtime lull into the early afternoon. $SPY went on to make the official all-time high, trading at $712.37, before coming back down slightly into the back half of the afternoon.
$SPY officially ended last week trading at $710.14, up $8.50 on Friday (+1.2%), and ended the week up $32.57 (+4.81%)
So, last week was an absolutely insane week for the markets. The community realized at least $5,000,000 in gains trading last week and I just want to say congratulations again to anyone and everyone who realized a significant amount of gains. We had multiple $100,000+ traders, and a community member who net 1400% on their account on Friday. So let’s see what the markets have in store for us this week and realize some more gains!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 04/17/2026
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 04/17/2026
Today is going to be an extremely inconsistent day for the markets. Either we are going to watch as $SPY sells off and possibly go on to hit $700, or we will watch as this minor selling is bought back up and watch as market conditions strengthen. There is going to be a lot of confusion with the general market sentiment going into today, so I am going to advise everyone to tread extremely lightly today and continue to proceed in these conditions as a skittish bull.
You all should continue to remain optimistic and excited about these conditions, but at the same time, be realistic with your expectations and understand that anything can happen. We are getting wartime news headlines, and anything can genuinely happen at any time. All we need is a single news headline to cause the markets to rip irrationally, but at the same time, all we need is a single news headline to cause us to sell off.
I will say that despite the fact that there is a chance that the markets sell off from this point, we are also seeing a lot of genuine strength in the markets. So just note that in the future, any selling event that occurs is valid, but at the same time, the selling that will incur is going to be less than what the majority of traders are going to expect, as the markets have already priced in a lot of these instances, and are starting to be desensitized to headlines. So, as much as you want to be hyper bearish about these market conditions due to your sentiment about either the war or DJT, just know that the bears will ultimately only continue to get slaughtered in the grand scheme of things.
A caveat to that statement is the fact that these market conditions will act irrationally.
In the case there is some sort of “black swan” event, or the war worsens, any selling event that does happen will be elevated. Trading is going to become extremely inconsistent, and traders are going to be caught in a tough position. This then becomes a game of knowing how to navigate the volatility, while looking to minimize downside risk, and allocating properly to adjust for that risk.
This all is extremely difficult, mostly to do consistently on the fly in these conditions, but just know that this is the reality of what you need to do to maximize your potential and return, while minimizing your generalized risk. There is so much potential in the markets right now; the only issue is going to be being able to remain consistent in the meantime.
I don’t see a reason why we cannot continue to capitalize on these conditions. Just make sure that you are following the general market momentum, not fighting any trends, and looking at the larger scale picture. These market conditions are strong; equities continue to move up. Just go out there, allocate accordingly, and get your piece of the pie. There may be difficulties getting there, but as long as you stick to fundamentally solid organizations that are slightly undervalued, I don’t see why you can’t take advantage of higher beta stocks that have the potential to reverse heavily. (Think $ORCL~esque run)
Just make sure to practice risk management today, prepare accordingly for this mild bearish sentiment leading into today, and know that here in the near future, I genuinely believe we will get some stagnation before the markets ultimately continue to break out directionally. So enjoy and realize some gains this week!
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: $ORCL, $NVDA, $TSLA, $INTC, $PLTR, $AMD, $MSFT, $AIFF
Speculative: $PTLO, $RIVN, $GAP, $NKE
Long Dividend: $JEPI
Long Investment: $PTLO
Crypto: $MSTR, SOL, BTC
Economic News for 04/20/2026 (ET):
No News Scheduled
Notable Earnings for 04/20/2026:
Pre-Market Earnings:
Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF)
Bank of Hawaii (BOH)
Capital City Bank (CCBG)
SmartFinancial (SMBK)
After Market Earnings:
Alaska Air Group (ALK)
AGNC Investment (AGNC)
BOK Financial (BOKF)
Steel Dynamics (STLD)
Flexsteel Industries (FLXS)
ServisFirst Bancshares (SFBS)
Wintrust Financial (WTFC)
Zions Bancorporation (ZION)
Wrap up
This is going to be an insane way to start the week, so let’s realize some gains and have an absolutely amazing time in the process. Please make sure to take on some smart risk, follow the momentum, and tread lightly. This is gonna be a fun week full of great earnings, and most likely some more wartime news headlines. So tread lightly, minimize your general risk, but maximize the potential provided to you. Go realize some gains, and let’s have an amazing time!
Good luck trading, and let’s see what this week has in store for us!