Kevin Shah

Realist 🧠 Sell to Optimists 📉 Buy from Pessimists 📈

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

This was literally the top, would be facing max loss on this spread instead of 💰 We are down straight 30 points since I exited this long 😮‍💨 Identifying when a deal has no juice left in a split second is one of the many skills needed in day trading, good news, it’s developable 📚 $ES_F $SPX $SPY $VIX $NQ_F $QQQ $AAPL $MSFT $GOOGL $AMZN $TSLA $NVDA $META

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

In this game you have to be super quick, I called for 72’s and they gave me just a little more icing to 76’s 💪 +$3.1K not bad for a Friday before noon, thanks for playing and have a great weekend 🤙 Who am I kidding, I may take another trade today 🎲 $ES_F $SPX $SPY $VIX $NQ_F $QQQ $AAPL $MSFT $GOOGL $AMZN $TSLA $NVDA $META

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

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[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

💥🫰🤑

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Waiting for the break 🍿🍿🍿

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Waiting for the break 🍿🍿🍿

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

10 contracts deep, I guess it’s a swing trade now 😂😂

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Is Robinhood futures down? $HOOD

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Is Robinhood futures down? $HOOD

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

@_sierratrading Much higher

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

@edgeful @andrearslanian ORB

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

🚀🚀🚀 $ES_F $SPX $SPY $VIX $NQ_F $QQQ #DayTrading #0DTE #Gamma

[*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone]

*TRUMP AGREES TO TWO-WEEK IRAN CEASEFIRE TO FINALIZE TALKS

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

So far, initially, they’re buying it this time 🤔 $ES_F $SPX $SPY $VIX $NQ_F $QQQ #DayTrading #0DTE #Gamma

[FinancialJuice @financialjuice]

Trump told aides he is willing to end the US military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed - WSJ

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Agreed, context is always important

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Markets ain’t buying it 🗑️ $ES_F $SPX $SPY $VIX $NQ_F $QQQ #DayTrading #0DTE

[FinancialJuice @financialjuice]

⚠ BREAKING: Trump: Pausing period of energy plant destruction by 10 days to Monday, April 6th, 2026

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Insane, 250 points in minutes 🚀 $ES_F $SPX $SPY $VIX $NQ_F $QQQ #DayTrading #0DTE #Gamma

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Less than 30 mins in, futures already GREEN, unreal 😵‍💫 $ES_F $SPX $SPY $VIX $NQ_F $QQQ #DayTrading #0DTE #Gamma

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

🤔 #ES_F #ES #SPX #SPY $ES_F $SPX $SPY

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

So far the Iran damage on the spoos is a -1%, green by close tomorrow?

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

😅😅

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Microsoft AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, says that "most, if not all, professional tasks" undertaken by white collar workers will be fully automated by AI within the next 12 to 18 months

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Join me on Polymarket, I’m 800,000 on the waitlist LOL https://t.co/ApLrK81kgD

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Crypto giving us a measly -30 / -.4% LOL, I guess it’s risk-off only for junk $SPX $NDX

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Will be interesting to see how the massive crypto liquidations over the weekend have affected the major indexes, t minus 15 mins 🤔 $SPX $NDX

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

Earlier I said my lower boundary was around 6942 with the upper side near 6963. We had a sharp late day liquidation straight into the lower end of that range and an immediate buyers response higher.

Nothing magical here. No indicators. No pattern calling.

When price reaches the edge of a predefined payoff boundary, behavior changes because positioning and risk transfer change. That’s the entire thesis behind me structuring my trades this way.

I’m not predicting bounces. I’m defining where pressure is likely to shift and letting the market show its hand.

Sometimes it holds. Sometimes it breaks. Either way, risk was already decided long before this candle printed.

Beautiful example of what “letting price come to you” actually looks like.

[Kevin Shah @eminimamba]

SPX around 6950 right now, which puts us near the lower half of my expected range for today.

The way I’m framing this trade has nothing to do with direction and everything to do with location. My working range is defined by roughly 6942 on the downside and 6963 on the upside. Inside that window, time is doing the heavy lifting.

What I’m watching closely here is how price behaves as we press into the lower end of that range. If we stabilize and rotate, theta continues to accrue. If we accelerate lower, risk is already defined and capped, so the decision tree stays clean.

This is why I like structuring days like this. I’m not trying to predict the next candle. I’m setting an expected distribution for where price is allowed to live and getting paid as long as reality stays inside it.

Right now price is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do. Not exciting, but very controlled.