HaiKhuu Daily Report - 04/24/2026
Good morning and happy Friday! Wow, these market conditions have been absolutely insane with volatility going crazy, traders absolutely printing on irrationality, and confusion strung up across the board. Hopefully, you all have been able to survive these market conditions and are enjoying the opportunities that are available to us!
Markets are up ever so slightly at the time of writing this report (+0.05%), and it does not look like we are going to have a significant movement during the pre-market session. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it means that sentiment is most likely going to remain relatively neutral and choppy at this time.
Please be careful, we can easily have a directional move in the markets, but be warned that with this neutrality in the markets during the pre-market session, unless some news comes out, I am expecting relatively difficult and inconsistent opportunities to trade while the markets are neutral and actively chopping around. Traders can try to take advantage of this short-term volatility, but it is essential that everyone practices safe risk management on a day like today, because if you allocate incorrectly, volatility can catch you quickly, and you can easily get wiped out.
Be smart with your allocations and do everything to end this week strong!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $694.49
Baseline Support: $670.84
Psychological Support: $700
Daily Cloud Support: $679.60
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 04/23/2026
Yesterday was a generally disgusting day for the general markets. Traders had opportunities left and right to actively scalp and trade, but the general markets yesterday were absolutely disgusting. I hope you all were able to generate some life-changing money as opportunities were consistently presented to us throughout the day. I want to say a special shout-out to Ledor and Nitesh yesterday. Ledor was able to generate some life-changing gains with $INTC, while Nitesh was able to make over $25,000 on his $CAR puts!
We started the day yesterday with $SPY opening slightly red, trading at $709.55. $SPY was down roughly $1.50 at open, and we watched as it recovered slowly throughout the entire morning. There was not overly bullish momentum, but there was enough opportunity to catch a small bullish movement as $SPY slowly trended up to $712.35, making the official high of the day. Conditions were alright leading into the lunchtime lull, but we watched as the markets slowly came back down, and remained relatively neutral throughout the lull, trading essentially black from the previous close.
Nothing happened until the early afternoon when wartime news headlines hit the markets, and watched as everything quickly came plummeting down, and watched as $SPY went on and made the official low of the day, trading at $702.29 before having an opportunity to bounce back up, leading into the back half of the trading day.
During that time, $SPY went from trading at $702, all the way back to bounce and end the day at $708.45. The majority of the losses that were incurred were thankfully quickly recovered, and many of our traders were able to capitalize on that short-term momentum.
We ultimately ended the day with $SPY down approximately $3 from the previous close, or down roughly 0.4% overall.
I will say that the general market conditions were absolutely disgusting, but there were consistent opportunities to scalp and realize a significant amount of gains in the process. If you simply followed the momentum or any of the plays we alerted, you would have absolutely printed with our $ORCL long and short positions, both nailing almost perfect entries, and an absolutely insane shout on a $CAR long scalp leading into close. I hope you all were able to make the most out of the opportunities in the markets yesterday, and are ready for what the markets have in store for us today!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 04/23/2026
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 04/24/2026
Today is going to be a difficult day for the general markets, in my opinion, given how they are trending and how we are experiencing them. I genuinely do believe that the majority of traders are going to have a continued difficult time attempting to navigate these conditions. I am not necessarily saying that any of you are bad traders; I am just saying that even the most experienced traders are going to have a tough time in these conditions. Please continue to tread lightly and practice safe risk management in these conditions, and just understand that with the general market momentum we are experiencing right now, these conditions are less than ideal.
My biggest concern going into today is going to be the fact that there is so much neutrality and confusion in the markets at the moment. This neutrality is not coming from people who don’t know where the markets are taking us. This neutrality is led by the war that is being fought between bulls and bears. In the case that we sell off, the bears are going to win, and we will easily continue to sell off, but in the case that the markets decide to break out and the bulls win, I am expecting to see a continuation of a breakout past all-time highs.
We just need a catalyst for a breakout, and it hurts having to hope that the markets work out in our favor during wartime news headlines. So please make sure to practice safe risk management on a day like today and follow trends.
One play that I think will be absolutely gangster today is the opportunity for the near-expiration 0-DTE option contract. I’ve brought this up for the previous couple of weeks, and we’ve gotten extremely lucky watching as these positions work out in our favor, but before I describe this strategy, I need to remind you all about the risks associated and the realistic outcome the majority of the time.
If you are looking to purchase a 0-DTE option contract right before markets close (Final Hour/Half hour/ ETC.) you are statistically going to lose. If you pick the wrong position, the wrong strike, the wrong direction, etc, it is over for your position, and you will realize a 100% loss in minutes. But, in the case that you are right and lucky, you can easily net 1000%+. So just remember this is not financial advice nor a signal to buy or sell anything. I cannot guarentee whatever position you are looking at is going to move is going to move exponentially into close, nor that you are going to pick the right position. I am just here to tell you how this play works.
SO, you’ve all heard me discuss 0-DTE option contracts consistently through the years, stating that statistically 99% of people are going to lose money consistently trading those positions. This is one of those times that, realistically, the risk is worth the reward. With the volatile market conditions we are seeing, I still am a firm believer that open day holds on 0-DTEs are idiotic unless it works perfectly in your favor, but the anomaly to this is in the case we are seeing a break in neutrality right before close, and are able to snipe an option contract that is going to move exponentially.
For example, a couple of weeks ago, we looked at $NKE. $NKE throughout the majority of the day was extremely neutral after selling off heavily. Conditions were less than ideal leading into close, and within the final minutes of the trading day, we watched as $NKE was $0.05 away from the strike price we were looking at, and those contracts were trading at $0.06, meaning that $NKE only needed to move up $0.11 for this to be a “risk-free” position. If we were wrong, we would lose $6 per contract purchased. $NKE then decided to pop $0.30-0.50, resulting in those contracts to pop up 400%~ in a matter of minutes.
So, what should you be looking to do? Try to find a high beta tech position that has been selling off / displaying neutrality throughout the entire day, and watch as the market conditions only continue to display general confusion and weakness. Try and grab a cheap contract that is JUST ever so slightly out of the money for literal pennies, and pray that the position works out. This is more of a spray and pray strategy that you can utilize in the final minutes of the trading day to have some fun and gamble a little bit, versus a technical analysis shout. In the case your technical analysis works out perfectly, then you are good to go. Just make sure to practice safe risk management and tread lightly on this strategy, because again, statistically, if you are incorrect, you will realize a 100% loss in a matter of seconds.
I’ll try and find some great opportunities to capitalize on these today, but no promises as genuinely anything can happen in an extremely short period of time!
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: $INTC, $ORCL, $NVDA, $TSLA, $PLTR, $AMD, $MSFT, $AIFF
Speculative: $PTLO, $RIVN, $GAP, $NKE
Long Dividend: $JEPI
Long Investment: $PTLO
Crypto: $MSTR, SOL, BTC
Economic News for 04/24/2026 (ET):
Consumer Sentiment (Final) - 10:00 AM
Notable Earnings for 04/24/2026:
Pre-Market Earnings:
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Charter Communications (CHTR)
Western Union (WU)
Gentex (GNTX)
Norfolk Southern (NSC)
Wrap up
This is going to be a hectic day for the general markets with a lot of confusion and general neutrality. I am excited to see where the markets take us today, and I am even more excited to see what ultimately happens in the final half hour or so in the trading day. We will see if we are able to snag some amazing scalps and day trades, but at the end of the day, all that matters is we are practicing safe risk management and protecting our bottom line. So go on and enjoy the market conditions today, and let’s see what the markets have in store for us!
Good luck trading and let’s end this week strong!