QCOM CALL +$17.10 (+141F) in 6h5m — volatility squeezed then ripped
Profit came after bands tightened early, with the signal firing from the low-of-session around 9:30am and no meaningful dip before the trend took over. Momentum and institutional buying confirmed it as volume surged from 9:55am–10:20am, with the key follow-through showing up by 1:15pm.
QCOM’s 9:50am CALL entry at $169.39 paid $17.10 by the 3:55pm exit at $186.49, a 6 hour 5 minute hold that captured 98% of the day’s best close-to-close move. Z3 flipped bullish at 10:00am, just two bars after entry, stayed favorable for 18 bars, printed 27 total cape bars, and peaked at 4.22 at 11:55am. The move had real structure behind it: price was launched off a 9:30am cellar volume anchor with no overhead resistance line, it was already back above both the VPOC and TPOC at entry, then the real confirmation stack hit from 9:55am to 10:20am with active volume, bands expanding, and range extension above the IB high at 10:20am at $178.73, while buyers didn’t fully seize directional control until 1:15pm and the Kijun flip came later at 12:40pm. This one was clean from the jump with basically no adverse close against the entry before it delivered, and it only gave back $0.27 from the $186.76 peak into the exit.
Verdict: clean trend, not cheap on time but absolutely worth the hold, and the exit was tight enough that almost nothing got left on the table.