HaiKhuu Daily Report - 12/18/2025
Good morning, and happy Thursday!
We are less than ONE WEEK away from Christmas and the beginning of the Christmas Rally! So, I hope you all are doing well and are prepared for today! These conditions have been volatile and challenging to navigate, but are providing us with some absolutely INSANE opportunities to trade.
Markets are up nicely at the time of writing this report, and hopefully, we will quickly magnet back to the $SPY $680 point.
I am not going to be overly optimistic or bullish in my full report today, but I will tell you right now that $SPY needs to recover to $680 in the short term, or else we are going to see a lot more fear and selling in the markets.
A lot of this sentiment is being driven at the moment by selling in the broader tech & AI space, which is concerning. Still, at the same time, opportunities will continue to present themselves to capitalize on strong market momentum. So please, make some smart decisions today, and simply follow the momentum.
Do not fight the trends, be smart, and as always, practice safe risk management, as many traders who have taken on too much exposure over the previous couple of trading days have consistently lost money in the process, so please, again, be smart, be safe, and have a fantastic time!
I’ll talk more about these market conditions in the full report below, but for now….
Good luck trading today, and let’s see if we can recover back to $SPY $680!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $680.22
Baseline Support: $670.05
Psychological Support: $680
Daily Cloud Support: $673.36
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 12/17/2025
Yesterday was a genuinely disgusting day for the overall markets. We watched as there was that large directional move we were expecting, and watched as after the move, there was disgusting general chop that made it an extremely tough day for the large majority of individuals. Hopefully, you all were able to survive yesterday, because that was deadly.
So, we started yesterday with $SPY opening at $679.92. Conditions were looking good as we were attempting to break out and above the $680 resistance point. Everything was beautiful, traders had opportunities to realize some gains, and we watched as $SPY popped up ever so slightly early in the morning, going on to make the official high of the day at $680.43. That momentum was extremely short lived and neutral, as the markets remained relatively solvent for the first hour of the day, but leading into the lunchtime lull, kind of was game over.
$SPY quickly went from testing $680, to going on and consistently selling off, making new low after new low.
Situations like yesterday are trhe reasons why I tell you all to not ever attempt to fight any trends, because days like yesterday exist, where if anytime you attempted to buy the falling knife, you got sliced.
So, new low after new low leading into the afternoon where $SPY was sustaining its mild, bearish, and choppy conditions. There was never a “great” buy the dip opportunity as ewverything continued to slowly sell off, and it was gross watching as leading into the end of the day $SPY went on to make the official low of the day at $671.20 before bouncing up ever so slightly to officially end the day at $671.40, down $7.50 for the day, or down 1.1%.
I am not saying that yesterday was a great day, as it was the farthest from that, but what I will say is that anyone who was attempting to trade, was able to recognize the general market momentum, and remained smart with the way they were attempting to allocate, should have had absolutely zero issue dodging the bullets of yesterday. So, I hope you all printed and had some fun while attempting to trade yesterday, and are ready for the confusion that will lead the markets today!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 12/17/2025
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 12/18/2025
Let’s talk about today. With the way the markets are trending at the moment and the general weakness and confusion that we are seeing in the markets, I genuinely believe that this is going to be one of those opportunities we see to see a quick little rally and watch as the markets attempt to display generalized strength in the process. Everything is going to come down to general tech and AI-based hype in the markets, but regardless of the sentiment that is being driven, I genuinely believe that this is going to be a great day full of opportunities.
The real issue comes down to the fact that you all have to do everything in your power to realize as many gains as possible. In certain scenarios, that should not be hard at all, but at the same time, we are going to see some more confusion and volatility on an intraday basis, which ultimately results in the markets having difficulties.
If you are attempting to trade today, my recommendations are going to be two-fold. Either look to capitalize on quick scalps in the markets when you find a strong opportunity to catch a bounce, or look specifically towards finding organizations that have been hit heavily over the previous couple of days, and find an opportunity to day trade them and simply hold the general momentum. Obviously, this is going to be a lot easier said than done, but at the same time, opportunities will consistently be amongst us.
If you are looking for a day trade, higher beta tech plays, in my opinion, are going to be exponentially riskier, but at the same time, if you are a strong trader practicing safe risk management with conviction, I do not see any reason why you shouldn’t have a great time.
So please, continue to do everything in your power to capitalize on these conditions and make the most of everything going on right now.
This will be a riskier day for the markets with the amount of uncertainty that is being driven at the moment, but assuming that you are able to capitalize on these conditions, you should have a great time.
Just please, stay away from blindly purchasing the MJ hype at the moment, despite MJ stocks trading up. This is an extremely high risk, high reward play that I am simply not the biggest fan of at this current price, so be dilligent with your allocations if you are attempting to scalp it at these levels, but just know that in the chance that DJT does not sign an executive order to reclassify the substance, that all of these organizations are going to drop 20-30%, so please, be smart, be safe, and practice risk management in the case you are attempting to trade any MJ!
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, $BABA, $MSFT
Speculative: $PTLO, $RIVN, $MSOS
Long Dividend: $JEPI
Long Investment: $PTLO
Short: $BRK/B
Crypto: SOL
Economic News for 12/18/2025 (ET):
Initial Jobless Claims - 8:30 AM
Consumer Price Index - 8:30 AM
Core CPI - 8:30 AM
Notable Earnings for 12/18/2025:
Pre-Market Earnings:
Accenture (ACN)
FactSet Research (FDS)
Darden Restaurants (DRI)
Cintas Corporation (CTAS)
CarMax (KMX)
Birkenstock (BIRK)
FuelCell Energy (FCEL)
Innovative Solutions (ISSC)
After Market Earnings:
Nike (NKE)
FedEx (FDX)
KB Home (KBH)
Blackberry Limited (BB)
Mission Produce (AVO)
Scholastic (SCHL)
Wrap up
Hopefully, market conditions will become more favorable and provide us with better opportunities to trade and realize a significant amount of gains. Traders are going to have a difficult time today, but hopefully, conditions will again become better and provide us with the strength necessary to break back out towards that $680 magnet zone! Just make sure to practice safe risk management, and let’s have some fun!
Good luck trading, and we have ONE WEEK until Christmas!