HaiKhuu Daily Report - 08/21/2026
Good morning and happy Friday! Hope you're all ready for some Friday fun, as markets are moving up and crypto is rallying stupid hard right now. Life is good, and so are these market conditions, so I hope you're all excited and hyped heading into today, knowing lives can genuinely change. So please, prepare accordingly for some irrational volatility, and let’s have an amazing day.
At the time of writing this report:
$SPY +$2.50 (+0.33%)
BTC +$5,000 (6.8%) [24h]
SOL +$4 (4.2%) [24h]
Everything is looking amazing, and I genuinely hope that you all are ready for what today has in store for us. Life is good, and so are these market conditions, so please let’s keep preparing accordingly and do everything in our power to maximize our profit potential.
Things can easily get better, but the issue comes down to the fact that general market conditions are irrational and inconsistent. That is always going to be the toughest part of actively scalping and trading, but if you can stay volatile and capitalize on these conditions, you are going to absolutely print.
Please practice safe risk management leading into today and do everything you can to maximize your profit potential, but at the same time, know that given the current market conditions, opportunities will be presented to us left and right. So don't FOMO into anything you are not comfortable with, and simply enjoy what the markets provide today.
Good luck trading, and let’s see where $SPY takes us!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $710.70
Baseline Support: $754.24
Psychological Support: $760
Previous All-Time High: $779.37
Daily Cloud Support: $742.09
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 8/20/2026
Yesterday was a tough time for the general markets. Conditions were slightly red at the open and showed strong potential and optimism, yet we faced continued bearish momentum throughout the day. Hopefully you all were able to survive and capitalize on the conditions, but man oh man was that a tough time.
We started yesterday with $SPY opening the day down $3, officially opening the day at $766.04. General market conditions were weak, but we were optimistic from the open. Traders could have scalped and realized some gains early in the morning when we called for some 0-DTE options. We watched as $SPY quickly broke above $767, chopped around, and made the official high of the day trading at $768.15.
Conditions at the top looked beautiful, and we watched as markets came down slightly and chopped around leading into the lunchtime lull, where we essentially remained neutral from the open price. This is less than ideal because this means the markets remained essentially neutral for the first three or four hours of the day, which realistically makes trading less than ideal and extremely inconsistent, but such is simply life.
We retained larger-scale market neutrality until the lunchtime lull, where we really started to lose momentum and steam quickly, leading into the back half of the trading day.
Around 1 pm EST, the markets started to show bearish momentum and held that trend. We went from $766 and watched as $SPY dropped for three hours straight into close, where we officially ended the day with $SPY trading at $762.60, meaning that $SPY dropped $6 and approximately $3 from open. This means $SPY was down roughly 0.8% overall, which is less than ideal but not of major significance. It was just a rather unfortunate day for the markets, but I hope that you all were able to capitalize on the short-term volatility and made the most out of the momentum. We called out some amazing scalps, and we called out some rough day trades, but hey. Such is simply life on a tough day. Hopefully general market conditions get stronger today, and we continue to enjoy the opportunities presented to us!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 08/20/2026
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 08/21/2026
Today is going to hopefully be an amazing day for the general markets. There was the hope and expectation of that happening yesterday, but hey, today is a new day, and market conditions are looking strong. With general market momentum in place, $SPY is up at the time of writing this report, and we are seeing newfound confidence flood back into the crypto markets. I am not saying we are going to keep skyrocketing and go to the moon, but this is one of those times when, realistically, given current market conditions, it's hard not to be optimistic heading into today.
We are seeing short-term strength in the markets, while there is generalized strength in the markets. The double dip of everything going on at the moment is tough to navigate, but it is going to provide us with some of the best opportunities out there. I mean, look at the heat map of yesterday, and tell me tha’t a launch pad for the markets to break out at this point.
Obviously, anything can happen here in the short term, but given the current market momentum and the way things have been trending, it is almost hard not to be excited.
If you are looking to scalp or daytrade, today is going to be an amazing day for that. Look for opportunities across the board, buy deep-value opportunities, and scalp with the market trend.
Assuming markets remain where they are, expect neutrality until a momentum-based directional move; when that happens, make sure to follow the trend.
Many of these higher-beta organizations sold off slightly over the previous couple of days, so hopefully the markets decide to continue to rip from here and give us opportunities to trade and realize some gains. Life is good, and so are these market conditions, so take advantage of the opportunities available and realize some gains.
Because it is Friday, I do want to talk again about 0-DTE Fridays.
Before I say anything, this is just a reminder that this is not financial advice nor a signal to buy or sell any position. I am not a financial advisor and I cannot guarentee anything in the markets.
BUT, I hope you guys are ready for the best time to actively scalp and daytrade in these market conditions. With the way that everything is looking and the selling that has occurred, today seems like a great day to attempt to scalp 0-DTE option contracts. Maybe be careful in the case you are attempting to scalp these contracts early in the morning, but if you are looking for the best risk-to-reward in the entire market, with instant gratification, you should look to attempt to scalp the final hour or so of the trading day.
At that point, most 0-DTE option contracts are going to be relatively worthless, since most of the day has already happened and those ATM options are still out of the money. People who purchased those contracts around open, are going to be down 90-95% by the last hour. It is unfortunate, but simply just a part of the markets.
Look to take advantage of that opportunity. For 5-10% of the cost of the position, you get to ride the duration of the rest of the position, and get 100% upside exposure, compared to the guy who sold you that contract, being down 95% on that contract, and having 0 upside potential after selling the position.
I am not saying this is going to work 100% of the time, but last week we found multiple 500%+ runners in the process. All you have to do is simply find those contracts that are super close to going in the money, and look to get exposure for almost free. A couple of the contracts we were looking at last week were trading at $0.20~ for a $150 strike call that was ATM, meaning that in the process of allocating, we were able to pay $20 for $15,000 worth of bullish exposure.
I am not saying that it was a perfect play, but it worked out perfectly in our favor and everyone who attempted to follow us, would have been able to absolutely kill it.
So, if you are attempting to trade today, mostly in that last hour, please look to find some organizations that sold off and display signs of positive momentum, and capitalize on those conditions. I know I'll be looking for opportunities to capitalize on in the short term, and I want to make sure you all tune in about an hour before close to catch all the plays.
This is going to be a lot of fun scalping and trading today, so let’s make the most of these conditions and end this week with some realized gains!!!
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, $TSLA, $SPCX, $SNDK, $NVDA, $MU, $AMD, $INTC
Speculative: $PTLO, $AIFF , $RIVN, $MRNA*
Long Dividend: $JEPI
Long Investment: $PTLO
Crypto: $MSTR, SOL, BTC
Economic News for 08/21/2026 (ET):
Services PMI - 9:45 AM
Manufacturing PMI - 9:45 AM
Leading Economic Indicators - 10:00 AM
Notable Earnings for 08/21/2026:
Pre-Market Earnings:
BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ)
Buckle (BKE)
Wrap up
I am always excited heading into any Friday. I hope you all are ready and excited about the opportunities presented to us and what the markets have in store. Life is good, and so are these market conditions, so please make the most of the short-term volatility presented to us, follow general market momentum, and realize some gains going into this weekend. I’ll try to find some 0-DTE’s for you towards the end of the day, so let’s have an amazing time!
Good luck trading, and let’s end this week strong!!!