I stepped away for 10 minutes and missed this - must have triggered the second I looked away. 

SPX - if yesterday turns out to be a pattern, we might trade down into session VWAP into the close (currently 5060)

BAND on the run

IBKR - speaking of which...the 2hr chart doesn't suck

STS Systems - any early reads available on what is triggering long today (if we close at these levels or above)?

Here's the current reading from BPT saved chart (we're pretty close considering the rule calls for 9 days or less from oversold to overbought...and we're on day 2): 

LPG - I had this post from Brian Shannon bookmarked going into yesterday. 

VOLD  5-6 today after spending most of yesterday in the 3's.  

SPX Breadth Thrust? - Another nightly newsletter / video I watch called out a potential breadth thrust incoming. A thrust like the one we got to start the October rally, but way more rare because it happened so close to the top whereas they typically occur close to major bottoms.   Are you guys seeing the same thing?  Again, not triggered yet, it just looked like a possibility in the near term....according to the guy making the presentation.

Would be a strange place for it, but it also wouldn't surprise me because the Gov is ALL IN on spending and is not going to let up until after the election...I personally don't think they can let up at this point until something breaks - they've gone past the point of no return. 

I've been with IBKR for about 20 years.  The customer service and platform leave a lot to be desired, but if you know what you're doing, it's worth it for the price and access to so many markets. If I had a simpler, just a couple of personal accounts kinda thing going on, I would probably be with TastyWorks....but I don't think they're international yet.

You can link your IBKR to other front ends, like TradingView, for better trade functionality. But it's only good for simple trading. If you're buying and selling complex option spreads, I think you're basically stuck with the platform (unless you're a coder and can program your own front end....not as hard as it used to be now that we have generative AI).  IBKR does have some templates available in their API section. 

IBKR - "Clients in over 200 countries and territories trade stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds and more on 150 global marketsfrom a single unified platform . Fund your account and trade assets in 27 currencies"

Everything is moving after the spending bill   

This alert came in about 25 minutes ago. I'm still testing these alerts on various time frames with different settings.

*This particular one would be a "buy stop" or a "cover short"....once I label it correctly. 

The backstory for today's rally:

QQQ - Monthly (Log)

QQQ - daily with SMA levels

Cramer says market should go higher first before going lower...so we're good. 

HYG -  the STS system has a hair trigger on this one going long!  

**I called it out last time it went long also, so at least I'll be 50% right if it ends up being a good call this time (I doubt it, but you never know!!)   

TikTok ban is hilarious - TikTok is threatening to sue over free speech violations and many Americans are losing it...including Elon Musk. Meanwhile, China doesn't allow American social media or Google and their version of TikTok's algorithm is wildly different than the one American kids are exposed to (wholesome and patriot programming vs completely the opposite). American Lemmings fighting to be allowed to be led off a cliff. 

Totally   

   - I upgraded one of my laptops to 64 GB RAM today. About an hour after I was done I smelled something weird.  Smelled sort of but not really like something burning, so of course I assumed I screwed something up in the laptop and went into panic tear down mode.  I got it apart (after bending the frame a bit because I was in panic mode) but didn't see anything really out of place, melting, burning, etc. I put it back together, turned it on and went outside to reset my smeller. I came back in and there was still a weird smell...but then I noticed it was stronger when I turned towards the kitchen from the dining room. Well, it turns out that the AIRBnB I'm staying in has a gas stove (I'm used to electric) and it was on with no flame!! Problem solved, but holy crap