HaiKhuu Daily Report - 04/22/2026
Good morning and happy Wednesday! Wow, these market conditions have been stupidly volatile, and I hope that you all have been riding this momentum and making the most of these conditions. We are STILL getting wartime news headlines, resulting in the markets going up, coming down, and confusing people in general. We have extended the ceasefire by two weeks, resulting in the markets moving back up slightly during the after-hours & pre-market sessions. So hopefully, the markets only continue to move up from here, but I need to warn you all to tread extremely lightly and practice safe risk management.
These market conditions are DIFFICULT to trade. I am not attempting to sugarcoat it. There are insane opportunities to realize some easy gains, but navigating these conditions is NOT for the light-hearted. There is so much chop, indecision, and volatility, making trading extremely inconsistent and difficult to navigate.
So please, protect your bottom line, don’t be dumb, and make sure not to blow up an account. Hopefully, this is an amazing day for all of us, and we are provided with some beautiful opportunities to realize some gains and have an absolutely amazing time.
Good luck trading today, and let’s see where DJT wants to take the markets!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $693.08
Baseline Support: $670.84
Psychological Support: $700
Daily Cloud Support: $679.60
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 04/21/2026
Yesterday was a disgusting day for the general markets with wartime news headlines, tough general market momentum, and choppy market conditions. There were opportunities to actively scalp, but I would say that the large majority of traders had general difficulties, and anyone who said yesterday was an easy day to trade is either extremely lucky or is lying. That was a tough day for the majority of traders, and I hope you all survived that volatility.
We started the day with market conditions looking alright, opening at $710.17, markets were slightly green, and traders were vaguely optimistic going into the day. There was some mild selling at open before we bounced and made the official high of the day at $711.28 before starting to show more weakness early in the morning.
Markets quickly sold off from the top, and traders watched as we continued to have bearish momentum from early in the afternoon all the way until close. We dropped from $711 to $707 by the lunchtime lull, and dipped again to $704 quickly after the lull, we bounced back up into the afternoon as $SPY bounced back to $708 leading into close, but within the final half hour of the day, we watched as $SPY dropped once again, going on to make the official low of the day trading at $702.64, before bouncing back up slightly into close where we went on and officially ended the day trading at $704.08, down roughly $5 for the day (0.65%).
On an intraday basis, market conditions were absolutely disgusting, but such is simply life. Right after the markets closed, we popped back up ever so slightly, and have since essentially recovered 100% of the selling that has occurred during the after-hours and pre-market sessions. So I hope you all are ready to see what the markets have in store for us today, and are ready for this volatility!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 04/21/2026
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 04/22/2026
Today appears to be a more difficult day for the general markets. With the confusion that traders are experiencing and the sentiment that the market has, it is almost hard not to be concerned at the moment. Markets are up slightly during the premarket session, which does provide us with more strength, but with wartime news headlines impacting these conditions, trading is going to be extremely inconsistent for the majority of traders and difficult for everyone to navigate comfortably as a result.
Obviously, this is not ideal, but it is simply just a part of these market conditions. Please, continue to tread lightly and practice safe risk management. Many traders are going to realize losses today due to the chop and inconsistencies in the markets, and that is going to be a fact. So if you are attempting to trade or allocate, make sure there is volume, momentum, and direction prior to entering into any play, and make sure that you are practicing safe risk management in the process.
This is going to be the dcownfall of a lot of traders in these current market conditions, and the drawdowns we are going to see in the markets will make those allocations hurt even more, because you have to remember with these elevated prices in the markets, equities are going to be more expensive, leading to larger intraday dollar movements as well as chop points.
It would not surprise me if 70% of you who attempted to trade today with a tight stop, assuming that the markets have any form of neutrality, will realize losses as a result of the chop. This is not an attack on anyone, but is a generalized statement that traders should be fearful of. So please, allocate properly, make sure you have justification for the position, and do everything in your power to capitalize on the general market confusion.
What I will say about these market conditions, though, is that the majority of the realized gains occurring right now come down to luck, practicing safe risk management, and a little bit of risk.
It is extremely difficult to remain consistent in these conditions, and the risk that is involved with attempting to allocate here has increased significantly. Please, be extremely careful while trading to allocate today, because as bullish and optimistic I want to be about these market conditions, I am extremely skeptical of this movement knowing that over the course of time we can realistically come back down.
So do everything in your power to maximize the opportunities that are available to you in these market conditions, and as long as you aren’t consistently losing.
Look to follow strong momentum in single-name stocks. Try to stay away from attempting to trade and scalp 0-DTE positions on $SPY, and just tread extremely lightly, as some traders are going to have more difficulties than others with the inconsistencies of these market conditions! So go realize some gains and have an amazing day!
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 04/22/2026 (ET):
No News Scheduled
Notable Earnings for 04/22/2026:
Pre-Market Earnings:
Vertiv Holdings (VRT)
GE Vernova (GEV)
AT&T (T)
Boeing (BA)
Elevance Health (ELV)
Boston Scientific (BSX)
TE Connectivity (TEL)
After Market Earnings:
Tesla (TSLA)
ServiceNow (NOW)
International Business Machines (IBM)
Lam Research (LRCX)
Texas Instruments (TXN)
CSX (CSX)
Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Molina Healthcare (MOH)
Wrap up
These market conditions are going to be extremely consistent and relatively difficult to trade today. Please make sure you are protecting your bottom line, making some smart decisions, and realizing some gains. This is going to be a hectic day, so have some fun and make the most of it!
Good luck trading, and let’s see a breakout from here!