Morning Market Notes 05-21-25
Market Calendar
$SPX & $QQQ
On Monday, we got our first sell signal of the week with $QQQ.
The Qs have a sell signal
— wallstsavage (@wallstsavage80) May 20, 2025
It’s the first index ETF to give us one this week
Wen $SPY and $DIA
Yesterday, the other index ETFs — $SPY and $DIA — aligned, leading to a gap down for the open today.
All major index ETFs agreeing on sell side now https://t.co/7lvhSJQgLm pic.twitter.com/dcetyl9WcX
— wallstsavage (@wallstsavage80) May 20, 2025
A first test of 5900 $SPX is a good sign for the downside move we’ve been anticipating. What we want to see next is an attempt to break that level and turn it into resistance. If that happens, we stay on track for our first downside price target — the first open gap below on $SPX (see my Weekly Calendar notes).
Let’s have a sesh.
Using 0DTHERO flow to trigger Futures trades
Let’s walk through the trade I took this morning, triggered entirely by 0DTHERO flow signals. Right from the open, $SPX flow wanted nothing to do with upside — diverging from $ES price action. That’s what we call slope divergence between flow and price. On $SPY, the setup looked a