HaiKhuu Daily Report - 05/05/2026
Good morning and happy Tuesday!!! Wow, trading this week has already been volatile, and it’s been a single trading day. I hope you all are prepared for more difficulty in the markets, as we are seeing a continuation of volatility. Markets are up slightly at the time of writing this report, but man, the previous couple of trading days have been extremely difficult and inconsistent. Hopefully, you all have been able to make the most out of the previous market conditions and are ready for the toss-up of today!
Please, as always, make sure that you are practicing safe risk management and mitigating losses when possible. These conditions are not for the light-hearted, so tread lightly and protect your bottom line.
+ Side note, I am really sick today, so this is going to be a relatively shorter report. Apologies.
Good luck trading today, and let’s see where the markets take us!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $713.58
Baseline Support: $677.08
Psychological Support: $700
Previous All-Time High: $724.87
Daily Cloud Support: $671.28
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 05/04/2026
Yesterday was a genuinely disgusting day for the markets. Traders had an extremely inconsistent time, and many traders unfortunately generated losses. There were opportunities to trade, but realistically, with the general sentiment shown, conditions weren’t the best. Hopefully, you didn’t generate a significant amount of losses and were able to make the most out of the conditions!
So we started yesterday with $SPY opening at $720.09. Market conditions were alright as we were slightly red, but watched as $SPY rallied from open and went on to make the official high of the day, trading at $722.12. Market conditions at the top were alright as traders had mild confidence with the momentum, but watched as we dropped extremely quickly from the top.
Leading into the lunchtime lull, $SPY dropped approximately $7 in an hour, going from the official high of the day to making the official low of the day at $715.01. Market conditions at the bottom were gross, but thankfully, we had slow, choppy yet consistent momentum throughout the rest of the day, where we recovered slightly and remained in that range.
We officially ended the day with $SPY trading at $718.01, down approximately $3 for the day, or down 0.37% overall.
What I will say is that the market momentum of yesterday was relatively disgusting, but it at least provided us with some great opportunities to trade and realize some gains. Hopefully you all were able to capitalize on the conditions and make the most of it in real time, but hey, we see what the markets have in store for us today, and make the most out of today!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 05/04/2026
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 05/05/2026
Today is going to be an interesting time for the markets. There is continued strength and opportunity that is being presented to us right now, and we are slowly trending up, but this is one of those times where I am just continuing to be skeptical. I want to be bullish, I want to be optimistic, but with the way that everything is looking, it is tough to be overly bullish. Please continue to remain a skittish bull in these conditions, practice risk management, and tread lightly.
One play that I am excited about today is $PTLO. That is one of the largest holdings in my portfolio right now, and they are about to have earnings during the pre-market session. I am scared and do not love that they had a -11% down day yesterday, but that could have been a buy-the-dip opportunity. I do not know for sure, nor did I personally purchase more shares as a result. I did purchase some $6 calls yesterday in anticipation of their earnings, but that was a short-term gamble. It will be extremely interesting to see what they do today and how we can capitalize on these conditions.
I do not know how much I will be around today. I am genuinely dying over here (Peak Male Experience being a 3/10 sick) , so please, be smart while attempting to trade and just practice safe risk management.
Hopefully, I will be back up to speed tomorrow. Just be smart and survive the market conditions today, and pray that $PTLO rips 20% in our favor today. Apologies for the short report, much love y’all, and TY for understanding.
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: $RBLX, $INTC, $ORCL, $NVDA, $TSLA, $PLTR, $AMD, $MSFT
Speculative: $PTLO, $RIVN, $GAP, $NKE
Long Dividend: $JEPI
Long Investment: $PTLO
Crypto: $MSTR, SOL, BTC
Economic News for 05/05/2026 (ET):
U.S. Trade Balance - 8:30 AM
Job Openings - 10:00 AM
New Home Sales - 10:00 AM
ISM Services - 10:00 AM
Notable Earnings for 05/05/2026:
Pre-Market Earnings:
Shopify (SHOP)
PayPal (PYPL)
Energy Transfer (ET)
Portillos (PTLO)
Pfizer (PFE)
KKR & Co (KKR)
American Electric Power (AEP)
DigitalOcean (DOCN)
Anheuser-Busch (BUD)
DuPont (DD)
After Market Earnings:
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Supermicro (SMCI)
Arista Networks (ANET)
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)
Lumentum Holdings (LITE)
Arista Networks (ANET)
BigBear.ai (BBAI)
Tempus AI (TEM)
Wrap up
This is going to be an interesting time for the markets, and even more interesting for me as I will be riding almost $100,000 worth of $PTLO shares into earnings. Tread lightly, be careful, and prepare accordingly for some volatility in these market conditions! This should be a fun time, so be smart, be safe, and make the most out of today!
Good luck trading, and let’s see where $PTLO takes us!