Intraday Brief·AMZN·May 11, 2026

AMZN PUT +$2.48 (+248F) held all day as bands tightened late

AMZN drifted against the PUT by $1.36 until late, then the selloff locked in as volatility expanded (bands exploded) from 2:25pm to 2:40pm and again into the close. The trigger was a bearish options flow anchor at 9:55am, momentum confirmation with DMI+ winning at 11:15am, and a sharp volume spike clustered around 10:30am before entry and repeatedly through 12:40pm to 3:55pm as price kept pressing the Initial Balance low.

By Z3Gamma

AMZN paid on the short side: the PUT entered at 10:40am at $271.46 and exited at 3:55pm at $268.98 for +$2.48, a full-session hold that captured 100% of the move. Z3 flashed bearish fast, firing at 10:50am just two bars after entry and printing 28 total cape bars, with peak downside momentum hitting -3.30 at 1:30pm. The setup had real structure behind it: price was already below the Initial Balance low, leaning off a 9:55am bear volume anchor overhead with no bullish counter-anchor below, the Kijun flip hit at 10:45am, sellers took control on DMI at 11:15am, and the day finally opened up with range extension below the IB low at 12:55pm while volume kept showing up through the afternoon. It was not clean early: AMZN pushed $1.36 against the position by 12:00pm and took 315 minutes to deliver 10F, so this thing made you sit in heat before the trend finally paid.

Verdict: messy and theta-expensive early, but structurally right, momentum-confirmed, and absolutely worth the hold since the exit nailed the low.

May 11, 2026 · Entry 10:40am → Exit 3:55pm · +$2.48. · Z3Gamma

Trade Data

INITIAL E1

COMMANDERBear MIDAS anchor at 9:55am. 9 bars before entry. anchored in the loft. no bull MIDAS below. 1 knight.

PROFILEE1 fired in the below IB low. Already above VPOC at entry. Already above TPOC at entry.

KYROPUT [HOLD] entered at 10:40am at $271.46. Exited at 3:55pm at $268.98. Total profit +$2.48.

PAINPrice pulled $1.36 against the position (worst at 12:00pm). Exited near the peak — minimal retracement from MFE.

KNIGHTVolume spike before entry: at 10:30 am (active). Volume during the trade: 10:55 am–11:00 am (2 bars, present), at 11:20 am (present), at 12:00 pm (charging), at 12:40 pm (active), at 12:55 pm (active), at 1:25 pm (present), 2:00 pm–2:25 pm (4 bars, present), 2:45 pm–3:05 pm (4 bars, active), at 3:20 pm (present), 3:35 pm–3:55 pm (5 bars, active).

COMPRESSIONNo compression in the 5 bars before entry. Compression during the trade: 3:25 pm–3:55 pm (7 bars).

EXPANSIONNo expansion in the 5 bars before entry. Expansion during the trade: STD 2:25 pm–2:40 pm (4 bars).

KINGDOMEntry 2 (E2) — position sizing: Kijun crossed below at 10:45 am, 1 bar after E1.

RANGE EXTEntry 3 (E3) — range extension: price crossed below IB low at 12:55 pm at $271.61, 27 bars after E1.

Z3Z3 bearish cape activated at 10:50 am, 2 bars after E1. 21 favorable bars, 28 total cape bars during the trade. Peak Z3: -3.30 at 1:30 pm.

DMINo DMI compression in the 5 bars before entry. DMI compressed during the trade: 11:00 am–11:20 am (5 bars), at 12:35 pm, 3:25 pm–3:45 pm (4 bars). DI- won at 11:15 am, 7 bars after entry.

SYNCHRONYBreakthrough zone: 10:45am–11:15am — Z3 cape fired, E2 Kijun cross, DI+ won, volume spike.

RESULTTotal profit +$2.48. Max MFE +$2.48 at 3:55 pm ($268.98). Captured 100% of the move.