Intraday Brief·SPY·April 29, 2026

SPY CALL +$3.52 (+141F) from $709.48 to $713.00 — bands tightened then broke

Name: SPY CALL +$3.52 (+141F) from $709.48 to $713.00 — bands tightened then broke
Uploaded: 2026-04-29T12:00:00Z
Description: Bands tightened before the trigger, and the call paid fast with the clean move holding cleanly from 2:45pm to 4:00pm. Confirmation came as the opening-range low was reclaimed, momentum flipped bullish by 2:55pm with DI+ control, and volume built into the breakout as the opening-range high cleared at 3:55pm ($711.59).

Bands tightened before the trigger, and the call paid fast with the clean move holding cleanly from 2:45pm to 4:00pm. Confirmation came as the opening-range low was reclaimed, momentum flipped bullish by 2:55pm with DI+ control, and volume built into the breakout as the opening-range high cleared at 3:55pm ($711.59).

By Z3Gamma

SPY paid cleanly: the CALL entered at $709.48 at 2:45 pm and exited at $713.00 at 4:00 pm for +$3.52 over a 75-minute hold, capturing 100% of the available move. Z3 flipped bullish at 2:55 pm, two bars after entry, and stayed constructive for four cape bars total, with the strongest reading hitting 2.30 right at 4:00 pm. The move got real fast: price was sitting on a fresh bull volume anchor from 2:40 pm below the IB low with no overhead resistance line, the Kijun flip came at 2:50 pm, DI+ took control at 2:55 pm, VPOC and TPOC were reclaimed at $710.61 at 2:55 pm, volatility expanded from 3:05 pm to 3:15 pm, heavy volume hit at 3:15 pm and again from 3:45 pm to 3:55 pm, and SPY finally posted range extension above the IB high at 3:55 pm at $711.59. Pain was basically nonexistent: the entry was clean, price never put in a meaningful close against the position, and it started paying almost immediately.

Verdict: this was a clean, efficient long that asked for patience but not pain, and it was absolutely worth the hold.

April 29, 2026 · Entry 2:45pm → Exit 4:00pm · +$3.52. · Z3Gamma

Trade Data

INITIAL E1

COMMANDERBull MIDAS anchor at 2:40pm. 1 bar before entry. anchored in the below IB low. no bear MIDAS overhead. 3 knights.

PROFILEE1 fired in the below IB low. VPOC crossed at 2:55 pm at $710.61. TPOC crossed at 2:55 pm at $710.61.

KYROCALL [EXEC] entered at 2:45pm at $709.48. Exited at 4:00pm at $713.00. Total profit +$3.52.

PAINEntry was clean — price moved immediately in the right direction with no meaningful adverse excursion before the first 10F.

KNIGHTVolume spike before entry: 2:30 pm–2:35 pm (2 bars, active). Volume during the trade: at 3:15 pm (rogue), 3:45 pm–3:55 pm (3 bars, charging).

EXPANSIONNo expansion in the 5 bars before entry. Expansion during the trade: STD 3:05 pm–3:15 pm (3 bars), STD at 4:00 pm.

KINGDOMEntry 2 (E2) — position sizing: Kijun crossed above at 2:50 pm, 1 bar after E1.

RANGE EXTEntry 3 (E3) — range extension: price crossed above IB high at 3:55 pm at $711.59, 14 bars after E1.

Z3Z3 bullish cape activated at 2:55 pm, 2 bars after E1. 3 favorable bars, 4 total cape bars during the trade. Peak Z3: 2.30 at 4:00 pm.

DMIDMI compressed before entry: at 2:40 pm. DMI compressed during the trade: at 2:50 pm, at 3:05 pm, 3:30 pm–3:50 pm (4 bars). DI+ won at 2:55 pm, 2 bars after entry.

SYNCHRONYBreakthrough zone: 2:50pm–3:15pm — Z3 cape fired, E2 Kijun cross, DI+ won, volume charging, STD expansion.

RESULTTotal profit +$3.52. Max MFE +$3.52 at 4:00 pm ($713.00). Captured 100% of the move.