Good morning traders and investors!

In today’s Before the Bell breakdown, we’re seeing a surprising bounce across major indices, fresh opportunities in gold and oil, a strong Bitcoin recovery, and two cybersecurity stocks showing great setups heading into earnings.

Let’s jump into the charts, the market mood, and the trade opportunities from today’s session.

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📈 Market Overview: SPY, QQQ and the Bounce Back

The market is showing a strong pre-market bounce, with SPY recovering from 662 to 678 on futures.

* Price is opening above the 50-day moving average,

* MACD still gives a sell signal,

* RSI is attempting a reversal.

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NASDAQ (QQQ) is also opening in the green, up 10 points, reclaiming its 50-day moving average.

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🟡 Gold (GLD & GDX): A Potential Entry Point

Gold sold off but is holding the 20-day moving average, showing solid support.

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GDX Options Setup (Gold Miners ETF)

You mentioned a strong setup:

* Sell $67–$76 puts

* Yield: $72–$100

* Risking ~$670

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This is >10% monthly return — fantastic risk/reward if support holds at $73–74 on GDX.

Gold LEAP Setup

* Buy January 2027 LEAP

* Sell monthly calls outside 1SD

* Return: $70–$80 per month

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🥈 Silver (SLV): Good Chart, Weak Options Premium

Silver is pulling back but has strong support below.However:

* Selling the $43 put yields only ~$30 while risking $410

* Gold trade is superior

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🛢️ Oil (USO, XLE): Resistance Overhead

USO is bouncing into resistance at the 20-day MA.Pre-market: Jump from 70 → 71.54.

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However:

* Heavy overhead resistance

* Better trade: LEAP + Covered Calls

* Requires ~$2,372 buying power

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XLE offers nothing attractive at the moment — poor premiums.

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₿ Bitcoin (IBIT) and Ethereum (ETHE): Strong Overnight Jump

Bitcoin ETF (IBIT):

* Huge bounce (~4% post-bell + pre-market)

* You already hold a LEAP (Jan 2027 $400)

* Selling calls brings in $61–71, risk-free against your long call

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Ethereum ETF (ETHE):

* Up nearly 4%

* But price sits under the Ichimoku cloud

* Better to wait for a red day, then buy LEAP + sell calls

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💼 NVIDIA (NVDA): Quick Earnings Recap

NVDA earnings → Beat on revenue, guidance strong, bulls are back.But: You wouldn’t buy here — wait for pullback.

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🛡️ Cybersecurity Stocks: PANW & CRWD

Palo Alto Networks (PANW)

* Major pullback

* Bouncing into 200-day MA

* A buyable nibble zone

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Great put-selling setups:

* $175 strike → ~$200 premium

* $170 strike → ~$127 premium

* ~10% monthly return potential

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CrowdStrike (CRWD)

* Your favorite cybersecurity stock

* If CRWD ever hits the 200-day MA → back up the truck

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📊 Today’s Earnings Calendar

Before the bell:

* Walmart (WMT)

* Zim (ZIM)

After the bell:

* Intuit (INTU)

* Gap (GPS)

* Bath & Body Works (BBWI)

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📌 Mentioned Stocks & Ticker Symbols

TickerCompanySPYS&P 500 ETFQQQNASDAQ 100 ETFGLDGold ETFGDXGold Miners ETFSLVSilver ETFUSOOil ETFXLEEnergy ETFIBITBitcoin ETFETHEEthereum ETFNVDANVIDIAPANWPalo Alto NetworksCRWDCrowdStrikeWMTWalmartZIMZIM Integrated ShippingINTUIntuitGPSGapBBWIBath & Body Works

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