Volatility continues: futures down 143 overnight, then +188, and back to flat – all before the UK open.

SPX plan remains firm: bearish below 5400, selling rallies, using GEX levels for intraday locations.
Monday’s 5250 gamma flip played out beautifully as resistance – the Mr Miyagi “tariff on, tariff off” spike hit it and reversed.
We also saw a clean retest of the lows – something that has happened before key reversals (e.g. post-2020 V-turn).
I’m already in the bear swing, positioned post-pulse bars. Just waiting now for the targets to hit.

The strategy is working. No hokey cokey trading required.

Retail panic sold Monday morning right into our labelled “post-weekend drop zone” – perfect DCB setup.

News frenzy around a potential Trump “90-day tariff pause” created the biggest 30-min swing in market cap in history.
Within 30 minutes, the S&P added $3 trillion, then gave back $2.5 trillion. Headlines were fake. Markets spiked and dumped.
Meanwhile, your plan remained steady: bearish swing trades on, profitable, and safe.
Still not bullish – looking toward the 5400 zone for reassessment.

Bearish pulse bars, sell rallies, and Tag ‘n Turn setups remain the go-to.

Friday’s selloff was vicious, and Monday’s looking worse.

Overnight futures are down 200+ points as of writing.
My bear swings are all likely to cash out at the open.
Daily bear swing target 1 has already been breached – we’re sprinting to target 2.
I remain aggressively bearish, especially into any relief rally.
Eyes on the 4900/4850 zone – it may act as support or be the next trapdoor.

Whether this is the start of a full bear cycle or just a puke-and-recover, I’ll stay systematic and keep pulling points.

Trump tariffs triggered fear, but let’s zoom out.
S&P 500 drawdown is currently ~17% – far from historic collapses.

Compare that to:
Dot-com bubble: -48.5%
Global Financial Crisis: -56.7%
COVID crash: -33.9%

Headlines are loud, but price action is still behaving rationally.
Market tends to mean revert and recover – it’s what it does.
This is not the time to panic. It’s the time to stay strategic.

“It’s just a flesh wound” – historically speaking.

Monday’s bear swing wasn’t perfectly timed – but that didn’t matter.

I used a Bollinger Band breakout and got the trade on the fast move down this week.

Collected $3.00 in premium.
Buy-back filled at $0.30 mid-morning Friday.
That’s a 90% win on the trade.
Large directional moves help shorten time-to-profit.

With options income trades, you don’t need perfect entries – just a sound thesis and structure.

Now? I’m adding new positions and waiting on the rest to land.

Trump’s back, and so are tariffs, panic, and selloffs.

Gold is up. Bitcoin’s indifferent. SPX? Sliding fast.
I’m staying bearish below 5700, and going aggressive under 5500.
Overnight futures continue lower – steady and organised.
Income swing trades are paying off, with more add-in setups on deck.

GEX shows a potential floor around 5300, which may give us another Bulls Eye GEX Trade today.
I’ll reassess post-open and look to hammer through to Friday’s close.

Strategy: Sell rallies. Pulse bars. 10-min Bear Tag ‘n Turn setups.