HaiKhuu Daily Report - 12/23/2025
Good morning, and happy Tuesday!
Let’s kick today off with some holiday energy as we are in the final countdown to Christmas, with the Santa Rally around the corner showing just enough green to keep things interesting on this low-volume Tuesday!
Today is going to be the classic low-volume holiday season where momentum-based moves drive the markets.
The big thing about today is just protecting your bottom line. With the low volume, I am expecting to see a significant amount of uncertainty being driven in the markets,d where everyone is confused on how to allocate, resulting in momentum taking over the markets.
I wish I could tell you with 100% certainty and confidence which direction the markets are headed from here, but I unfortunately am not a fortune teller. So look at the markets and gauge where the markets are taking us. I’ll go over some scenarios later on in the report on where I believe the markets are headed, but go and expect a momentum-based directional move in the markets.
The biggest thing I will drive home is not to fight the trend. Everything in the markets is screaming follow the momentum, so if you want to be the black sheep of the crowd, feel free. But as they say in Japan, the nail that sticks out is the one that gets struck. So don’t be dumb, realize some gains, and have some fun, as today is going to be an amazing day with opportunities consistently present. Be smart, be safe, and have a great time!
Good luck trading today, and let’s see where this volume takes us!
The updated $SPY daily levels are as follows:
Conversion Line Support: $680.22
Baseline Support: $670.05
Psychological Support: $680
Daily Cloud Support: $672.39
Thoughts & Comments from Yesterday - 12/22/2025
Yesterday was an extremely predictable and unfortunate time for the overall markets. As much as I would love to go crazy talking about the insane intraday volatility, we predicted the movement of yesterday almost to a T. The neutrality of the markets was tough for the large majority of intraday traders, but those who prepared and dodged had a great time.
We started the day with $SPY opening at $683.88, up nicely from the previous close, but watched as we chopped around that range for the large majority of the morning, going on to make the official low of the day at $682.69. Markets were neutral really until the lunchtime lull started, where $SPY was trading right below $684 and went on to move up ever so slightly to trade right above $684.
After moving up, there really was no movement afterward. $SPY did make the official high of the day at $685.36, but between 11:30 am - market close, there was very literally a $0.00 movement in $SPY, and no great opportunities presented themselves to trade as volume was extremely low.
We ended the day with $SPY trading at $684.83, up $4.24 for the day, or up 0.62%, with an intraday bullish movement of approximately $1. So, as much as the intraday momentum sucked yesterday, there were thankfully many opportunities to simply hold your strong positions and capitalize on the lack of momentum as you kicked your feet up and relaxed!
S&P 500 Heat Map - 12/22/2025
Thoughts & Comments for Today - 12/23/2025
My concerns today will be the same ones I attempted to voice yesterday. We are seeing mild strength in the markets during the pre-market session, but it is nothing to be overly optimistic and bullish about. Traders should continue to be comfortable with these conditions, but at the same time, I want to make sure that everyone understands the reality of these market conditions.
Go into today expecting significantly lower market volume, which will drive a momentum-based move throughout the day. This is going to heavily impact many traders who are attempting to capitalize on this short-term momentum.
Looking back at yesterday, anyone who really attempted to purchase option contracts outside of the one beautiful reversal we saw yesterday (Congrats Jeffy for calling that out btw), you essentially watched as theta burned your position slowly, and watched as the markets continued to do absolutely nothing.
If you are attempting to trade today, just make sure that you are following the general market momentum. This is going to obviously be easier said than done, but unless we get some sudden news that heavily impacts the markets, I am extremely confident in saying that today is going to be a lower-volume, momentum-based day for the markets.
The tough part is, I do not know which direction we are headed.
There are three possibilities for where we are headed, and all are real possibilities.
We have the fact that the markets could just go sideways the entire day, like yesterday. With more confusion and uncertainty in the markets, many people do not know HOW to allocate or WHERE to allocate, so the markets can easily chop around sideways, only hurting the overly ambitious traders as well as the short-term option buyers. This is never a fun time, but hopefully a consolidation leads to a breakout in the future.
We COULD break out and reach back towards the previous all-time high on $SPY ($691.20).
But the real concern that I have going into today, which is a very real possibility, is watching as the momentum we are expecting turns out to be a bearish movement. I genuinely believe that this is a possibility going into the Santa Rally. I am not necessarily saying that we are going to sell off and break all levels of support, but imagine a world where $SPY drops $5-10 over the next two days, only to recover all of that cash and a little bit more into next week, to make it feel like we all are printing, when in reality, it’s one step forward, three steps back, and then four steps forward. You feel like the rally is great, but it turns out we are just ever so slightly farther ahead than we were before.
Just go into today expecting a momentum-based move, and follow the sentiment, and you should have a relatively easy day.
You could do that, or you could attempt to fight the momentum and have a terrible time in the process. Just follow the momentum and have a great time. As long as you are practicing safe risk management, it will be hard to lose in these conditions. So let’s have some fun and realize some gains today!
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
Long Dividend: $JEPI
Long Investment: $PTLO
Short: $BRK/B
Crypto: SOL
Economic News for 12/23/2025 (ET):
GDP (delayed report) - 8:30 AM
Durable-goods orders (delayed report) - 8:30 AM
Consumer Confidence - 10:00 AM
Notable Earnings for 12/23/2025:
Pre-Market Earnings:
No Earnings Scheduled
After Market Earnings:
Limoneira (LMNR)
Wrap up
This should be a relatively quick day for the markets; conditions are not going to be too crazy going into open, but again, this is going to be a relatively lower volume day for the markets. So please, be smart, be safe, and practice risk management today. Let’s have some fun and go into the holiday season having a great time!
Good luck trading, and let’s see a breakout!