Daily Options Report — 2026-05-18

Options Watchlist Report

Generated: 2026-05-18T13:50:16.942Z

Risk model (Phase 1)

  • Target premium (per trade): $2500
  • Mode: 1A/2A (stand aside if technicals don’t align; 1 best contract when recommending)
SPY
  • Price: 739.14 (bid/ask 739.25 / 739.4) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 679.02 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 23.2 -DI 21.0 ADX 11.0 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 2.9586 / 2.7764 hist 0.1822

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QQQ
  • Price: 708.1 (bid/ask 707.78 / 708.46) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 614.08 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 18.9 -DI 25.7 ADX 12.9 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 1.5870 / 1.3880 hist 0.1990

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IWM
  • Price: 278 (bid/ask 278.04 / 278.07) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 247.86 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 30.4 -DI 17.1 ADX 14.1 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 2.0746 / 1.6387 hist 0.4359

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DIA
  • Price: 496.73 (bid/ask 496.79 / 496.87) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 478.23 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BULL
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 28.7 -DI 17.3 ADX 20.5 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 3.8756 / 3.3734 hist 0.5022

Catalysts

  • Dividend ex: 2026-05-15 $0.27559 (recurring)

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TLT
  • Price: 83.86 (bid/ask 83.85 / 83.86) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 88.41 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BEAR
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 22.6 -DI 31.5 ADX 23.6 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -0.3777 / -0.4250 hist 0.0473

Catalysts

  • Dividend ex: 2026-05-01 $0.315346 (recurring)

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HYG
  • Price: 79.62 (bid/ask 79.62 / 79.63) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 80.65 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 28.4 -DI 21.2 ADX 10.0 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 0.0757 / 0.0376 hist 0.0381

Catalysts

  • Dividend ex: 2026-05-01 $0.418714 (recurring)

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LQD
  • Price: 108.06 (bid/ask 108.06 / 108.07) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 110.74 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 23.0 -DI 31.2 ADX 12.6 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -0.1333 / -0.1492 hist 0.0159

Catalysts

  • Dividend ex: 2026-05-01 $0.424551 (recurring)

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GLD
  • Price: 420.23 (bid/ask 419.99 / 420.37) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 389.24 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BULL
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 34.5 -DI 22.9 ADX 27.7 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 6.2024 / 6.2634 hist -0.0610

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SLV
  • Price: 70.51 (bid/ask 70.58 / 70.59) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 56.63 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BULL
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 39.7 -DI 23.5 ADX 42.5 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 4.9024 / 4.6826 hist 0.2198

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USO
  • Price: 145.38 (bid/ask 141.45 / 145.21) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 70.10 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 32.0 -DI 29.8 ADX 9.9 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -0.2173 / -0.3473 hist 0.1300

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XLF
  • Price: 51.57 (bid/ask 51.56 / 51.57) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 54.17 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BULL
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 28.5 -DI 20.2 ADX 26.8 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 0.6271 / 0.6189 hist 0.0082

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XLK
  • Price: 175.31 (bid/ask 175.53 / 175.56) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 200.56 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BEAR
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 10.8 -DI 58.2 ADX 63.8 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -20.9764 / -26.1367 hist 5.1603

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XLE
  • Price: 59.01 (bid/ask 59 / 59.01) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 62.70 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BEAR
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 19.8 -DI 49.0 ADX 59.3 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -6.4345 / -8.1994 hist 1.7649

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XLV
  • Price: 145.11 (bid/ask 145.1 / 145.13) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 152.46 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 31.4 -DI 20.8 ADX 18.9 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 1.4225 / 1.2223 hist 0.2001

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XLY
  • Price: 117.23 (bid/ask 117.24 / 117.26) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 166.03 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BEAR
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 14.0 -DI 56.4 ADX 61.3 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -16.7860 / -20.9283 hist 4.1423

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XLI
  • Price: 171.17 (bid/ask 171.14 / 171.17) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 155.29 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 28.1 -DI 12.9 ADX 16.7 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 1.5267 / 1.2174 hist 0.3093

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XLP
  • Price: 85.415 (bid/ask 85.4 / 85.41) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 78.19 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 23.5 -DI 28.5 ADX 16.1 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -0.1878 / -0.0807 hist -0.1072

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XLU
  • Price: 44.1 (bid/ask 44.08 / 44.09) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 61.01 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BEAR
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 7.4 -DI 63.0 ADX 70.4 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -6.9949 / -8.5740 hist 1.5791

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XLB
  • Price: 50.55 (bid/ask 50.54 / 50.56) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 62.52 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BEAR
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 16.8 -DI 55.1 ADX 59.3 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): -5.7913 / -7.5005 hist 1.7092

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XLC
  • Price: 117.055 (bid/ask 117.05 / 117.06) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 115.85 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 15.7 -DI 16.6 ADX 16.4 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 0.6161 / 0.7324 hist -0.1163

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VTI
  • Price: 363.5 (bid/ask 363.57 / 363.6) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 334.33 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 24.7 -DI 20.6 ADX 11.6 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 1.5833 / 1.4459 hist 0.1374

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IVV
  • Price: 742.64 (bid/ask 743.46 / 744.26) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 682.05 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 24.3 -DI 22.0 ADX 11.0 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 2.9641 / 2.7131 hist 0.2510

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VOO
  • Price: 679.83 (bid/ask 680.32 / 681.05) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 646.95 [src:massive]
  • Trend vs EMA50: BULL
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 37.7 -DI 21.5 ADX 27.5 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 13.6303 / 13.0525 hist 0.5778

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  • Price: 75.64 (bid/ask 75.59 / 75.61) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 75.24 [src:massive]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 23.1 -DI 23.5 ADX 13.3 (signal: bear)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 1.0858 / 1.4338 hist -0.3481

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EEM
  • Price: 65.55 (bid/ask 65.54 / 65.56) (Alpaca)
  • EMA50 (close): 54.57 [src:alpaca]
  • Trend vs EMA50: FLAT
  • DMI/ADX(14): +DI 44.3 -DI 23.2 ADX 19.2 (signal: bull)
  • MACD(12,26,9): 0.6747 / 0.3506 hist 0.3242

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Alpaca (paper) account

Balance: 51278.55 Equity: 85664.96

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