HaiKhuu Daily Report - 04/23/2026
Good morning and happy Thursday! These market conditions have been absolutely insane, with strength presented across the board despite the short-term confusion. Traders are having the time of their lives despite the volatility being presented to us, and hopefully, today is not the end of that streak.
Markets are down slightly at the time of writing this report, but general market conditions only continue to strengthen as we remain above the previous highs, and are still looking exceptionally strong. Please continue to be a skittish bull in these conditions and try to remain optimistic, but I just want to remind you all that we are still getting wartime news headlines, which can easily result in a large directional move in either direction.
Every step that we go higher is another step we can come tumbling down. We are at an extremely high fall risk right now, so I just need to make sure to warn you all to make sure you understand that we can easily come tumbling down. So please, tread lightly and practice safe risk management during this time, but do everything in your power to maximize your profit potential.
Let’s realize some gains and genuinely do everything in our power to maximize our potential today.
Good luck trading, and let’s see where the markets take us today!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $694.49
Baseline Support: $670.84
Psychological Support: $700
Daily Cloud Support: $679.35
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 04/22/2026
Yesterday was an absolutely amazing day for the general markets. Conditions on an intraday basis were choppy and neutral, as warned, but traders were provided with some insane opportunities to trade single-name stocks. Hopefully, you all were able to capitalize on the volatility in the markets yesterday and were able to realize some gains!
We started the day with $SPY trading at $709.17, up nicely from the previous close, and watched as there was only a continuation of weak bullish momentum from the open. We did drop to make the official low of the day at $708.24, but general market conditions remained strong, and we watched as $SPY moved up ever so slightly to play around at that $710 range, but really did nothing throughout the rest of the day.
It's fun writing these reports and watching as the markets do exactly as we predicted, as conditions intraday on $SPY and the indexes were almost impossible to trade, but we saw some insane momentum from single-name stocks.
$SPY essentially remained around that $710 area until the markets ultimately closed, where we ended the day with $SPY trading at $711.21, pushing into close, officially ending the day up $7.13 (+1.01%).
So, yesterday did suck as a day to trade if you attempted to trade $SPY and got caught in some 0-DTE contracts, but as we said, there were some insane single-name positions we could have capitalized on.
One of the best alerts I’ve shouted this year has to be selling premium against $CAR at the high of the day yesterday. You could have received approximately $16-18,000 per naked call sold, you would have net $14-16,000 by the end of the day, PER call that was sold. So congrats to anyone who was able to short those contracts at the top, and congrats to anyone who has been printing in these market conditions with us! I absolutely love easy days for the markets, so let’s hope that today is a repeat and realize some gains!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 04/22/2026
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 04/23/2026
Today is going to be another tough day for the general markets. Everything that I warned us about yesterday is going to be a warning again today, but we have the addition of bearish momentum in the sentiment. So please, go into today with the mindset that actively scalping and trading is going to be difficult. I am worried about chop, neutrality, and bearish momentum leading into today. I want to be bullish, I want to be optimistic, and I want the markets to move up, but with the way everything is trending at the moment, it is almost difficult to remain extremely optimistic leading into today.
Markets are down slightly at the time of writing this report. We don’t have major news that can save us from this momentum, and traders are less excited leading into today than they have been over the previous couple of trading days. As much as I want the markets to absolutely rip and rally from here, conditions are becoming increasingly difficult to navigate, so please, just protect your bottom line if you are attempting to trade and allocate today.
The two things that are going to be the scariest leading into today are either going to be the fact that these market conditions are continuing to remain extremely choppy, or the fact that we are having mild bearish momentum, which can easily increase. If selling pressure increases or we get some sort of bad news today, I am genuinely expecting that the markets are going to have a difficult time retaining this level, and many more traders are going to realize losses as a result.
I am not attempting to call anyone out as a trader; I just understand that when markets have difficult-to-ride momentum, the majority of scalpers and traders have a difficult time.
So please, tread lightly, practice risk management, and have confidence in your plays.
Continue to stay away from $SPY and attempt to trade 0-DTE index contracts. I am not saying that you cannot realize gains attempting to trade those, but realistically, and statistically, the majority of traders who attempt to trade those in these market conditions either are going to get chopped out, stopped out, or watch as theta burns you to the face.
You are better off attempting to scalp and day trade shares of single-name organizations that have both volume and momentum, then simply following the trend and realizing some gains. It is literally as easy as that.
So make sure you are doing everything you can to capitalize on these market conditions, and be realistic with your expectations going into today. Hopefully, we get some insane bullish momentum again, and we all are able to realize a significant amount of gains, but let’s just see what happens in real time and enjoy the opportunities presented to us!
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 04/23/2026 (ET):
Initial Jobless Claims - 8:30 AM
Services PMI - 9:45 AM
Manufacturing PMI - 9:45 AM
Notable Earnings for 04/23/2026:
Pre-Market Earnings:
Nokia (NOK)
Blackstone (BX)
Dow Chemical (DOW)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper (FCX)
American Express (AXP)
American Airlines Group (AAL)
Lockheed Martin (LMT)
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP)
After Market Earnings:
Intel (INTC)
Baker Hughes (BKR)
Eastern Bankshares (EBC)
Associated Banc-Corp (ASB)
Columbia Banking Systems (COLB)
Sallie Mae (SLM)
OceanFirst (OCFC)
Wrap up
This is going to be an absolutely insane day for the markets with the inconsistencies we are experiencing during the pre-market session. Please just make sure to tread lightly and practice safe risk management in these conditions. Look to trade single-name stocks, look to follow momentum, and make sure there is volume behind your direction. This is going to be a great day for the markets, with opportunities consistently presented to us.
Good luck trading and let’s print today!