Intraday Brief·HOOD·May 7, 2026

HOOD PUT +$2.55 (+255F) in 5h50m — volatility expanded then broke down

Name: HOOD PUT +$2.55 (+255F) in 5h50m — volatility expanded then broke down
Uploaded: 2026-05-07T12:00:00Z
Description: Bands tightened before the trigger, then volatility expanded hard as price broke lower and stayed heavy into the close. The move confirmed as bearish momentum showed up later (DMI flip and the sell-side momentum peak around 11:20am) with institutional volume backing from the 9:40am anchor through the midday volume charging.

Bands tightened before the trigger, then volatility expanded hard as price broke lower and stayed heavy into the close. The move confirmed as bearish momentum showed up later (DMI flip and the sell-side momentum peak around 11:20am) with institutional volume backing from the 9:40am anchor through the midday volume charging.

By Z3Gamma

HOOD paid on the short side: the put entered at 9:45am at $78.47 and exited at 3:35pm at $75.92 for +$2.55 over a 5 hour 50 minute hold, capturing 87% of the session’s best close-to-close move. Z3 didn’t light immediately, but the bearish cape fired at 11:20am and peaked right there at -2.92, telling you the downside trend had real momentum once the move got going. Structure leaned bearish early with a fresh overhead volume anchor from 9:40am, no support anchor underneath, and a clean range extension below the IB low by 10:05am at $77.66; from there, volume built in waves, bands expanded hard from 10:00am to 10:10am and again through late morning volatility, then the real confirmation lagged until 2:25pm when both the DMI bearish cross and the Kijun flip finally synced. Pain was basically nonexistent: the entry was clean, price moved your way right away, and even after the peak it only gave back $0.36 into the exit.

Verdict: clean trade, patient hold, a little slow on confirmation, but absolutely worth sitting through because the structure was right and the exit stayed efficient.

May 7, 2026 · Entry 9:45am → Exit 3:35pm · +$2.55. · Z3Gamma

Trade Data

INITIAL E1

COMMANDERBear MIDAS anchor at 9:40am. 1 bar before entry. anchored in the loft. no bull MIDAS below. 1 knight.

PROFILEE1 fired in the loft. Already above VPOC at entry. Already above TPOC at entry.

KYROPUT [EXEC] entered at 9:45am at $78.47. Exited at 3:35pm at $75.92. Total profit +$2.55.

PAINEntry was clean — price moved immediately in the right direction with no meaningful adverse excursion before the first 10F. Gave back $0.36 from peak before exit.

KNIGHTNo volume spike in the 5 bars before entry. Volume during the trade: at 9:45 am (present), at 10:35 am (present), 11:00 am–11:05 am (2 bars, active), 11:20 am–11:30 am (3 bars, charging), at 11:50 am (present), 12:15 pm–12:25 pm (3 bars, active), at 12:50 pm (active), 1:25 pm–1:35 pm (3 bars, charging), 1:55 pm–2:00 pm (2 bars, active), 2:25 pm–2:35 pm (2 bars, active), at 3:05 pm (present), 3:25 pm–3:35 pm (2 bars, present).

COMPRESSIONBands compressed before entry: at 9:30 am. Compression during the trade: 2:30 pm–2:35 pm (2 bars), at 3:10 pm.

EXPANSIONNo expansion in the 5 bars before entry. Expansion during the trade: BBW+STD 10:00 am–10:10 am (3 bars), STD 11:20 am–11:40 am (5 bars).

KINGDOMEntry 2 (E2) — position sizing: Kijun crossed below at 2:25 pm, 56 bars after E1.

RANGE EXTEntry 3 (E3) — range extension: price crossed below IB low at 10:05 am at $77.66, 4 bars after E1.

Z3Z3 bearish cape activated at 11:20 am, 19 bars after E1. 12 favorable bars, 17 total cape bars during the trade. Peak Z3: -2.92 at 11:20 am.

DMINo DMI compression in the 5 bars before entry. DMI compressed during the trade: 10:45 am–10:55 am (3 bars), 1:40 pm–1:50 pm (3 bars), 2:20 pm–2:35 pm (3 bars), at 2:55 pm, at 3:10 pm, at 3:35 pm. DI- won at 2:25 pm, 56 bars after entry.

SYNCHRONYBreakthrough zone: 11:00am–11:20am — Z3 cape fired, Z3 peak, volume spike, volume charging, STD expansion.

RESULTTotal profit +$2.55. Max MFE +$2.91 at 3:25 pm ($75.56). Captured 87% of the move.