$SPDR S&P 500(SPY.US)

04/23/2026

Today's opening price is $709.500,

$SPY Call(SPY260423C709000.US) opened at $1.93,

$SPY Put(SPY260423P710000.US) opened at $2.04;

At today's open, the Longbridge options calculator showed Put/Call IVs of 15.80%/14.70% respectively,

12:56 at 9.20%/9.70%;

The amplitude ranged from 0.18% at 09:42 to 0.45% at 12:58;

$SPY Call(SPY260423C709000.US)

Today's opening IV has returned to normal as expected,

At 09:35, the pullback didn't break support, confirming the uptrend, but the amplitude wasn't large,

0.24% at 09:46, 0.30% at 10:05,

Still only 0.30% at 10:29,

Pre-market, based on AI-recommended intraday trading targets, chose to trade

$Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL.US)

09:33:20 $12.3700 => 09:35:09 $12.4050, SL$12.15, LONG,

Missed opening a position at 09:31 $11.960,

Chased the high and entered after a large bullish candlestick at 09:32,

Worried about profit retracement, closed the position early,

10:16:23 $11.8593 => 10:25:51 $11.7650, SL$11.65, LONG,

Missed shorting opportunities at 09:47 and 10:10,

Trying to go long at this level was correct,

But didn't re-enter at 10:32, missing a large subsequent rally,

Summary:

1️⃣ For intraday trading, options should still be prioritized,

Correct direction yields much greater profit than trading the underlying stock,

Be more cautious when opening positions, decisively enter on pullbacks that don't break lows or rebounds that don't exceed highs.