IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
stock NYSE ETF

Price chopped and looked weak mid-day, but RS stayed above its rising trendline the whole time and kept making higher lows. That's RS holding while price hesitated, meaning IWM was still outperforming SPY even during the stall. Both RS and price broke out together into the close. That's hold for continuation, not cut it, RS never gave a signal to get out.

This is all good advice. Over the years I have constructed charts with a rotating list of known or invented indicators, going back and forth. Relative Strength as measured + - against the overall market or representative ETF's is always present in my trading be it outright position or options.
The loss of strength compared to another symbol can be temporary or persistent. Derivatives of a parent index like SPY with SPX will have no noticeable RS changes because they are continuously arbitraged away.
Depending on what time frame one is trading on even a few minutes of change of relative strength can have one an affect my decision making. Should I take this trade stay put, cut it or hang on for continuation?
The image is of a 5 min IWM chart of Friday (in TC2000)

How are IWM puts for Monday looking?

buying an (M)ES future is basically buying voo on leverage except and gains (or losses) are immediately added to your account cash balance (they’re mark to market). gains also have the advantage of being taxed as 60/40 long/short term cap gains regardless how long you hold it. 1 MES is about equal to buying 40k VOO and 1 ES is like 400k. the carry cost is similar to buying stock on margin at 3% interest. however you pay nothing upfront and only pnl is reflected in your account. (they do count against your account’s margin though) if the index is flat, the price will slowly decay—that’s your interest/carry cost. you can also buy YM for the dow, NQ for QQQ or RTY for russell 2000 (IWM). i’m treating them as if i actually bought that much stock as that’s how the pricing moves. e.g. if VOO moves 1% you’d get +/- $400 (MES) or $4000 (ES). you don’t get any dividends but that’s reflected in reduced carry costs. the contracts expire so you’ll have to roll them ever 3 months if you stick to the front contracts.

Sure do VTI or just add some IWM to balance

Selloff and bleed all day? What charts are you even looking at?
SPY and QQQ were down by .2% or less while IWM was up. And are you aware of the price action that took place this week? Absolute opposite of selloff here.
You need to start back at the basics if you want to be a profitable trader.

The IWM price action today was bullshit. Small caps outperforming everything like wtf on what planet.

Puts on the Russell seem cheap. And this looks like a good hedge against a market wide sweep next week, and will also pay if money rotates into large cap/mega cap.
Picked up 8/21 and 8/28 IWM puts

All part of keeping VIX down. QQQ down .3%, IWM up .3% everything in balance

IWM consistently pumping this week. I thought small caps were supposed to be "more vulnerable" to the economy or something

I swear whenever I sell calls on IWM the thing just goes up straight to the strike

IWM back to open would be nice

Time to throw IWM off a cliff

IWM approaching 304
letting me earn my call theta early

IWM back to 300 would be really nice.

Day 4, Week 15. Green. It is not a challenge, doing normal trades as all of you 🙂
With IWM between the psychological levels 300 and 305, again today, it is oscillating between and decided to pumo towards 305 again. Call it levels, liquidity, support, resistance, floor, ceiling or whichever kinky words you fancy, they are all the same.
I was sweating when in the trade v/s the summer heat in UK, I am trying not to be greedy this week. Took my profit $17 per contract and was out.
Ofcourse, I was tempted to stay a bit more. This is where many other traders use levels etc to get out. I do not need these to tell me when to take profit as it is less stress for me. Do I leave money on the table? No, it is not not my money until it is in my bank account. Market is giving me money much more than a minimum wage worker working 8h a day and with additional commuting 3-4h a day. Yes in UK we have minimum wage, not tips to pay for workers. So, I take the profits on my trade.
As I write this at 10.16 ET, I am done for today.
If you hesitate to get in, use money you can afford to lose to practice. That's it.
I never use Risk Reward (RR) ratio in any of my calculations, it works for some people, but this maths does not work for small accounts and if you want to be really be profitable.
No fancy options strategy like iron condor, selling etc. Using simple EMAs, VWAP etc to see the trends and levels.
One and done: 20 contracts = $340 total profit.
Total options cost = $ 1,360
25 % profit
Time in Trade : 6 min. A little morning glory trade 🤤
Life is short.
One trade a day is more than enough with real money. Imagine being silly like me (I am quite intelligent but don't like to show it 😬) and you were taking your profit each time on options or futures and close your broker and chart. When you have like $60k of profit, then go and ride the candles and take profit all you want.
Started with $300, just 3 contracts, 15 weeks ago, and growing it to $60,000 with 1 trade a day in 6 months target. If you were also trading, even $10 per contract per day, you will have progressed a lot.
My trading plan and strategy is trading one trade a day, 2-5 times a week depending on availability.
It is not a shame to trade with 1 contract. Shame or pride does not give you profits.
If you are learning by yourself, give it 2-3 months to see how you are progressing.
If you believe I am lucky every day with the trades and posts 🤷🏻‍♂️ so be it. I believe I have no choice, to put in the effort and keep doing, any loss is my loss as it is me executing my own trades and money.
I only day trade options on ETFs like SPY, QQQ, IWM etc. Timestamp on the broker is UK time. So, entry time of 3.04 is 10.04 ET.
I trade on my phone, screenshot is from TastyTrade.

Only trade I can see is either NBIS or IWM puts but they both aren’t pumping enough for me to comfortably buy puts

Going in IWM puts, it’s stupid idea that’s why I know it’s gonna work

IWM is the most egregious example of MM just blatantly manipulating price action.

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**Not financial advice. Do your own research. It surfaces candidates; it is NOT a buy signal.**
Ranks your watchlist by short-squeeze potential. Each name needs two things:
**LOADED — the FUEL.** How much pent-up buying is trapped in the name: how much of the tradeable float is sold short, how many days of normal volume it would take those shorts to buy back (days-to-cover), and how expensive the shares are to borrow. Fuel is potential energy — every share sold short is a share that must eventually be bought back. It says nothing about timing: a name can sit fully fuelled for months and never move.
**IGNITION — the SPARK.** Whether anything is actually lighting the fuel right now (dealers short gamma forced to buy, aggressive call buying, price up on volume).
The score discounts loaded "fuel" by how little it's igniting, so a 🔥 Igniting name is loaded AND moving, while a 🔒 Loaded one is a coiled setup that hasn't fired yet. Short interest is FINRA data — reported twice a month with a \~2-3 week lag (shown as the as-of date), so treat it as the standing setup, not a live tick.
•Float data is from FMP, refreshed weekly. What each tile shows:
◦Score — the big number, overall squeeze potential (0-100).
◦Loaded / Ignition — the two halves shown as bars, each 0-100.
◦SI — short interest as a percent of the tradeable free float when we have it (the real squeeze figure, since insider/restricted shares are excluded), otherwise a percent of shares outstanding; the arrow is ↑ rising or ↓ falling versus the prior FINRA report.
◦DTC — days-to-cover: at average volume, how many days of buying it would take shorts to cover (higher = harder to exit).
◦Fee — annualized cost to borrow the shares (turns red at 5%+ = hard to borrow).
◦Move — recent price thrust: the percent change over the last few sessions and the volume multiple, so "+29% · 2.2x" means up 29% on 2.2× its normal volume.
◦Calls — the share of options flow that is aggressive call buying (squeeze chasing).
◦Gamma — dealer positioning: "short" means dealers must buy into strength (fuel), "long" dampens it.
◦↑ tightening / ⚠ diluting — borrow getting harder / float growing (which can blunt a squeeze).
MVMT squeeze scan — 2026-08-14
SI % float + days-to-cover: FINRA settlement as-of 2026-07-15 (30d old), not recomputed.
Borrow fee + short-volume ratio: our own daily/intraday pull, as-of 2026-08-13 14:52 UTC.
Analysis only — not an instruction to trade.
\*\*NNE\*\* 75 (fuel 87 / ignition 74) — SI 32.2% of free float, DTC 6.4, borrow 0.9%
\*\*HTZ\*\* 73 (fuel 92 / ignition 58) — SI 30.9% of outstanding, DTC 3.9, borrow 17.0%
\*\*ARQQ\*\* 59 (fuel 93 / ignition 28) — SI 38.4% of free float, DTC 5.0, borrow 13.3%
\*\*QUBT\*\* 56 (fuel 96 / ignition 16) — SI 32.3% of free float, DTC 6.7, borrow 9.2%
\*\*LUNR\*\* 54 (fuel 75 / ignition 45) — SI 29.2% of free float, DTC 3.8, borrow 0.6%
\*\*GRPN\*\* 54 (fuel 90 / ignition 21) — SI 66.7% of free float, DTC 9.1, borrow 1.5%
\*\*WEN\*\* 53 (fuel 72 / ignition 48) — SI 30.2% of outstanding, DTC 3.8, borrow 5.7%
\*\*BBAI\*\* 51 (fuel 84 / ignition 23) — SI 30.8% of free float, DTC 5.8, borrow 1.0%
\*\*SOUN\*\* 47 (fuel 92 / ignition 20) — SI 43.0% of free float, DTC 6.0, borrow 8.1%
\*\*SBET\*\* 47 (fuel 74 / ignition 26) — SI 21.2% of free float, DTC 3.8, borrow 0.4%
\*\*CELH\*\* 47 (fuel 71 / ignition 32) — SI 20.4% of free float, DTC 5.4, borrow 0.3%
\*\*CORZ\*\* 45 (fuel 75 / ignition 22) — SI 24.5% of free float, DTC 5.7, borrow 0.3%
\*\*APLD\*\* 45 (fuel 68 / ignition 33) — SI 26.4% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.4%
\*\*PCT\*\* 45 (fuel 90 / ignition 0) — SI 29.3% of free float, DTC 13.7, borrow 2.1%
\*\*DNUT\*\* 45 (fuel 63 / ignition 43) — SI 20.2% of free float, DTC 6.5, borrow 0.4%
\*\*KMB\*\* 45 (fuel 71 / ignition 26) — SI 13.1% of free float, DTC 10.1, borrow 0.4%
\*\*EOSE\*\* 44 (fuel 76 / ignition 17) — SI 37.2% of free float, DTC 3.9, borrow 1.4%
\*\*RH\*\* 44 (fuel 88 / ignition 0) — SI 42.3% of free float, DTC 7.4, borrow 0.4%
\*\*TEM\*\* 44 (fuel 71 / ignition 24) — SI 28.5% of free float, DTC 6.4, borrow 0.4%
\*\*IWM\*\* 44 (fuel 76 / ignition 15) — SI 29.5% of outstanding, DTC 4.2, borrow 0.5%
\*\*RXRX\*\* 44 (fuel 87 / ignition 0) — SI 44.2% of free float, DTC 6.7, borrow 0.5%
\*\*QBTS\*\* 43 (fuel 69 / ignition 27) — SI 18.1% of free float, DTC 3.7, borrow 0.4%
\*\*IGV\*\* 43 (fuel 69 / ignition 25) — SI 27.9% of outstanding, DTC 2.5, borrow 0.7%
\*\*SATL\*\* 43 (fuel 58 / ignition 73) — SI 14.4% of outstanding, DTC 4.3, borrow 4.1%
\*\*RGTI\*\* 43 (fuel 67 / ignition 29) — SI 18.7% of free float, DTC 2.8, borrow 0.4%
\*\*SMLR\*\* 43 (fuel 61 / ignition 40) — SI 18.0% of free float, DTC 3.4, borrow 1.1%
\*\*BW\*\* 42 (fuel 53 / ignition 59) — SI 11.2% of outstanding, DTC 4.0, borrow 0.5%
\*\*SERV\*\* 42 (fuel 98 / ignition 0) — SI 34.3% of free float, DTC 9.1, borrow 10.2%
\*\*SMCI\*\* 42 (fuel 53 / ignition 55) — SI 17.2% of free float, DTC 3.0, borrow 0.3%
\*\*JACK\*\* 41 (fuel 83 / ignition 0) — SI 41.3% of free float, DTC 5.6, borrow 0.7%
\*\*PLAY\*\* 41 (fuel 81 / ignition 0) — SI 33.5% of free float, DTC 7.9, borrow 0.9%
\*\*OKLO\*\* 40 (fuel 63 / ignition 28) — SI 19.1% of free float, DTC 3.3, borrow 0.5%
\*\*DDD\*\* 40 (fuel 80 / ignition 0) — SI 28.1% of free float, DTC 16.4, borrow 0.3%
\*\*GRRR\*\* 40 (fuel 55 / ignition 45) — SI 28.7% of free float, DTC 2.2, borrow 11.0%
\*\*PRME\*\* 40 (fuel 76 / ignition 5) — SI 18.6% of outstanding, DTC 6.7, borrow 0.4%
Micro Cap:
MVMT squeeze scan — 2026-08-14
SI % float + days-to-cover: FINRA settlement as-of 2026-07-15 (30d old), not recomputed.
Borrow fee + short-volume ratio: our own daily/intraday pull, as-of 2026-08-13 14:52 UTC.
Analysis only — not an instruction to trade.
\*\*CEP\*\* 99 (fuel 99 / ignition 100) — SI 20.0% of free float, DTC 7.6, borrow 45.6%
\*\*DFDV\*\* 64 (fuel 98 / ignition 55) — SI 45.3% of free float, DTC 8.3, borrow 9.5%
\*\*UPXI\*\* 61 (fuel 96 / ignition 26) — SI 27.8% of free float, DTC 9.7, borrow 8.3%
\*\*DPRO\*\* 49 (fuel 97 / ignition 2) — SI 15.9% of free float, DTC 6.8, borrow 15.5%
\*\*SRXH\*\* 49 (fuel 74 / ignition 31) — SI 28.3% of free float, DTC 1.0, borrow 38.0%
\*\*EUV\*\* 48 (fuel 59 / ignition 61) — SI 22.1% of outstanding, DTC 1.0, borrow 5.1%
\*\*IMRX\*\* 47 (fuel 95 / ignition 0) — SI 60.3% of free float, DTC 16.4, borrow 6.7%
\*\*LENZ\*\* 47 (fuel 89 / ignition 5) — SI 43.4% of free float, DTC 10.5, borrow 0.8%
\*\*HRTX\*\* 45 (fuel 89 / ignition 0) — SI 31.5% of free float, DTC 13.3, borrow 1.2%
\*\*CAPR\*\* 44 (fuel 89 / ignition 0) — SI 32.3% of free float, DTC 10.8, borrow 0.5%
\*\*ARCT\*\* 44 (fuel 88 / ignition 0) — SI 26.8% of free float, DTC 10.7, borrow 0.4%
\*\*EBS\*\* 44 (fuel 88 / ignition 0) — SI 20.0% of outstanding, DTC 13.2, borrow 0.3%
\*\*GENI\*\* 44 (fuel 88 / ignition 0) — SI 14.2% of free float, DTC 9.7, borrow 0.4%
\*\*RR\*\* 44 (fuel 88 / ignition 0) — SI 37.6% of free float, DTC 6.7, borrow 1.4%
\*\*EVGO\*\* 41 (fuel 81 / ignition 0) — SI 14.1% of free float, DTC 14.1, borrow 1.2%
\*\*LFVN\*\* 40 (fuel 79 / ignition 0) — SI 14.0% of free float, DTC 8.0, borrow 21.9%
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