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Mike Crossland

@MikeCrossland55

Equity/options trader. #daytrading #noemotion No setup, no trade. https://t.co/K1fUFcTJZB Get control of your emotions.

Denison, TX Katılım Aralık 2018
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Trading is the most scalable business ever. - Same chart - Same setup - Same patience One day it makes you $100. One day it makes you $10,000. The work doesn't change but the size does. Consistency and time are the only things standing between where you are and those bigger numbers.
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LOVE RIDING THE BMW ADVENTURE BIKE
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MapleStax Trades
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Trading is the best job in the world
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Mike Crossland
Mike Crossland@MikeCrossland55·
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Mike Crossland@MikeCrossland55·
# THEFIRM — STRATEGIC BRIEF ### Strategic Director | April 16, 2026 | 13:39 ET --- **BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT:** This tape is technically exhausted and the firm is in full consensus — 6 of 6 departments aligned on the same read. SPY at $700.77 (RSI 83.6), QQQ at $639.13 (RSI 83.9), and IWM at $269.44 (RSI 78.2) are all grinding near 52-week highs on sub-0.5x relative volume with zero institutional accumulation signals — that is not a healthy rally, that is distribution on thin air. SPY's 52-week high sits at $702.78, just $2.01 overhead, and price cannot clear it with conviction on this volume profile. The VIX read is the most important data point on the floor right now. VIX is printing $18.37, up +1.10% intraday, on a green equity session — vol is *bid* while equities grind higher. VIX sits above its 200MA of $18.19 with a session low of $17.99 already tagged, and its RSI is at 27.9 — deeply oversold — meaning vol itself is coiled. That divergence is not noise; every department flagged it independently as a stress signal. QQQ options flow confirms smart money is not complacent: put/call running 1.33 with 558K put contracts versus 418K calls, and NTM put IV at 24.0% against call IV of 20.4%. ATM IV on SPY calls is only 10.1% — options are cheap on the call side, but that compression is a trap, not an opportunity, in a regime where vol is already ticking higher intraday. The macro calendar is clean today per Earnings and Sector desks — no CPI, no Fed commentary, no identifiable event catalyst — which means any directional move from here is technically and flow-driven, not fundamental. Risk/reward on fresh long delta deteriorates materially into EOD and through tomorrow's open. The firm does not add long exposure here. **Rotation Desk note:** QQQ is leading at +0.27% while IWM barely moves at +0.02% — this is a narrow, tech-concentrated rally, not broad risk-on, and that breadth divergence is a secondary confirmation of exhaustion. SQUAWK should remain live broadcasting any vol regime shift, VIX breach of $18.19 support, or volume spike — those are the tells that change the picture. Until then, the posture is defensive.
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Mike Crossland@MikeCrossland55·
arket is digesting a rough stretch — tariffs, macro uncertainty, and a VIX that’s creeping back up. But AI infrastructure spending hasn’t slowed and the selective names are still finding buyers. $HIMS is the momentum trade of the week. $NVDA and $AVGO are the AI backbone plays. $TSLA and $PLTR are the high-beta setups for those with conviction. Not financial advice. Do your own DD. Trade what you see, not what you feel. #stocks #trading #stockmarket #investing #options #NVDA #TSLA #PLTR #HIMS #MU #AVGO #AMD #META #MSFT #AMZN
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Mike Crossland@MikeCrossland55·
🔥 MARKET RUNDOWN — March 18, 2026 The broad market is showing fatigue today with the S&P off ~0.7% and VIX jumping above 23, but these names are commanding all the attention right now. Here’s where things stand: $NVDA — Still the king. Post-GTC momentum continues with Blackwell demand showing no signs of slowing. IV sits at 39 — relatively calm for NVDA — with calls running 1.5:1 over puts. $4.3T market cap and Morgan Stanley still calling it a core hold. Dips keep getting bought. $HIMS — The story of the month. Up 35%+ today alone after a 50%+ week following the landmark Novo Nordisk truce. HIMS pivots from compounded semaglutide to selling branded Ozempic and Wegovy directly on platform. Legal overhang gone. Barclays raised to $29. With 46% of float short, this has short squeeze written all over it. Watch carefully — this move may have legs or it may be a fade. $TSLA — Range-bound and fighting to hold $400 support. 50-day EMA at $438 is the ceiling. China sales surged 91% in February but Musk distractions and softening US demand keep a lid on price action. Next major catalyst: earnings April 28. Robotaxi expansion update will be key. $PLTR — Pulled back off ATH near $207 but found support around $148-152. CEO Alex Karp was on CNBC this week talking defense AI and Middle East ops. New Navy ShipOS deal and Army defense contract momentum keep the bull thesis alive. Next earnings May 11. High beta — not for the faint of heart. $MU — Quietly building. Up 0.5% on solid volume. Analyst calls this week flagged MU as a top semiconductor pick going into the AI memory supercycle. HBM3E demand tied directly to $NVDA Blackwell ramp. Watch for earnings catalyst this quarter. $AVGO — Up 2.5% today, one of the stronger movers in semis. Morgan Stanley has it as a top pick alongside NVDA. Custom silicon and networking revenue still seen as conservative relative to actual AI buildout. Call flow running bullish. $AMD — Holding its own in NVDA’s shadow. Up 0.5% with solid options activity. MI300X adoption in data centers is the story — still fighting for AI GPU wallet share. Results will matter. $MSFT — Slight red today. Azure AI growth remains the core thesis. Copilot enterprise adoption will be the metric to watch next earnings. Still a $3T company that doesn’t get enough credit for how embedded it is in enterprise AI. $META — Off 1.8% in a risk-off session but the Llama/AI infrastructure story remains intact. Ad revenue machine still printing. Manus AI agent buzz giving the whole AI sector a fresh catalyst this week. $AMZN — Down 1.7% today. AWS is the AI infrastructure play here. Bedrock + Trainium2 adoption is accelerating but the market wants proof in margins. Tariff headwinds on retail are the near-term overhang.
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Mike Crossland@MikeCrossland55·
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Mike Crossland@MikeCrossland55·
Market rotation $QQQ $TSLA $META $NVDA $NFLX $SPY Let's go!!!!
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