NVDA CALL +$2.77 (+140F) held 250m — volatility squeezed, then ran
+$2.77 on NVDA from $217.38 at 11:50am to $220.15 at 4:00pm after volatility squeezed without a prior setup “spark,” then expanded later. The trade was eventually confirmed when buying momentum took over at 12:05pm, the trend flip hit at 12:35pm, and volume picked up in waves through the afternoon.
May 12, 2026 · Entry — → Exit — · — · Z3Gamma
Trade Data
OPP E1
COMMANDERBull MIDAS anchor at 11:25am. 5 bars before entry. anchored in the below IB low. bear MIDAS overhead. 2 knights.
PROFILEE1 fired in the below IB low. Already above VPOC at entry. Already above TPOC at entry.
KYROCALL [EXEC] entered at 11:50am at $217.38. Exited at 4:00pm at $220.15. Total profit +$2.77.
PAINPrice pulled $1.55 against the position (worst at 1:00pm) over 250 minutes before the trade had 10F to show. Gave back $1.42 from peak before exit.
KNIGHTNo volume spike in the 5 bars before entry. Volume during the trade: 12:30 pm–12:45 pm (3 bars, present), 1:20 pm–1:25 pm (2 bars, present), at 2:00 pm (present), 2:25 pm–2:35 pm (3 bars, active), 2:55 pm–3:05 pm (3 bars, active), at 3:20 pm (present), 3:45 pm–3:55 pm (3 bars, active).
COMPRESSIONNo compression in the 5 bars before entry. Compression during the trade: 12:45 pm–12:50 pm (2 bars), 1:05 pm–1:40 pm (8 bars).
EXPANSIONNo expansion in the 5 bars before entry. Expansion during the trade: STD 1:05 pm–1:10 pm (2 bars), STD 2:35 pm–2:50 pm (4 bars), BBW green 3:10 pm–3:35 pm (6 bars).
KINGDOMEntry 2 (E2) — position sizing: Kijun crossed above at 12:35 pm, 9 bars after E1.
RANGE EXTNo E3 — price did not extend beyond the IB high during the trade.
Z3Z3 bullish cape activated at 1:10 pm, 16 bars after E1. 12 favorable bars, 18 total cape bars during the trade. Peak Z3: -8.00 at 1:00 pm.
DMIDMI compressed before entry: at 11:45 am. DMI compressed during the trade: 12:00 pm–12:35 pm (7 bars), at 1:15 pm, 2:00 pm–2:15 pm (4 bars), 3:45 pm–3:55 pm (3 bars). DI+ won at 12:05 pm, 3 bars after entry.
SYNCHRONYBreakthrough zone: 12:45pm–1:20pm — Z3 cape fired, Z3 peak, volume spike, bands compressed, STD expansion.
RESULTTotal profit +$2.77. Max MFE +$4.19 at 3:35 pm ($221.57). Captured 66% of the move.
NVDA’s 11:50am CALL at $217.38 closed at 4:00pm at $220.15 for +$2.77, a 250-minute hold that captured 66% of the session’s max close-to-close upside.
Z3 didn’t confirm right away; the bullish Z3 cape only fired at 1:10pm, 16 bars after entry, after a nasty momentum washout that printed the trade’s peak absolute Z3 reading at 1:00pm.
Structure was mixed but eventually constructive: the trade entered below the Initial Balance off an 11:25am volume anchor, already back above both VPOC and TPOC, buyers took control when DI+ crossed at 12:05pm, the Kijun flip hit at 12:35pm, volume built in waves through the afternoon, and bands shifted from midday tightening into late-day bullish expansion, but there was no range extension above the IB high.
It was not clean: NVDA closed $1.55 against the entry by 1:00pm and took the full 250 minutes to finally show 10F, then still gave back $1.42 from the 3:35pm peak into the close.
Verdict: profitable but messy, definitely theta-expensive, and only worth the hold if you trusted the slow confirmation stack after lunch.