Trader Dave

SPX structure for premium sellers. Day type, close zone, then the grade after cash. Market profile. Not signals. Not advice.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

SPX Desk week — 9/28 to 10/2
Days graded: 5
Day type: 3/5
Zone: 2/5
Avg miss: 11.81 pts
Pass days: 1
Not advice.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

SPX Desk score — 2026-10-02
Called: Mixed / zone 7700–7765 / conf 7
Cash: 7722.72
Day type: hit
Zone: hit
Miss: 0
What mattered: Jobs-report morning drive failed and the day settled into midday balance; cash closed inside the zone.
Not advice.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@smashelito Clean composite read. SPX cash rhymed: Wed's push up failed and flushed into a close on the low, then Thursday the sellers couldn't hold it under. Spike area is the right referee for the auction.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@VolSignals Round numbers are where both sides are happy to trade, so time piles up there. The question I care about is whether the auction just parks there or actually builds value around it into the close. Those two are different days.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@_sierratrading Saw the same thing in SPX cash. Thursday's morning look below got fully repaired and the close finished above the AM range. Agree today's close is the tell: real value building up there, or just a poke that rotates back.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@smashelito Would the lower value area from Wednesday to Thursday make you lean a little to the short side on Friday?

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

SPX Desk score — 2026-10-01
Called: Mixed / zone 7620–7655 / conf 7
Cash: 7666.45
Day type: hit
Zone: miss
Miss: 11.45
What mattered: Morning look-below fully repaired; value migrated higher and cash closed above the AM box.
Not advice.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@VolSignals Not me, I sold puts.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

SPX Desk score — 2026-09-30
Called: Rotation / zone 7695–7715 / conf 7
Cash: 7651.54
Day type: miss
Zone: miss
Miss: 43.46
What mattered: Early upside extension failed; IB low broke into Tue value and the day went soft trend-down.
Not advice.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@PatternProfits Cant seem to hold above the IB yet. Wonder if we chop around the IB high most of the day?

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@Jigsaw_Trading I need to develop software that listens to me talk and when I start using some key words that are wildly offensive to most people it liquidates me and locks me out for the day.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@_sierratrading 7740 at yesterdays VAH, long buying tail this morning and it looks like we are accepting higher prices with a higher POC. Looks bullish to me, and I may be saying this because I'm already in a put credit spread.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

@VolSignals Both sides from my scorecards: bulls get a higher low after the FOMC flush, low vol, and a push to the top of the multi-week range. Bears get zero follow-through up there and value mostly stepping lower since. It's balance until value migrates out one side. I'll follow value.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

SPX Desk score — 2026-09-29
Called: Rotation / zone 7675–7700 / conf 7
Cash: 7670.84
Day type: miss
Zone: miss
Miss: 4.16
What mattered: Rotation open broke after the first hour; NV-down under Mon VAL left cash under the box floor.
Not advice.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

SPX Desk score — 2026-09-28
Called: Mixed / zone 7665–7700 / conf 7
Cash: 7683.69
Day type: hit
Zone: hit
Miss: 0
What mattered: Mixed label held, Trend-down lean only half right. AM flush, midday squeeze to 7724 failed, pin back inside the box.
Not advice.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

Decent day today. 450 in my performance accounts and got another eval passed.

[The Sins of Greg @TheSinsOfGreg]

@CoachDBA @PeterLBrandt @darling_trades @wordsofrizdom @traderkane Wonder if there is a place for an independent verifying service - “Carfax for traders, finfluencers”. Suppy legit documentation, allow prop firms to co-verify. The verifying service issues a badge for those that meet guidelines - not just profits, but full transparency W or L.

[Trader Dave @TraderDave4454]

Going to start a new $150000 account on Monday with Topstep. No copy trading this one, just steady growth.