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Something’s About to Break
Going live this morning to tell you what.

Futures hitting 6995 this morning.
You know what that tells me?
Nothing.
Pre-market is theater these days.
The real action happens when the bell rings.
What DOES matter?
We've been trapped in the same 6850-6950 box for three months.
And I've been watching something build up that most traders have no clue about.
Here's what everyone's missing:
For three months, traders have been writing the same weekly options strikes over and over.
6900 calls. 6950 puts.
Same levels. Same expiration cycles.
Week after week after week.
That creates what we call a "gamma bomb."
Market makers who sold those options have to hedge their exposure.
Right now, they're sitting on MASSIVE long gamma above 6950.
Here's what that means:
Above 6950, dealers are FORCED to buy into strength.
The higher we go, the more they have to buy.
That's not speculation. That's mathematical requirement.
But if this 6995 pre-market pump is fake...
And we collapse back under 6950?
Now dealers flip to short gamma.
They're FORCED to sell into weakness.
The lower we go, the more they have to sell.
Three months of fuse-loading.
And we're sitting right at the detonation point.
Either way, you'd think this is a clean trade.
It's not.
Because I'm betting on the downside.
Here's why:
We're at 6995 in pre-market right now.
But yesterday when the S&Ps were down 1%...
Advance/decline was STILL 50/50.
Half the market staying green while indexes tank.
Energy spiking 3.5% for no reason. Costco up 11% year-to-date.
That's not rotation into strength.
That's desperation buying garbage because there's nowhere else to go.
We haven't even STARTED real selling yet.
When correlation kicks back in...
When 90% of stocks start moving together instead of this scattered rotation...
We're blowing through 6950 straight to 6850.
Maybe lower.
This is why 0DTE matters in setups like this.
When gamma unwinds, the move happens FAST.
You don't have time to wait for next week's expiration.
By then, the violence is over.
0DTE captures the full explosion in real-time.
5x to 10x moves in HOURS, not days.
The specific levels. The timing. Which side of 6950 I'm playing.
If you're not there when the bell rings, you're already behind.
To your success,
Don Kaufman